If people are polite and non-threatening, I have no problem explaining my reasons for taking a photo of their home. If they come out with "Guns Blazing" as has happened to some appraisers I know, I will scoot boot and leave them to wonder what that handsome gentleman in the Ford Focus was doing.

Yep, I've had to explain to many people, including law enforcement, that I can legally drive down a public street, and take photos of someones house, which is part of my job. If you purchased a house in the past year, I may want to use it as part of an appraisal of a nearby property, so I must drive by and take a…

Here's my $0.02 about running in the street instead of the side-walk.

P.T. Says "Hi".

Does anyone still buy Smart Car's in the U.S.? They have to be the most uninformed buyers in the market for a new car. Spending at least the mid teens for a two seat car that gets, for its size & poor performance, at best middling MPG, there are so many other cars that are significantly better than this. A Honda Fit,…

Giant Robot & Ultra Man were my favorite shows when I came home from school. Nothing better than guys in rubber suits beating the stuffing out of monsters on miniature sets of Tokyo.

Damn, beat me to it. Directing traffic in a totalitarian state must be so thrilling. They look good doing it though.

Yippee! So, when this new L.I. battery craps out after 4 - 6 years, it will only cost what, $300 or $400 to replace? This is as good of an idea as the air filter in my '06 Focus, that's supposed to last "the life of the car", or about 150K miles. Well, I'm at 120K on my car, and the filter needs to be changed in the…

Volvo & Mercedes? I'm not up on all of these numerical classifications. If that's what it is, then I'd take the Mercedes, with a W123 Sedan and a W124 wagon, both with the in-line six, and the wagon having the seven seat option.

Shit, my dad and I tore apart the engine in a '78 Tradesman from inside the van. We never even opened the hood. The newer Dodge vans, though, they may be a bit harder to work on, as Dodge pushed out the nose a bit and made the inner dog house cover smaller.

If Fiat/Chrysler need to expand Jeep production, I have just the place for them to build another plant. Centrally located, available work force and strong historic ties to the community. Come on FCA, it's just right down the road from your existing Jeep plant.

Jeeps, specifically the Wrangler, and now the Cherokee. Detroit may build the Grand Cherokee, but the home of the Jeep is, and always will be, Toledo, Ohio.

It didn't go the full Oliver, but it was close.

Safe, fast and handles like a cat with "Stickum". Yet, truly an ugly car. For the life of me, I don't know why Subaru cannot build a pretty car lately.

I put this up on Oppo last week, and the Jalop community was pretty much solidly NP. For his asking price, which he has as "$8,500 Firm!" I think it would be a very nice cruiser and weekend hauler. I'd put a hitch on the back, air shocks and pull the camper to the nearest State Park for a retro family vacation…

Yep, that's Perry's International Peace Monument. Put In Bay is a wonderful place to live, but I wouldn't want to visit.

I wouldn't mind it so much if you could detach the screen and take it with you, like a mini-Ipad. That way I could have a GPS with me if I'm traveling in a different city, or I could plug it into my computer and download music or other info I would like to take with me. When I first saw one of these, in a Mazda I…

A friend of my parents had a 2CV back in the mid 1990's, and drove it regularly as part of his piano tuning/repair business up in S.E. Michigan. He'd drive it down to Toledo on I-75, and he said it would do 55mph if he drafted a semi. I thought he was nuts. It was the smoothest riding car I'd every been in, as it just…

This may get me to install a dash cam on my car, as I put a hell of a lot of miles per year on my Focus. It may not be fool proof, as fools are so damn crafty, but it might just save my ass some day.

"Possesses" instead of "Contains" would be a better turn of phrase.