I can get an entire “roadside repair” kit including jack, lug wrench and donut with rim for $30 for either of my cars. Meanwhile, the cheapest full size replacement tire currently is $45 and 3 hours’ time for installation and balancing using a rim you provide. Living paycheck to paycheck is why many people will drive…

I will agree here. Yesterday, I was coming out of a store and while approaching my car, I saw the tail lights on in broad daylight. I thought someone was stealing my car and went running across the parking lot. Turns out the switch connected to the brake pedal had electrically welded the contacts together. I assume…

Wow. So, you don’t even know what a dad is. English isn’t your first language? Now I’m starting to understand why you call yourself a plumber. Must be the result of a Google Translate error.

Some days, I am astonished at what managed to survive the “cash-for-clunkers” nightmare.

The odometer lists the mileage the vehicle made before the engine vomited all over the hatch window and died.

One thing to be aware of (and listed in the article though I’m sure everyone missed it) is to keep them out of the light. I keep mine in a small, opaque, dark plastic bin and a 5 lb bag can easily survive the entire winter, whereas keeping them in the plastic bag they come in from the store inevitably leads to…

LOL. I can’t keep up? What do you think this is, Mario Kart? Oh, wait, you like to call yourself a plumber...

Obviously, they only did it to make the trailer towing easier. All you gotta do is duck a bit to work with the chains, rather than trying to crawl around on your belly while reaching under the car.

All that screaming, you’d expect the front of their pants to be soaked...

So... you’re telling the world you’re short on crayons, wits, and a fifth grade education. Well, no wonder you call yourself a plumber.

Why are you asking me questions regarding your genetic shortcomings? Also, if you don’t want to be called on making threats, don’t talk about your guns. Also, I can see why you have issues now. You’re a self-proclaimed “fucking plumber”. Obviously, you’re using the wrong tool on the pipes, pervert.

Of course you’ve had no complaints. They hire a plumber to fix the problem properly, not a home builder. And if a home builder like you has the reputation of the ones around here, then you wouldn’t get calls to correct something that your business screwed up; you’d get a class action lawsuit. Also, rocket boy, the…

One important thing to remember is when it comes to vehicle classification, the US military will always do its own thing, driven by how to squeeze a vehicle’s procurement into the budget. The WW2 era Jeep was classified as a truck, while the earlier Bantam-manufactured vehicles were initially classified as liaison…

In his next article, Tom will discuss that time a dealership swatted him. :D

Still got my landline. It was useful a few years ago when a storm blew through and knocked down hundreds of trees and all the cellphone towers in the immediate area. Plus the power was out for most of a week, so no recharging the cellphone. But the landline worked he entire time. Yeah, cleaning and restocking the…

Every android app I’ve tried hits a limit on the phone numbers it can handle. I’ve yet to encounter one that doesn’t reach the full point or start rolling over/autodeleting the oldest numbers within a 3 month period.

I love when they call to tell me my car warranty was about to expire and I tell them I didn’t realize that the warranty on my car lasted long than they’ve been alive, so I’m going to have to sue over denial for thousands of dollars in serve they haven’t covered in the last 30 years.

Just going to point out that tiny little New Jersey currently measures roughly 170 miles from the extreme southern extent to the extreme northern extent and takes about an hour to drive completely across east-to-west as long as you’re not attempting to do so on a summer weekend. Yet we currently have 10 area codes.…

Moral of SantaBarbarianLS6's story: Replace the Yugo wiring with the Fiat 127 wiring. All of it.

Allow me to just say, it isn’t just your Yugo that has problems. The major American automotive manufacturers have fallen a long, long way, as have local mechanics. I bought a 2005 Ford Taurus wagon. After a long, long, hard look, I have determined that there are about 8 rolls of electrical tape deployed in that…