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My grandma got trapped in payday loans until I got her through a bankruptcy and took control of her finances. One of the places I took her to, you’d literally be standing in line with all these other poor souls on the first of the month, waiting to pay off one loan just to take out another - and on either side of you,

The patrol car was going in excess of 60mph at the time - in the rain, in the dark, and in a 40mph zone. The worst part was, they were flying WITHOUT their blues on; supposedly, another officer had been injured or taken ill, and the two officers in the CV were heading to the hospital.

There was no need to be going as

Columbus, Ohio (the closest big city to myself) has been seeing a population boom, so they’re adding lots of parking garages. I guess they’re trying to make them look “cool”, but, I mean, it’s still a parking garage. I suppose it’s better than miles of tarmac.

1st: I’ve had two separate vehicles with exhaust leaks so bad that it’s a miracle I didn’t asphyxiate, and they also both had leaks from the gas tank as well. Why didn’t I get them fixed? Well, with both vehicles, those were deemed (at least by me) to be the least of my problems with them, and since neither had AC I

Back in 2006, two Ohio State Patrol troopers and a civilian died in a collision when the gas tank of the P-71 ruptured and caught fire. It happened just a few miles from where I live, and was big news at the time. It was never detailed whether or not this was related to the issues you mention.

My regular reminder that Shelby Dodge Shadows were a thing in the ‘80s, including this one with a 16-valve version of the VNT Turbo 2.2L built for Shelby’s 65th Birthday:

Many payday loan places also do title loans. Also function as pawn shops.

It’s always fun to listen to my boss talk about SEO, meta data, etc. To be fair to her, she is relatively market-savvy and does her best to keep up with what’s new. But she’s still a nearly-60-year old white conservative. And sometimes, she’ll ask us to do things like put keywords in our listings’ titles/descriptions o

Show and tell. If your listings have lots of pictures and details, if you’re open about the history, and knowledgeable about features, pros, and cons, I’m interested.

For me, the amount of stuff you can show/tell me beforehand is directly proportional to the distance I’m willing to go to make the deal. Which is why my

I was going to post this. If you can’t be arsed to get basic stuff right about the cars you’re selling, I usually have no interest.

The reason I add “usually”, is that sometimes this can be a benefit. Case in point, the Saturn Vue Redline I bought. It was obvious from the way it was being presented and the price being

Or, in two cases I ran into, it sat on blocks for a year or three.

This is the spiritual and practical successor to the Grand Sport trim. Z06 body, more power, sits between the two in price, but more of a fast GT than track car - same as the C6/C7 GS. Even the historic blue-on-silver color scheme is the same, just without the fender hashes.

I live 125 miles due east of Cincy, so what they get, we usually get. Although, the worst seems to come from Dayton, which makes sense, really.

The other part that sucks about rain-to-snow events is runoff. The terrain here is very hilly, so heavy rains and not-deep-enough ditches means lots of water flowing onto roads

Correct. However...

It’s no big deal that I’ve got maybe 100 lbs of gear in a vehicle that weighs 4,500 lbs and can carry another 1500 lbs on top of that. But to look at it another way - a gallon of gas weighs roughly six pounds. A full tank of gas in my van weighs about 125 lbs. And that weight goes away as you use

I had grilled beets once. For someone who grew up watching their grandparents eat pickled beets and vividly remembers the smell, I was pleasantly surprised. It still tasted like it had dirt in it, though.

It’s not just the Deep South. It happens in the Upper South/Lower Midwest, basically the Ohio River watershed.

Take last Thursday’s storm system:

No body should be in an EV that does 200 mph, does 0-60 in 3 seconds, or claims to drive itself but really doesnt.

I carry a 45L BOB in my van, which I know is silly borderline alarming overkill because my commute is like three miles, but I like having it and my vehicle has 144 cu. ft. of cargo space so I’m like, why not?

One thing I’m not seeing mentioned in the press releases - or shown in photos - is the interior. Nothing is mentioned other than different seats and new colors. I’m assuming there’s not much changed since the last refresh in 2016.

I remember becoming acquainted with the Nissan GT-R through playing Gran Turismo 4 and Need For Speed: Underground on my PS2.

Noticed that both of these games came out a few years before the R35. So when I’m talking about GT-R, I mean the R32-R24 versions. Unless you count the GT-R Proto Concept in GT4, which was