A Garmin is a fine fitness watch.   But that’s such a personal device I’m pretty sure you should not buy any such thing as a gift unless you’ve cleared it with the individual first.  

My sister had one of these on lease. It blew a cylinder. She had moved. We had to drive it 500+ miles home to return it at the end of the lease and wondered why it seemed so slow. Now imagine an engine that I’m pretty sure did not make 80hp to begin with and subtract one cylinder.  Hills were interesting.

1988 Toyota MR2. I loved that car. But it required a lot more care than I thought a Toyota would. The muffler had a bracket welded onto it that attached it to the frame of the car. Because this was a mid-engine design, the exhaust flowed in an S-shaped pipe after it came out of the manifold and into this muffler that…

Honestly, many cemeteries are lonely, desolate places, and I think the presence of people is a good thing. When I’m long gone, I would not mind anyone being around my grave. Again, it’s all about respect. There’s a cemetery where I live that is famous for its park-like setting. They encourage people to visit and it is…

Oh, they totally go flying and shoot out water when the idiot driver in the beater tries to pass you on the right, then has to slam on the brakes, loses control and fishtails into it at about 35mph. Clearly you haven’t lived (like an idiot)!

A friend of mine has six children, one starting college, and he drives his Sunbird that he had when he was in college.  Why?  Because almost every time he needs to repair it he can (a) do it himself for (b) less than $100 worth of parts.  

In college, couldn’t afford new tires. On an MR2. In Cleveland. In Winter. Broke a tie rod on curb by simply driving straight on a snowy road.

A good excuse for taxing the rich. This does not appeal to me at all. The last photo looks like it is sagging where the pickup bed meets the van part. For less than $200K you can get a very nice class C with, um, slides. And slides turn an RV into a relaxing interior space in a way that a wider vehicle cannot. And…

Lots of companies these days get huge valuations and run-ups while only consuming cash.  I’m not sure why Rivian is all that newsy, they have tons of orders on their books, after all.   If they don’t deliver, then it’s definitely news.

To each their own, but this would just stress me.   I certainly like the idea of having more than the normal 1-2 cars, but yeah, for me that means maybe 4-5.

I like it, but it’s #2, that is, I don’t think it’s ugly, it just looks like a gussied up Civic. The original Integra didn’t have that problem neary as much, perhaps the distinctive headlights, but this just looks like a Civic for someone who is 40+ and wants a fun car, and that’s a disappointment, but it is, what I…

Honestly, the mere fact that there are multiple inquiries requesting what the item was is suggestive of the nature of the problem.

In answer to the question, what item would deserve a punch in the face? The correct answer is: no item that you would be able to legally and openly carry on a plane.

I will say, however,…

Oh. No. You mean I might not want to buy a Subaru??? I mean, I guess someone does. Maybe that one, the Wild one that’s not Really, eXcessivly slow, but otherwise, I was already out of the Subaru game.

Some of these depend greatly on the context. One of the hats I wear is to get a company I consult for to follow best practices in IT. This means that among other things, I ruffle feathers from time to time. Sometimes it gets ugly.
But, in part because of me, the company had a serious backup policy where they rotated…

My kid specifically requested (and got) a plague doctor costume not to be funny at all, but rather to point out how the pandemic isn’t over, and our country’s stupid refusal to get the vaccine and wear a mask has succeeded in spreading the predicted death and mayhem when it didn’t have to be this way. 

I had an 84 Cavalier.  It was a hunk of junk, in the shop several times for stupid reasons: water pump, alternator, electronics.   So no.   We had a Celebrity wagon purchased 3 years or so later that never had a problem.  I think with GM cars during that era it was just dumb luck if they lasted.  

Honestly, I wonder what it would take to take a class A or class C rv and retrofit it with a huge battery pack. I’m curious if you could get decent range out of it, given that these things get about 5 - 7 mpg on average and cost a ton, there’s certainly an argument for putting a $50 - 70k amount of battery pack in…

I’m not sure how much I buy this argument.  Automakers put in newer, bigger, more CPU intensive displays into cars almost yearly.  We know that some of these functions are running on or in tandem with hardware running mission critical functions.  I can understand a chip shortage creating an unexpected need to validate…

That’s interesting—I think the reverse: with SUV prices and cabin rental prices sky high, just get a camper. But I have a family, and I think if you have kids the calculus changes somewhat. I have a small rPod with the 4 inch lift kit. It can get into a lot of remote places--certainly more than the vehicle I use to…

IMO, the larger the trailer, the more hassle it is.    One that size is the kind of thing I’d use for a multimonth trip or permanent spot at a nice campground.