Yep. This is a good example of un-solving a problem that didn’t exist.

This goes with the guy the other day who told me about not being able to get his jumper cables out of his car with a dead battery because the truck latch was electric. Some things on cars should just stay simple.

This is the same as the people 10 years ago who said you would soon just forget buying paper books and only read ebooks because they were the future. Meanwhile paper book sales have actually gone up, because shockingly it turns out people actually like things that are physical. Not everyone wants driving to feel like…

I live in Colorado. Lots of people are moving here from other places with fewer things to do outdoors, who consequently don’t know what they’re doing but go outdoors anyway for Instagram posts. The increasing amount of trash I see on trails and dopes wearing totally inappropriate clothing makes me irate, and just…

This is so true. I feel like until you get to the 90s, car performance, reliability, and economy really peaked in the late 60s. It’s almost hard for me to understand why anyone bought a new car between 1970 and 1990 unless you’re talking about a specific outlier like an Accord. Obviously emissions improved during that…

Haha, what. My parents own a 1997 4Runner with 240k miles on it, and it needed no work other than brakes, an antenna, and a clutch before 200k. That means no work, no fiddling with anything, nothing. It’s only just started requiring occasional fiddling with small things now that it’s old enough to drink and has…

Jesus, how do you drive if just Waze has saved you $2,000 in tickets?? I think I’ve gotten maybe $500 in moving tickets ever.

Damn, congrats on starting 7th grade.

Ugh that fuckin huuuurts.

I know haha. My mistake was getting such a shitty one as my first car, now 10 years later I’m way too attached to it to get rid of it, but by the time it’s all fixed up I’m not sure there will be any of the original car left. Literally. I’m talking with a guy right now about buying a relatively clean body that I’d…

I think I’m going to ignore this and just continue using it. As long as I don’t hold it awkwardly long in weird situations I think it should be fine.

These photos are awesome.

I lost my dog of 15 years two weeks ago, and being there when he was put down was honestly one of the most traumatizing experiences of my life, possibly even more so than family and friends that have passed away while I was in the room, simply because there was no way to explain to him what was happening, and in the…

It has always just meant “OK” to me. Especially in things like dive certification, where a thumbs up means “up” and this gesture means “okay.” It frustrates me that a stupid 4chan joke has made it so I’m not sure if I can use such a useful gesture.

Pictures?

That is a great trip.

When I was 18 I took off on a solo trip in January in my very questionably maintained 1968 Ford Falcon from Denver, to L.A., then San Francisco, and back again, with $900 in my bank account. Along the way I broke down in a blizzard, slept in my car a lot, stayed in a Motel room with a Vietnam Vet I had met 20 minutes…

Those are exactly the types of situations I imagine getting stuck in with electric door latches, or no full size spares, or no spare tire at all. The point when it will bite you in the butt will be the worst possible time for it to do so.

I must not have enough experience with new cars, because that interior looks fine to me. I wouldn’t actually want it to have a lot of the interior trends I’ve heard about recently, with giant touch screens replacing physical buttons and whatnot.

Ugh. Now I’m gonna have to go do my monthly internet deep dive of Wagoneer and Travelall pictures. God I love them so much.