Total room was not the issue. It came down to the usability of the space and features that just made most sense in a minivan. With rear facing car seats, the driver and passengers were a bit tighter than we we preferred. Not a safety issue but not as comfortable as we liked. The lower floor of the van helps with…

My wife and I so miss the HUD on the X5 M we traded in for a Honda Odyssey, Once the need to tote 286lbs of strollers, diaper bags, snacks, extra clothing, toys, and other mandatory toddler gear, it’s back to something more fun.

Sites like Raw Story, Everyday Feminism, and The young Turks. Huffington Post and Jezebel (as well as other GMG properties) tend to toe the line. Like their opposite counterparts The Blaze, Breitbart, and Rebel Media, I often do not agree with the message and approach. Still, I’d do not want to close myself off to the…

I do. While I do not agree with the message, I would rather get a contrary take on issues than live in a circle jerk echo chamber.

Sage words.

I read Fox news for my rightious right take on news. Like GMG and HuPo, I may not agree to what is being said but I will listen and read to understand why people feel a certain way. Yes, I will wade into the various echo chamber comment sections to see how people react to opposing opinions. The responses from both the…

Some people actually like to hear differing opinions. I am centrist in my beliefs and always read news from multiple sources on the same topic to get various view points. I always pick at least one righteous right, one social justice left, a few unbiased, and a few international organizations for news. I go to Gawker…

Truth!

Still can’t beat Suzuki for recalling one vehicle.

Some cartel down in Mexico is going to enjoy their new Ram pickups.

Also have a well informed and trusted friend look over any deal. Whether it’s cars, high end electronics, real estate, or any other big ticket item, people tend to get excited to the point where their judgement gets clouded. It’s amazing how people overlooking obvious red flags when their desperately want something.

Imagine if the manufacturers are legally required to provide a top of the line loaner until parts become available. The consumer will get the temporary vehicle flat bedded to a location they designate and their recalled car gets transported to a facility for repair. Watch how quickly the companies gets their shit…

Oh the memories of my youth growing up in New York City are coming back. Seems just yesterday the Mobro 4000 came back home.

That makes a lot of sense. I’ve seen loans and leases taken out in all sorts of situations with creative financing. On the surface, it looks comical for someone to take out a loan with your former employer but I’m sure the numbers have been worked out. Heck, even Mark Zuckerberg took out a mortgage on some property…

Rewind 100 years and we will probably find articles about those inconvenient  dad gum horseless carriages. Having to fill up at “gas stations” when that horse or mule can be fed at home. If the horse got hungry away from home, it would simply graze by the size of the road. None of that “range anxiety” trying to find a…

The hectares per tank per tank of kerosene appears to be a joke about the multipurpose nature of vehicles or the “take what we have and make something good enough” philosophy in the old Eastern bloc nations. Guessing the Mukha was built some place like, “The People’s #5 Collective Farm Tractor and Howitzer Barrel…

I knew a girl that had a Saturn where the engine failed at around 55,000 miles. She was really mad the car died 45,000 miles before it’s oil change.

In your defense, would it have killed the groundskeeper to hang some colored flags or even a few strips of florescent colored tape on that cable? Hate to have to weld on a WWII jeep wire cutter to the front of a Panamera.

Blindly trusting navigation apps is stupid. I use Waze but always eyeball the route they offer before setting off. The worst is when it tries to “save” a few minutes by routing you off the beaten path. In once case, the directions wanted me to take a small side street then try and cut through six lanes of 65MPH cross…

Yep, I have seen the same around the construction zone in Palo Alto on 101. The artifacts from previous markings from three years of constant lane shifts is hard for many human drivers to figure out. Caught some interesting reactions on dashcam.