Agreed, this could easily be converted into a loft or warehouse style apartment and retail block.  Lord knows it was likely built before the concept of planned obsolescence was normalized and will probably last another 100 years with minimal maintenance.  

Can we all agree that Ichabod’s Cranium is a pretty good name, though?

I’ve been working on construction sites for almost 30 years including occasionally getting to operate yellow iron, and rolling an ambulance with the loader bucket isn’t just a simple matter of yanking back on the lever. Something that heavy needs throttle input, plus being positioned properly or else you’re just going…

Car enthusiasts come in all shapes and sizes and while I am unlikely to ever have the luxury of having the financial stability to keep a car just for static display, it seems like given the provenance and particularly detailed way the owner obtain and planned for this vehicle, especially with the plant worker’s…

You’re right, I did actually forget about that, which sort of proves the narrative “Rich man lives like a poor man” surrounding it works.

My in-laws don’t own a home, in fact they don’t even own a car nor an RV. They do, however own an LLC that owns several cars, an RV and a home that they happen to live in. So yeah I take that whole “Rich Guy doesn’t even own a home” schtick with a big grain of salt. Also “Warren Buffet still lives in the home he grew…

The thing I like the most about you David is, form follows function in your world just as it does in mine. While I am more of an MC enthusiast I am also a 4x4 junkie with my wife’s TJ, my 4x4 4Runner and me previous Dodge Raider and Dodge Ram 1500 4x4. All of those vehicles and most of my bikes are a visual shamble…

Both my oldest daughter and youngest son suggested going to a BH-PH dealership for their first cars and I did everything I could to steer them away from the idea.  It breaks my heart this poor kid wasn’t given the benefit of such advice.  

Ah Florida, where the further you travel North the more like the South it becomes. Seriously though a 6-footer is nothing to mess with and an 8-footer is likely to drag you under for a meal, these kids are beyond dumb for even bothering them. And to go to the trouble of clobbering them with rocks instead of a rifle to…

The worst part is that a-hole kid in the ship next to you who isn’t paying attention and his kite gets tangled up with your kite and the lines break and both of you lose your kite and you spent your entire allowance for a month to buy yours and that kid is just laughing because his dad has money and will just buy him…

Oh yeah, just about the best factory designed body kit ever. A neighbor has a blue stripes-on silver ‘82 similar to Jefferson’s from Fast Times at Ridgemont High and it kills me that he so rarely takes it out.

I know in my mechanical mind those are crap cars, but in my 80's kid heart that is the best looking Camaro in the line. The kid grants a star.

Death Race w/ David Carradine & Sylvester Stallone

You know what will get Democrats more votes in Congress? Restarting student loan payments in an election year! Woohoo its a winning strategy.

Am I wrong in being surprised that thieves have already sorted out the keyless ignition security feature? I honestly thought those were pretty much unbeatable without an actual coded key-fob, or did the plant security desk just have a key box inside the front door?

Exactly, its not like trying to catch an iceberg randomly breaking off, this was inevitable in the near-term.

I feel personally attacked.

I firmly believe that every commonplace car on the market should have at least a 500 mile range. I am excluding enthusiast cars where weight concerns and a lack of need to travel that far in a given drive would be a priority, but passenger sedans, pickups, SUVs and so forth absolutely should.  Would be an effective…

Who do you think received that money from AAA? If he’s dealing with out-of-towners renting SxS’s and getting stuck in the boonies or if its jeepbros in over their heads, the claim gets filed (fraudulently, allegedly) and he gets paid for services rendered. Beats having to negotiate with some broke-ass kid “hey man…

I see the next big trend is buying a roll-off truck with a 40yd dumpster, build a roof on top and fit-out the interior of the dumpster and then you can just move it around, set it down where ever you want to camp and use the truck as a get-around-town vehicle. When you are done camping, backup to the dumpster-house,…