Theme here.  I had a 73 fastback, which I would dearly love to drive just one more time, just to remind me not to own one again.  The back seat floorboard was rusted so bad it took an entire garbage can lid to patch, and I went through voltage regulators like most people go through M&M’s.  But, man that car could…

Those were so much fun to drive, too.  You chose your mom well

We had a manual option on the simulators, but it was 3-on-the-tree and affected basically nothing, and no way to opt for a manual for real driving.  I learned to drive stick from the car dealer on the test drive of my first car (‘73 VW Type3 fastback)

Yes!  

I really wanted to teach my daughter to drive a manual, but she literally had trouble knowing how far to turn, then straighten the steering wheel and I’m pretty sure adding in a clutch and gear lever would have destroyed her.  I taught her a year or so AFTER she got her license and I’m happy to report she’s a great…

Driving south from Ouray Colorado is Hwy 550, known as the “Million Dollar Highway”. Red Mountain Pass. This road is famous for its lack of guardrails and steep drops, and leading up to this trip all I knew about the road was that you shouldn’t drive it in fresh snow. My familiarity came mostly from reading about it…

Second gen Honda Insight, brand new and took it into a carwash for its first bath. The dryers blew the plastic roof trim off the car. I had to get out in a drippy carwash with someone waiting to enter to wedge the plastic back into the groove. The dealer fixed it and said it comes from the factory only attached at the…

With that particular QX50 there was no way to stream music from a phone if the car doesn’t come equipped with navigation. Base model, no navigation. This is what the Infiniti dealer said. I could connect the phone itself, just not stream music. I bought a 2013 version of the same car WITH navigation, streaming music…

A friend was telling me why he thought a raised Jeep was the perfect starter car for his daughter. She can’t afford to drive it too far because of its crappy mileage, and she’s too scared to drive it at highway speeds, so she’s never far from home. And he took the back seat out.

You must not have 15 bicycles in your garage

Different animal I guess. Never considered because it wouldn’t fit in my garage (more like the other way around)

Exactly! I didn’t even want the nav, because I’m smart enough to use my phone for such things.  

I test drove a base model 2017 Infiniti QX50. Low miles, fair price...I was interested. The last step was to see how well it fit in my garage, so I took it on one last test drive. It fit fine, so I decided to commit. And since I was committing, I may as well connect my phone and listen to Spotify on my way back to the…

Oh, it slows people down.  To the point you need to pack a lunch to get to the grocery store

Thank you...I’ve got a friend in St Albans, I now know to take public transportation when I visit.

Hmm...

Welcome to Colorado Springs, where our diverging diamonds do NOT have lights timed correctly.  It’s keeping with the theme of not having ANY lights timed correctly.  

Colorado Springs has roads that were designed by developers. Developers think everyone wants to drive on a winding road, with the frustrating result that the roads don’t go anywhere. The only place I’ve seen more confusing roads are in medieval towns, where roads were made on top of goat paths. I’ve been in areas here …

(they still sell them!)

The version of “no” that begins with the letter “F”