Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 13hOh no! Sorry to hear... Side note: I didn't know you drove an LC (!). 011
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 14h100% Audi nailed the A5's design the first time and it's just been downhill since. I still want one. 020
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 22hWet day for a river cleanup! Got soaked to the skin, but we hauled in two big bags of trash. 🤘 Cruising down the creek was quite serene—until it started bucketing down. 😅 1130
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ha! Perhaps... Although one could argue the rest of the aircraft has character to spare. 😉 000
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What on earth...? That's like dropping a Windsor into a Camaro, or an LS into a Mustang. I mean, I've seen it done, but there are easier ways... 120
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Watching the second of Rex's excellent two-part documentary on the Sea Vixen, and a feeling is stirring that I've not experienced in a long time: The desire to recreate an aircraft out of Lego. I'd "fix" the offset canopy in the process though. #avgeekyoutube.comSea Vixen: A Magnificent Aircraft Haunted By DeathYouTube video by Rex's Hangar 120
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Center gauge pod? Yuck. 🤢 Relatedly, that's the main reason I don't like the Z8. 010
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Successor to the almighty Tercel (long may it reign). I've always wondered how the Echo compared. 110
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hot take: If Oldsmobile had changed the name of their entire brand to Aurora when the below debuted, it would have helped them hold on longer. 060
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026757 followers! Which means it's time for POWER. 💪 Photo courtesy www.airliners.net/photo/Delta-... #avgeek 170
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That's an annual tradition here in Chattanooga. Summer --> False Fall --> 2nd Summer --> True Fall. 010
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Or you could think of it as the "Zelensky Look." It's a war of sorts, no? 020
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026They were badged as the "Bavaria" over here. BMW's only non-alphanumeric model name? 🤔 020
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Had a very vivid dream last night I was behind the wheel of a black FB RX-7, just like the one I used to own. It sounded and felt EXACTLY like I remember it, and I've not driven an FB since 2014. Wild how the gestalt of a particular car can get so lodged in your subconscious. 1301
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Raleigh Beltline and the bridge over the Chickamauga Dam in Chattanooga, respectively, and no track days involved, but close enough! 😁 000
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hiked by the Snowbird Mountain VORTAC station on the first day of my recent App Trail adventure. The facility looked well-tended and operational. I wonder how many of these are still around, and how much they're still used in the age of GPS? #avgeek 020
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Either my red FB RX-7 or my E46 after I forgot to fully tighten the lug bolts and drove it on the highway. *bangbangbangBangBangBANGBANGBANG* *Realizes what's happening, pulls off and torques down the finger-tight lugs, white as a sheet* 😨 260
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026No bucktoothed grille—I guess that's a win? Also, for the sake of all that is good and holy, can the black wheel trend END already? 120
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026No doubt the J30 is the more interesting car dynamically. But the nostalgia factor for the A32 is very strong, and I absolutely LOVE the interior, especially the way the center console sweeps up into the dash (I'm a sucker for that design feature). And those sawblade wheels. 😍 010
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ha! I remember having a very similar thought regarding the Gen3 Altima: "What's the point of the Maxima now?" 😂 Interesting about the Stanza! I didn't realize the J30 Max was derived from the U12 platform. Speaking of the Max, as much as I respect the 4DSC J30, the A32 will always be my pick. 😊 110
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Guilty as charged! 😅 What made the final Stanza so great? I think I dislike the Gen3 because it got super-sized for the American market and its 240 hp was 10 more than my A70 Supra's 7M was rated at from the factory, so it encroached uncomfortably on what I considered to be sports car territory. 120
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wouldn't the 106 be Pichu and the 205 be Pikachu since it's Peugeot's offering in the segment that everyone remembers? 120
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Am I the only one who considers the first-gen Altima to be Best Altima? (everyone loves the third, especially the SE-R). Trim size, J30-esque styling, crisp 5-spoke alloys, a JDM SR20DET swap away from really waking up... 3100
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Audi's attempt to do anything but upsize its wheels, apparently... www.spannerhead.com/2011/10/21/t...spannerhead.comTechnical Curiosities: Audi’s UFO Brakes – Spannerhead 010
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026About to enjoy a midday snack... This beauty's been hanging out on my back deck for the better part of a couple of months at this point. I just duck under its web. 060
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Mmm classy. Love a 929 of that gen (or any gen, really). 010
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looking good! If that's what I think is the brake disc behind the wheel, any concerns about caliper clearance? Can't wait to see the rust bubbles on the bottom of the fender cleaned up too. 🙂 111
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Guarantee a production Sixteen would raise Cadillac's profile. People would be talking about it at least, which is more than can be said for the Celestiq. 150
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Didn't they announce this like 10 years ago? There's vaporware and then there's jokeware... 130
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026True! I'm a notorious LC hater, though, so the Lexus would be in my garage just long enough to flip. 😅 000
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hmm. So the owner maturity depreciation curve is shallower for the premium brands? 130
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My lovely girlfriend is returning from a trip to New England, and for the final leg, she'll be on a Boeing 717, one of my bucket-list planes to fly on. Last of the legendary Mad Dogs. #avgeek I'm not jealous at all. 😅 191
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yeah I can imagine. I do all my own car work and even so, just the cost of parts and servicing complexities would deter me. 010
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Saw one of those parked by the trail yesterday. Always liked them, especially with a stick. 010
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Turns out the Appalachian Trail is pretty awesome, even when you get stung by 6 yellow jackets halfway into the first day of a 3-day, 35-mile hike. 🐝 And have a suspected alien sighting at the end of Day 2. 👽 Day 3 was uneventful other than being mostly downhill and my knees are utterly shot. 😅 0100
Matt @spannerhead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I don't think I've ever seen a two-tone steering wheel with the inside a different color from the outside of the rim. Huh. 010
