Wasn’t there a two-door version of this? Or was that the Thunderbird?

Thanks for the VW Type 3 in the lead photo. It brings back memories. Most of them good.

This gave me a “Well duh” idea. I carry a small compressor for re-inflating after airing down and for general air pressure maintenance. The battery clips aren’t very good and the terminal bolts on the battery are small and awkwardly placed, so it’s tricky keeping the pump connected. But I could swap the clips for a…

The Big 3 getting half serious about small cars way too late.

However, a few years ago I got a hankering for one of those massive early-70s two-door full-size sedans from Dodge and Plymouth. Hoods long enough to play football, trunks big enough to live in.

I was around for that era and even rode in a few them. A neighbor’s Fleetwood... a friend’s mom’s Electra... My family never had one. Dad was a believer in spartan, utilitarian, don’t-put-on-airs cars. Mostly stripper Dodges. By the time I was buying my own cars, I wanted something sporty.

Ah, but see, Waffle House is a small business compared to, say, Walmart, Amazon, Exxon/Mobile... Just like people who make only a couple million a year are middle class.

I’m currently living the old fart version of #vanlife in a 2007 Chevrolet Express that’s still chugging along with over to 300K mikes on it. So 150K is no big deal. It’s pretty much the same story with all the older pickups out there.

Ah, the black Darmah behind the Hailwood. I had one of those. What a beast!

Long ago I read how during European settlement of North America there were immigrants who bypassed rich, fertile land and settled in places where it was very difficult to raise crops — just like the crappy land they left in the Old World. Because they knew how to farm crappy land, not good land. So I sometimes imagine…

I had one of those, briefly. A $750 beater I was going to restore. It sat at the curb in front of the house for months without me doing anything to it. The registration was also expired. I came home one day and it had been towed away. I was kind of glad.

Wasn’t one or more of the Big 3 doing hide-away wipers at about the same time? Maybe Maserati’s explanation is just BS and the spoiler that wasn’t a spoiler was just a low budget, non-mechanical version of a wiper hider.

“I’m impressed those tires are holding up!” It’s due to the thermal superreflectivity of the white sidewalls combined with the rotational heat sink hubcaps.

Cruise ships are notorious disease spreaders to begin with. About the only thing germier would be a cruise ship loaded with toddlers.

Okay, because something like this is so much easier than not doing the shit that makes people want to march in the streets.

BMWs used to be handsome, but now...?

At least when it’s completed we’ll be able to say, “Now shut the fuck up and get out.”

There was one who smiled just a little. Her friends probably made her walk home.

A 2007 Express 2500 with the 4.8L engine has been my fulltime home the past seven years as I travel around the country living the old fart version of vanlife. I put about 25k miles a year on it and it rolled over to 300k miles a couple of weeks ago. The engine is a little tired, and I’ve had to replace most of the…

“...Barr, aka Evil Fred Flintstone face...” I see him more as Ralphie from “A Christmas Story,” grow up and still upset about the bunny pajamas.