Yeah, when I started doing my own maintenance and repairs I was stunned by how much mechanics marked up parts and exaggerated hours. I’ve had a couple of times I needed something done that was beyond my abilities and I learned mechanics in small towns tend to be much more reasonable. Their pool of customers is small…

I imagined Tesla would’ve offered some more colorful choices to echo their apart-from-the-herd stance. But no.

After reading this article, I had a dream featuring a ‘80s Mercedes with a ‘70s Cadillac front clip and a second generation Corvair rear end—except for the mid-50s DeSoto tail fin on the passenger side.

Arson by an insecure Jeep fanatic.

All these many years and the E’s in Jeep are still transposed. It’s Jeep, not Jeep.

Back in the early ‘70, in a semi-rural college town, my roommate was religious about locking his VW. Almost no one else did. One morning he discovered someone had thrown a cinderblock through the rear window and stolen his sleeping bag. I told him, “Amigo, if you’d have left your car unlocked you’d just be out a…

Rumor has it Graham warned Trump there are enough GOP votes in the Senate to convict him. Please, let that be true.

In that case, I will retroactively feel less empathetic.

Whatever they do with it, the Saudi bros still need to be able to drive it tipped onto two wheels while standing in the windows.

“...some bullshit replacement for the current hand shifter...”

I’ve seen a number of them out here in the scenic, adventure-filled, #vanlife parts of the West tricked out for overlanding and even long-term habitation. Very cool. However, the last one I saw was southbound on US-89, on the Navajo Nation, smoking badly, creeping along the shoulder. My heart went out. Even if they…

My last speeding ticket was, what, 20 years ago? Traffic on the Interstate in rural North Carolina was clogged because of lane closures for construction and some drivers’ inability/unwillingness to merge. I was frustrated and angry by the time we cleared the barriers and cones, and I floored it. A trooper was waiting…

I worked in advertising for nearly 40 years. Quite a few car nuts. There was a guy who had a Bridgeport in his garage so he could machine parts for his ancient Jaguar. Another guy moonlighted painting Porsches. And so on. This was in Los Angeles, though, where the car nuts per capita is probably higher than, say, NYC.

When you sell something you need to give up any emotional attachment to it. It’s the new owner’s to use or abuse. 

You can tell that cop, and probably many others, has been conditioned to believe no one will listen and obey unless a gun is pointed at them. That’s probably because in his off-duty life none listens and obeys. And you can also tell by the way the cop holds his weapon sideways he thinks he’s being badass cool.

Ah, okay.

“I don’t want to ride through the desert without air conditioning.” I’m guessing you’ve either never driven through the desert in winter or that you’ve never checked the forecasts. Highs in the 60s the next month or so in Death Valley, Needles, Barstow... You’re more likely to freeze sleeping in your car.

Sometimes I yearn for old style stripper cars.

I dig the rat rod-ish-ness of these things. Now, where are the ‘Busa swaps?

However, Mr. Heater must believe no one lives in the mountains because they would die from hypoxia. The heater’s low oxygen sensor shuts things down above 7,000 feet.

However, Mr. Heater must believe no one lives in the mountains because they would die from hypoxia. The heater’s low…