My forever car is my Miata. I bought it new in 1991, and drove it daily through Long Island winters and summers. No rust at all, no major breakdowns. Drove it to the Grand Canyon, arriving on a snowy Christmas morning. I got a speeding ticket in it, on that same trip, for driving a red sports car with New York plates…

A speck of rust? Amateur. Call me when you jam a pair of needle nose pliers into your eye. I’ll let you know what to expect

I guess I should worry. My 1991 Miata is nearing that 150K mark. No rust. (Northeast daily driver car for half it’s life.) No mechanical issues. Then again, I’m never going to sell it, so it won’t ever be on this list. 

I didn’t need anything attached to my Miata hitch. An SUV owner tried driving over the entire car at a red light, before complaining that my car was “so low” he couldn’t see it. Thankfully his insurance company saw it just fine. 

I was working on my bicycle, trying to get the rear derailleur cable in place. I couldn’t get it, so I grabbed it with needle nose pliers. Then I gave it a nice hard tug. The pliers slipped, and by the time I was able to let go, they had already poked a hole in my eyeball. Never knew they could put stitches in an eyeba…

I was offered a chance to take my driver’s lisence road test in a car with a bean bag chair as a passenger seat. A hole in the bag aligned nicely with a hole in the floor of the car. Every ride had the passenger sitting in a styrofoam snow storm. Proper seats are over rated. Didn’t take the test though. 

So, sedans, big pickup trucks, and now garbage trucks too? I’m running out of stuff I can still drive.

I was heading north on I95 near Washington DC. Took the ramp for I495. Probably should mention I was driving a little red Miata with New York plates. I was still on the ramp when a cop that had been driving on I495 stopped me for speeding. Said he was pacing me. Wrote that on the ticket too. Though it was odd since I…

Back in the 70's I was in the Air Force stationed in California. A friend had a motorcycle. Once, when we were on a ride, he saw that gas on the far corner of an intersection was two cents a gallon cheaper (mind you this was a vehicle with a three gallon tank) so he went for it. We never made it, as we got hit by a…

I rented a small SUV and went to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon . Not the National Park part mind you, but down some dirt roads that weren’t on any paper map I had. Got there ok, and camped a few days. When it was time to leave, I couldn’t get any sort of cell signal, so my phone wouldn’t download any map data.…