28 years ago, I was driving home from HS with my younger brother in the car. I was behind the wheel of mom & dad’s 1985 Olds Cutlass Ciera. My pal Jack was ahead of me in his surprisingly zippy 1984 Ford Escort. We rode along an undulating road that was a forested break in the dense suburbia of our neighborhood far in…

Only 3.9 % of new cars sold in the U.S. are still equipped with a manual transmission.

Riding the train is the best when foul weather has made a mess of the airports and highways.

I totaled a Camry in 2008 and was pleasantly surprised to receive a check for what I thought was far in excess of the blue book value.

I drove an old sedan with minimal liability insurance until I was t-boned at an intersection by a motorist driving a new Nissan back in May.

I heard that report too and yes, I also pulled my car over and was quite shaken. I believe it was on NPR, no?

I rode the now-discontinued Montrealer from NY Penn to Montreal Gare Central in February, 1995. My sleeping car looked as if it dated from the Truman administration and the lounge car was decked out in bright orange formica that resembled the set from a 1972 porn film. There was even a funky orange keyboard present,…

That depends on where you’re traveling from/to. NYC to Boston or Washington are often $49 each way if you book 2 weeks in advance. Generally cheaper than driving or flying and a whole lot more relaxing.

11 hours on a train are usually more relaxing than 45 minutes in a car on the NY State Thruway.

I was hoping for surgical castration.

Tricks the airlines don’t want you to know!

When/if Univision pulls the plug on Kinja, what will happen to the stories collected?

What’s really horrible is that in some  most of these places Comcast is the only option for internet.

We are in the same boat in my New Jersey suburb. My choice is fast but evil Comcast or sloooow but evil Verizon DSL.

My parents are elderly O’Reilly fans and refer to all Asians as “orientals,” except for Indians, and I won’t print what they call Indians.

I attended a conservative Catholic university and your story doesn’t sound out of the ordinary based on my college experiences.

Lemme guess...your roommate went on to become the 43rd President of the United States.

I have a box of photographs from my college days that really should be burned.

You’re right on the shoe thing. Cheap shoes are not worth it.