Carrying costs.

No! You have to sell your V to get a new V so I can buy your old V and keep my M66V70R as a collector....hahaha. My kids are far from being out of their car seats.

Has he even thought about talking to his counterpart at Buick?

Gas is getting to a point (and already has in some places) where it is now cheaper than it has ever been at any point when you factor in inflation.  Its at least as cheap as its ever been if we are paying around $2 for it but you start getting close to $1/gal and we are  paying ridiculous prices for it.  What is…

You did or rather, it wasn’t written. That press release came out on March 20:

Yeah, you missed that tech bros can’t be bothered to proof-read. 

LOP at a real farmer moving produce with a light duty pickups. 300 round trips with an open bed later and his produce has all rotted.

You do realize that a lot of people actually work for a living and need trucks, right? That Kale salad you are eating was grown by a farmer that needed a truck. That structure you are living in was built by contractors that needed a truck. The internet you are using to post was installed by a person who was driving a…

Getting mine at 37, wish it had been sooner but maybe that's ok since I'm not young and dumb?

Iron Butts are kinda stupid. I guess it’s something to do once just for bragging rights, but even then, who are you going to brag to but other people stupid enough to do Iron Butts?

Of course, one of the joys of riding - at least for me - is to head out with a full tank and no overly-planned route; 240-270 miles per tank allows for plenty of wandering.

Wartburg! Come on, give us a hard one!

Gotta grab a couple bolts for the new control arms for the Outback, might order up some parts for the bike, might even gut the garage if we get some decent weather

Broken coolant reservoir cap removal

I like to keep the floor jack just below the bottom of the car for a couple of seconds after lowering it on to a jack stand. If the car starts to slip, I can quickly catch it with the jack. That’ll save you from having a jack stand punch through the floorboard or other unpleasant things.

Indeed it does!

The article talks about plans to build a pyramid in the desert with all the tapes. The ones in the back of the Cressida don’t look like they’ve been in the desert sun for 3-odd years.

It was an art project pop-up thing a few years ago. They mocked up a video rental store, but only stocked it with copies of Jerry Maguire. I’ll have to find a link to one of the stories about it.

+1 book depository for you

John Fitch’s life is a fantastic Hollywood biopic (and non-fiction book) waiting to be produced.