Long after Kristen and many other worthwhile writers have left Jalopnik, the last two vastly most worthy writers have bailed. I really don’t give a shit about Raph’s bicycle posts or Erik’s NYC-centric anti-car posts. I used to visit Jalopnik every day; now I will be visiting theautopian.com every day. Fuck you, you…

Thank you so much for that link. Long after Kristen and many other worthwhile writers have left Jalopnik, the last two vastly most worthy writers have bailed. I really don’t give a shit about Raph’s bicycle posts or Erik’s NYC-centric anti-car posts. I used to visit Jalopnik every day; now I will be visiting…

It is a condiment that goes well with pickled eggs and cheese and onions and such.

...powdered mustard you mix yourself and that you could find in just about any old man bar.

Our ‘07 Honda Odyssey V6 at only 62K miles recently acquired a loud rattling sound around 1900-2000 RPM. I replaced the main catalytic converter heat shield myself as it was clearly rusted out, but the noise persisted. It turns out this vehicle has three converters, one attached directly to each exhaust manifold plus…

Here in NE Ohio, my next-door neighbor of 20+ years has an original attached two car garage. It is so full of crap that they keep the wife’s Ford Explorer inside, surrounded by all-season “stuff” on both sides. The husband’s midsize Ford sedan stays outside and needs to be snow-brushed and ice-scraped before any…

I never thought about it that way, but that’s one way to describe it.

Starred for both your comment, and your user name. I’d be interested to know what percentage of the Jalopnik commentariat immediately understood that reference.

One of my Most Satisfying Cars Ever was my 2000 Honda Civic CX hatchback, the base lowest trim stick shift car with crank windows, etc. I sold it in 2012 to a work colleague who already owned a much higher mileage Civic EX of the same 6^th 1996-2000 generation. He swapped in his EX instrument cluster which included a…

So much of the misery of “My dog got injured when I let him/her off leash” can be avoided if you always keep your dog on-leash when outdoors. Our only exception is when we visit my brother in law who has a fully fenced in back yard. Our beloved current rescued dog was a stray picked up by a County Dog Warden. We…

Power radio antenna problems seem to be an obsolete complaint since what, about 15 years ago when the FM broadcast antenna became permanently buried in the windshield? My wife’s 2016 Honda Fit EX has our first-ever sunroof and the motorized unit works just fine with almost 90K miles on the car. No leaks, no problems.

What does the term “luxury” mean to you?

Thank you for caring enough to follow up on this thread. I’ll do some more research as the Batteries Plus, et al, option is next to worthless.

From my research, everything you see on eBay in 2021-2022 claiming to be a genuine Samsung OEM S5 battery is a lie. Apparently they shamelessly and illegally copy the OEM Samsung label and put it on some substandard battery made in mainland China. YMMV.

I find the appliance analogy fascinating. We own one of the last genuine made in Newton, Iowa Maytag washers bought ca. 2005 and it keeps on working with zero repairs. I’ve kept a 1978 GE dryer working since I bought it used in ‘79, still with the original motor and timer. They are reliable with a clean and simple…

We own three different vehicles having three entirely different TPMS systems.

People are using forums and instead of Facebook groups.

Great article; thank you.

Some time ca. 1978-79 as a young recent Engineering School college graduate, I replaced the sagging original leaf springs for the rear end in my ‘69 Firebird hot rod. This included installing a lightly used 3.36 posi rear end out of a ‘72 Nova SS and “high arch” new rear leafs sourced from no other than J.C. Whitney.…

AP reported that out of the 900s men who trained at Tuskegee while McGee was in attendance, only 450 were deployed overseas and 150 lost their lives.