I had a bizarre/scary experience a number of years ago when I answered an ad for a 1966 Thunderbird convertible for sale. The owner said it belonged to his mother who had recently passed away and he was looking to sell so he could move to Canada.

Diametric opposite- stationed in Germany, some dumbass E-5 just plowed into my El Camino and totalled it. Looking at cars, visions of an Audi or a BMW or a M-B. Decide to be thorough and go over every possible option- stop at a Saab dealership not 200 feet off-post in Wuerzburg. I know absolutely nothing about Saab.

My other good car buying story, also an eBay long-distance deal. Found a salvage title ‘00 Saab 9-5 SE V6t wagon for less than half the usual retail for a four year old 9-5 with <40K on it. The car was hit in the driver’s B-pillar area. Body shop bought it and used it as a “between other work to keep the boys busy”…

This is mine.

Not even inland, just 30-40 miles from any of the large cities. I know black people who won’t stray more than a mile off I-5 once outside the metro areas because they’re scared of the locals, with varying amounts of justification.

Did you ever drive away with the drunks in the back and then park in a completely different part of the city?

I ordered my first ever new Car in 2003. It was a special build Ford Fiesta (UK) as I wanted a different interior and all the options. Ordered it from Salesman called Ian and was told it would take 3 months. After 10 weeks I phoned for an update and was told Ian no longer worked there and his replacement would phone…

You have never gotten more than an hour inland from the west coast if you believe that the west has any shortage of rednecks.

It started when I was new in the Navy and I had just purchased a $2000 Miata so that I could teach myself how to drive stick (and formally learn that Miata is always the answer). It was in wonderful mechanical condition, and my friend who I took with me would have purchased it had I not had first dibs. Shortly after,…

I sold my Jade Green 2005 E55 Estate to a guy all over email. He saw my FS post on MBworld, never talked to him on the phone or text. He overnighted me a check, it cleared, I overnighted him the title, a transport truck arrived the next day, delivery to NorCal from Seattle.

“It was a good meeting with Kanye Twitty”

Ya know, there used to be a dignity in the tattoo industry that wouldn’t allow any old schlub kid with $200 in his pocket to get a face tat. A real artist wouldn’t do that to someone, understanding the potential impact on that person’s life unless that person were really in the ink world. Now? I interact with people…

Stancing is more like breeding a greyhound with legs that end at the knee.

I’m going to stance a Nissan Murano Cross Cabriolet all the way to the ground, so low it’ll have extra little rollers welded to the underside just so it won’t get stuck on driveways. It’ll handle like a sea turtle getting around on land, but look better because it’s a convertible and not a turtle. Yeah. Then I’ll put…

Pushing using an open trunk lid... bad decisions are universal.

It was a cold day in October that got me sober. I had a bad binge drinking habit, I would stay sober 3 or 4 days then binge hard on a day off. I couldn’t not drink on a day off, and if I drank it was to get wasted drunk. It was a really destructive cycle. I was in the Navy, that didn’t help due to the culture, and I…

How to get sober in three easy steps:

The Dems won’t control the senate after the next election if their Senators vote with the Republicans. It’s only an illusion of control.

OK, so everybody who’s pissed off about this should definitely not vote for Tom Perez.  But for chrissake, don’t be a dope and not vote Democratic.  Shit’s too serious for your Jill Stein purity games.  Better still, get involved in party politics and elect someone better as DNC chairman.  Remember, you’re voting for…

This is because the Democrats are utterly worthless. Their entire legacy over the course of the last 40 years has been one of almost unilateral failure. Their candidates are little more than opposition votes, because even when they have power they squander it.