I always hated the unpainted black plastic wheel arches on my Wrangler. I painted them with matte black spray paint every few years. They would fade so quickly and make my Jeep look old and worn out. Needless to say it all got a fresh coat when I went to trade it in.

I saw one in London at the beginning of the month. Parked on the street on Queens Gate Terrace. Thought it was a weird version of a smart before I realized what it was. Wish I had gotten a picture but my wife was hungry and grumpy that I was making her walk so much.

Except for the thefts from firearms stores. A month ago the Cabella’s I can see from my office was rammed by a car and a whole bunch of guns were stolen. Seems to negate the whole irresponsible owner theory.

#6 did this when I bought my motorcycle. The dealer knew I was shopping as I had spoken with the same guy 3 times before my purchase. I made an appointment and rode 5 bikes. At the end I told him which I wanted and that I wanted bar end mirrors and a slip-on exhaust installed for a good price. 15mins later they were…

That’s why I was a bit excited when I heard of a proposed route from Denver to Vail. That would be fantastic and if it wasn’t cost prohibitive I would take it weekly to avoid I-70 traffic.

That was my first thought as well. I live just south of Denver and have no reason at all to go to Wyoming for anything. Connecting Pueblo to Cheyenne seems silly except to get to the airport in Denver faster or to allow for people to commute from a great distance. Only thing that makes sense is that it’s relatively…

Agreed, I too am at a respectable financial firm that both values our clients business and my inputs as an employee. You can find shady jobs everywhere but vehicle sales seems like that’s all there is.

Completely agree, I prefer to do business with people who are tasteful and professional and that extends to the use of attention grabbing marketing. The louder you scream your great deal or whatever to get my attention the less of it I give.

I was in the UK last week and really liked seeing the VW Sciroccos running around. It looked sporty with the lower roof line and the wider body kit. Make a GTI version that isn’t manufactured by VW and I would take a look at one.

That’s what I do, keep my nice wheels and sticky summer tires on my STi and then in winter I swap to my CRV steel wheels and snow tires. Car never lets me down in either season.

I remember Richard Hammond talking about tire heat when he drove an old F1 car a few years back. They used tire warmers but he wasn’t confident enough to drive hard enough to keep the tires warm and he was visibly slipping around. His comment was I can go slow enough to be comfortable and the tires won’t have grip and…

Denver just opened a train to the plane and when it works it’s not very cost effective depending on the duration of your trip. It’s $9 per person each way. For myself and my wife that’s $36 round trip which takes about 1.5-2 hours. I can park in the shuttle lot for $8 a day and it takes me 30-45 minutes to drive to…

Denver has done a good job solving this I think. They have a place right off the property that you can pull in to and park. They have seats inside to watch the boards to see when the flight you’re looking for. They also have a food court, restrooms and gas if you need it. You can sit there, wait for your person to…

I rode a 107 and 114 back to back. The 107 felt fine but the 114 was noticeably better. Just seemed to have the little bit more top end that I was looking for. Let me rev the bike out some and kept me from having to downshift to get back in the power band.

Bonneville, you won’t be disappointed.

The new Fat Bob felt good coming off the kickstand to me. The Road King felt rather heavy. I think most of the weight savings is in the fuel tank which they made smaller.

And many with double the cylinders. My little 675 Street Triple makes 106HP but I’ve got to get it out to 12k RPMs and I get blown all over the highway in the wind. Different tools for different jobs.

Indian is the same way and it frustrates the crap out of me. Torque is nice and all but I like to rev my bikes out some and really get my hustle on. However, most sites don’t provide HP numbers and many don’t provide torque either which is really frustrating. Here is a shot from Kawasakis Ninja 1000 page. I also…

The new Triumphs are very nice bikes. I had a chance to test ride a Street Cup, Street Twin and a Thruxton R as well as the Street Triple I ended up purchasing. The Street Cup was really fun to ride but the Thruxton was a blast. I’d say ride both Bonnevilles and see which you like the best, bet it will be the T120.…

I didn’t like the i3 until I sat in one at an auto show. Would be a great second car for me since I only commute 9 miles each way. But I live in snowland so the AWD car makes more sense and I have a motorcycle for commuting. I think that is the issue with a lot of these cars is that they would make good second cars…