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Good writeup, it would have been great to have this around the first time I did a set of fork seals.

Soundgarden was always rad and just a bit different than anything else that came out of Seattle in the ‘90's. I remember buying one of their T’s back in the day; it caused a rift in my folks house because it had a cartoon drawing of a smoking gun on the back

Didn’t read, didn’t look at the ad.

I got my drivers permit in the spring of ‘99 (maybe 2000, I honestly don’t remember). Before I was allowed to get my actual drivers license my mom decided that a good amount of parentally-supervised driving would be necessary. In order to check this box we took a road trip from Albuquerque, NM (where we lived at the

I stopped reading here.

The truck he bought would never truly be like Marty McFly’s.

I’m just going to leave this here:

Remarkably clean, I’d love to own it, but it’s an extra zero away from being a NP.

Ha! huhhaha....

Good and fuck mandatory inspections.

My dad’s currently on his 2nd diesel x5 (it might be an ‘010..?, previous was a year older and an absolute lemon. BMW bought it back; basically gave him the second one), and it seems to be work pretty well for what he does. He bought the diesel because occasionally he travels with a (~6500 lb) when he and my mom get

“about then-grand to the truck’s”

I guess the exhaust shops in Montrose and GJ are going to get some business in the near future...

This morning, 258 people have all the doll hairs and none of the sense.

Something to note about rust on ‘80's Toyota trucks: if the truck lives somewhere that doesn’t cause vehicles to completely rust into the ground you may notice that the cabs stay in fairly good condition while the beds rust. This is because a lot of those trucks were sent over without beds (a practice evoked by the

Um....a 30-year old Japanese vehicle is about the most reliable thing on earth:

a) Fuck that guy. Long ago, and before the nonsense, I thought the bikes (and by default, the builder) were cool. Family guy (or one of those cartoons) made a joke about him and the nazi bullshit, I always assumed it had something to do with the overwhelming use of iron crosses and never really felt inclined to do a

“Acura Nex, 10 vehicles valued at $180,000 apiece, with total fees of $16,200 charged to all 10 vehicle owners.

Oh but it does come with the 6 spd

I like this Talon.