only marginally related, but you reminded me of a funny story. A friend was riding his bike and at one point passed an empty potato chip bag in the road. A passing car slowed down, a fat lady leaned out the window and yelled “YOU DROPPED YOUR BACKPACK!”. Chip bag....backpack. As if somebody COULD drop their backpack…

If your airbag deploys while making a turn, your hand position was NOT the problem

I was told not to do “jackrabbit starts” because it wastes gas. Fuck that.

Considering the $ is it more fun to drive than 100 used Miatas?

There have been complete YEARS where I’ve dreamed of owning a Corolla, but in all my years I never have. The timing’s been off...all my other car’s repairs have been done and I’ve re-padded the bank account, so by the time I’m ready to buy I was also ready to gamble. A Jetta that’s been parked for most of its life out…

Leonard part 6?

Back in the early ‘90's I’d saved just enough money to take a long weekend solo to Moab. I had enough for gas and maybe a couple of meals...that was it. Nothing more. No contingency money. I had just stopped for gas and paid the highest price I’d ever seen, driving across the Utah desert when a dashboard light came…

I HATE HATE HATE having to sit there in the driving lane, or miss my light because some dumbass in the turning lane (where I want to be) has left a huge gap between himself and the car in front. Get closer! He’s not going to shoot spikes out the back of his car.

Here’s my impression of a Harley rider BEFORE they invented the motorcycle: “HEY! HEY! LOOK AT ME! LOOK! HEY! ME! LOOK AT ME!!”

its more about having to show extra attention to people in big cars, like they deserve it or something.

Am I the only one who’s noticed they’re not making parking spots any bigger?

I used to have a ‘69 Mach 1. One night while filling it up a Highway Patrol car pulled up to fill up their Camaro. One of the officers (there were two) asked me about my car...I couldn’t tell if he was leading me into saying something I shouldn’t OR if he wanted to race. I think he wanted to race. He asked what I’ve…

I found my friends to be less interesting after I quit drinking.

You forgot the 2 million dollars part. I’m with you, brother.

My trouble is my 7 mile commute with back roads and no traffic, where my GTI gets 30+MPG. And longer trips we take my wife’s Forester for the luggage space/AWD for the ski trips, so I’m holding out for Volt technology in an AWD SUV. Ugh...did I just say that out loud?!

My mom did pretty well. My dad taught me what clutch smells like.

I really want a Volt, but I’m hesitant because I don’t want to give up my manual. I swore I would never again drive an automatic after a history of underpowered 4-bangers with auto transmissions, but I’m learning that with enough torque and more gears I don’t hate driving them. But still...

I was reading car magazines long before I could drive, so the plan all along was to buy a manual. The car salesman taught me to drive it on the test drive of the VW Type3 fastback (I bought it). And once I was up to speed with driving it, I taught both of my parents to drive stick.

Don’t go upscale on me, Lada! Its not a Lada unless it has stamped steel wheels

The more I read, the more I like. Like finding out the cheap vanilla ice milk you just bought is really cheap FRENCH vanilla ice milk.