I sat in a Daihatsu

I loved the Tomcat ones growing up (Navy brat here). But my dad redesigned the logo for the squadron he worked for at Pax River. They were ASW and changed to Force Warfare around 1986. His new design took the basic shape ASW had and added a modern touch (for ‘86)—a sword and lightsaber! I can’t find a larger image of…

When I did the Skip Barber Intro to Racing school at Lime Rock 14 years ago, they took the class around the track in a big ol’ 15 passenger dodge ram van. There was a lot of white knuckles as the instructor slid us across the track to show us the wet line (it rained a little that morning).

I was going to ask what happened to the 911. Must have been a traumatic removal.

I am amazed at how little “car” there is around his hands and steering wheel area. I pulled up a pic from google to look at a newer car and even though the hands are still somewhat exposed, it looks like there so much more car.

First thought of tail was Optima:

Legacys don’t come with that feature, only Camrys!

The Honda dealership in Newark DE had one of these in their showroom a few years ago (they may still have it, just haven’t been there in a while). It was in good shape too.

Was this out of Pax River (MD) or was it somewhere else? Looks like the Chesapeake below them.

The speaker phone passenger—I don’t need to hear your whole damn conversation and worry about not making noise in the car while driving. Hold the phone up to your ear, use an earpiece or the damn headphone/microphone that came with the phone.

The passenger that is not paying attention to the road (reading, eating, etc.) but looks up and freaks out about brake lights ahead that you, the driver, have already seen and whose foot is already applying pressure to your own brake pedal. The freak-out can be about anything else that is in front of the vehicle that…

My wife was set on our next vehicle—Expedition EL, but looking at 2013's and 2014's and thinking about paying all this money for something that was functionally the same as our 2003 was a little tough. I was able to get her into a 2015 with the Ecoboost and even she could feel the difference. Found a great price on a…

While lacking the Yota's predator face, it still has the too busy venting and extra sculpting

This is looking a little too Camry-ish for me, too stretched out and too many vents now. Last model design was pretty clean and nice looking

These aren't necessarily Africanized bees—in the spring, honeybees will form these clusters before they settle into a permanent harborage. Could just be wild honeybees looking for a home...

I bought a CPO vehicle and bought the dealer extended warranty beyond what the CPO covered (Ford btw). We bough the lower or middle plan, not the top-flight one, but the salesman talked a good game on it, saying it would cover the power windows and other things the CPO wouldn't long term.

This has the same problem as the F-150 to me, heavy front end look with a small bed. It looks too front heavy. Reminds me of the Daschund/Pitt Bull mix that was all over the interwebs (it looks like it is going to fall forward on its face—the truck and the dog):

I need to find a good one, but love engine dyno testing where the headers start to glow, BMW has a few I think

That article is very misleading. The 1/3 of the population death is not all bees, it is for the commercial hives that are moved all over the place for orchards and farms. They have a normal die-off of around 25% every year, one year (2012 or 2013) it was a little higher, but not outside normal percentages. Articles…

Stouts were my first love in the craft brew world, and while I have dabbled in hops, I still go back to stouts all through the year. One hoppy one that is still pretty good is Victory Storm King.