My wife is a technical writer and I’ve been trained to automatically hate on grammar like that.  Has a star on me!

So what part of SoCal do you live in?

Scattered, smothered and covered.  I can order at WH without looking at a menu.

Damn, I thought I’d be the only one to mention this book.  And it’s far too easy to see how it could be ruined when brought to the big screen.  Shame.

Damn, I thought I’d be the only one to mention this book.  And it’s far too easy to see how it could be ruined when brought to the big screen.  Shame.

These things were bulletproof. A friend of mine (most decidedly not a gearhead) bought one of these new and before an F5 tornado wrenched it from this world he put over 450,000 miles on it. The only mechanical issue(s) he had was the power window regulators and the poorly-welded door window suppports (the weld would…

Former sales droid (32 years software sales) here...:-) I did technical sales (no golf, fancy dinners or contract work) but customers often asked if I was a “consultant” or a services (help by the hour) guy. They got total honesty; my job was to sell software and I didn’t get paid unless they bought something. That…

Boy howdy this article couldn’t have been more timely. I’m looking at a recent-vintage Honda Ridgeline for my wife. It’s down to one listed on Carvana with a true “out the door price” I can live with. But my wife found one listed for about a grand less at a local dealer who I’ve dealt with before...and absolutely…

Nope, no argument here. I cheaped out on tires for my beloved 1995 Maxima SE and saved $100. Subsequently they locked up under hard braking when a driver in front of me saw a ghost or something. NOTE: at the time ABS was a $1,000 extra that my Maxima didn’t have. My car skidded into the bumper of that car (well, SUV…

Same vehicle. My son and I drove it from central North Carolina to somewhere waaay up in the Poconos. It was almost all on I-81 through VA, then up to PA and then up into NY. My parents lived in central Pennsylvania at the time so that gave us a place to stay for the trip up and back.

Use a Google voice number.  Listing a car for sale using your actual phone number will indeed introduce you to  a world of sleaze you didn’t think possible.

I-40 between Greensboro and the Raleigh split? I drove that route since 1993 when I-40 was still under construction. Two classes of bad drivers seem to populate that stretch: government vehicles (county sheriff prisoner transfer vans are the worst) and ratty Corollas with a death wish.

Absolutely. Honestly if he *didn’t* add a fuel surcharge I’d make the offer. Our guy is a bit of a character (much longer post required) but he does really good work and we get regular compliments on our way-too-large lawn.

Disagree. Look at someone like the guy who mows my lawn. He has a used Ram truck, two mowers and a collection of weed whackers etc. Gas is his single biggest expense. He lives pretty much paycheck to paycheck although his lot has improved since his wife went back to school, trained as a nurse and now has a job with…

In my early teens (late 1960's, early 1970's) I worked summers on the family dairy farm. What we call “lunch” was the big meal of the day followed by a nap since there’s nothing like baling hay after a meal in ninety degree weather.

Yes, it takes a “Dr. Feelgood” to get this. I had a psychiatrist whose motto was basically “better living through chemistry” and I could get pretty much anything I asked for. Although it’s not certain, I’m pretty sure I had read about Provigil in on of Tyler Rogoway’s military posts. At the time I was going overseas…

It’s a really “blink and you’ll miss it” item in Tim Alberta’s book American Carnage but our Dear Leader is a big fan of Provigil. Supposedly it’s the source of his apparently endless stamina on the road.

I used to be the proud owner of a 1991 Taurus SHO. It was a hoot to drive and for the day was righteously quick for a car that could hold five adults comfortably.

Or (devil’s advocate) you’re driving to work one day and drop your cell phone on the floor. You reach down to get it and take your eyes off the road for “just a second.” During that second a pedestrian steps out between the parked cars along the side of the road and you hit them. The pedestrian is seriously injured,…

Rod bearings are considered “wear items” by E39 owners. Once you get around 80-100K on a set you start sending a used oil sample out to Blackstone Labs to check for the level of metal content that indicates yours are on the way out. This is considered a DIY for the hard-core owners and it’s fairly easy to find folks…