agreed. And within the last couple of years Atlanta area voters (mostly the suburbs) voted against any additional funding to study and ease the issues. based on conversations lots of folks see it as a not my problem type deal even though they commute into and out of town every day. Makes zero sense.

Just read that the 04-05 was the first year for a factory turbo? I have always seen a bunch of the earlier models with the cold air induction inlet (?) in place of a turn signal and figured there had to have been a previously hotted up and/or forced induction lump from the factory. Is that just a common aftermarket…

For my last couple of cars I've found pdf versions of both owners and service manuals and downloaded them to my computer and also made them available on google drive so if I'm out someplace I can get to it pretty quickly.

Thank you for your reflection and thoughts on this (and your service). I've mentioned in other posts that my AP Literature students recently finished up The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. I've offered your thoughts to them as further options to think and discuss - the idea of a war story and the lack of a…

Yeah, it's not ideal but as a retro fit of sorts it's better than some of the alternatives. Probably wouldn't work well anywhere but for L/R/C channels.

if there wasn't a one year old to drop off at daycare I'd probably agree... And there's not really sidewalks for most of it.

I believe it was on crutchfield's site that I saw a bit of a cheat/hack if you were installing in wall speakers. Instead of trying to run the speaker wires across/through multiple studs put in a binding post wall plate (pretty cheap on monoprice) just above the floor molding in the cavity that lines up with where you…

The $40k figure is interesting... I have a 3 mile round trip drive to work. While I can't say that I feel that much happier, I've definitely saved a ton of money on gas, miles on my car, tires, etc. Oh, and sleeping in until 45 minutes before I have to be at work is pretty awesome, too. That still leaves me enough…

I skimmed an article on USAtoday last night and sent it to a buddy as a "haha he's crazy" joke - now it seems like either everyone is delusional, crazy, or there is some seriously weird shit going on.

Yeah, that doesn't look like a very effective option... seems pretty sloppy (and I know absolutely zero about this).

My wife bought an admittedly goofy chalk board with Sun-Sat listed that we hung on inside the pantry door. We plan our meals out in advance (including incorporating leftovers) which helps with shopping and sticking to the plan - without the plan we'd always end up "not feel like cooking tonight" and end up at out at…

I would consider myself a pretty full-blooded jalop and I didn't know about this about the gas gauge, yet my wife did. Now that I know about it though, I can't remember which way is which and screws me up more than it helps (and I recently found an example where it wasn't true).

Sweetwater was my first introduction to craft beers. 1st post college job was down here and I actually had money to drink something decent. Started with 420 because that was what was available everywhere but recently I've gravitated towards their IPA, instead, which has "grown up" a little bit and matured over the…

Friend of mine bought a T&C. Got it fully loaded and they threw in a ton of manufacturer rebates, financing, etc. She ended up spending next to nothing on it. Basically traded in two junk cars to get something with a warranty and low ish payment.

great article. A woman I work with just traded in her ten year old (?) Eos for a 5 year old cc... I asked her if she intentionally went from one obscure vehicle to another and she just looked at me. Pretty sure she had no idea.

Honda offers them as a $400 or so option on CR-Vs (and I believe accords). I helped my mother-in-law buy a new CR-V last year and half of the base models were "naked" on the lot (except for $200 of mud guards and crap) while the rest were loaded with dealer add-ons. There was a fully loaded and accessorized accord…

kind of surprised the Jeff Gordon article isn't higher. I bet there's still folks that tell Tarvis that he's wrong and that Jeff "showed him".

sounds awesome, have fun, be safe. Keep the shiny side up, etc.

I'll never forget the time aa salesperson cruised through the waiting area when I was in for service. A couple of the folks there waiting had been in a bunch of times on relatively new cars and weren't real excited about Ford at that time. The guy had to just about run for his life.

ha! Had a similar thing happen when I took my svt focus to a mustang event a long time ago. Makes me want to go find the video. Thanks.