Old Mini Coopers have the same failsafe feature for the fuel pump and is triggered by potholes. I literally pushed things in the engine bay holding up tears until I felt a button.

Doesn’t help that there’s limited stock and whatever inventory that landed has dealer markup. So I can definitely believe it. 

I wash my car before and after any long road trip. I get good vibes whenever this happened, and the one time I didn’t I had a flat tire 5 hours away from home.

Did you just diss Lowe’s? I mean, you’re right, but damn. 

France domestic travel via train mandated by the government should come with a guarantee that no labour strikes can occur.

I can’t wait to use touchscreen panels in -40c weather! Knobs suck

Portland is definitely Volvo wagon country. I love going there just to stare while I’m eating Pok Pok wings (RIP). 

I didn’t have access to my parents’ garage to work on my cars, so I got bored and built bicycles in my condo. Went from zero to 3.

Could be a cost thing as well as regulatory. Imagine the warranty claims on those because humans.

Mine holds the AAA card (in my case, CAA) for the inevitable tow I’ll need. It’s not ‘if’ but ‘when’. 

It’s basically the reason why a 928 exists in my garage. And Hammond and the classic Mini. 

Thanks for blowing my mind about American Express!

I miss mine dearly. Although the head gasket gave me nightmares; mostly because I’m too inept to replace it.

Do some maintenance on my classic Mini so she continues to run in tip-top shape

Note the palm trees and the Canadian license plate.

I watched an episode of Drivers, Dine-Ins, and Dives featuring Pok-Pok in Portland, OR. It was a Friday before a long weekend in Calgary, Canada and on a whim, drove there Saturday morning to try it out.

If you’re rich enough in the Philippines to import a Lamborghini Gallardo, what’s stopping me from hiring third-party sources to ‘bid’ for me? That’s why.

Thule box. Makes ski trips easier to manage with all of the equipment up top. Just don’t put your laptop in there and it’s -25c with the windchill outside BEFORE you start driving 120kph.

Probably? Never dealt with them

Those are just local Alberta companies in Canada, and ‘Royal Rally’ is a local enthusiast rally that got into hot water over a crash that wasn’t part of their event,