My family isn't really the picture type either. I've been to some pretty awesome places and events all over the world, from prestigious racing events (Le Man, the Baja 1000, the 12 hours of Sebring, Monaco GP) to just visiting places in Europe and Asia. On each trip, I honestly took maybe, at the most 5 pictures. Why?…

I'm assuming this is because they only do small repairs, tires, brakes that kind of stuff. I'm a divisional VP for a fairly large auto repair chain, and I can't imagine any of my flat raters (the guys that do major repairs, stuff beyond batteries, tires, and oil changes) not knowing how to drive a manual trans... if…

I need to buy a stick shift car. Me and my boss switched cars last week, he took my Dodge Magnum R/T AWD (it's supercharged, lowered, and stiffened up so it's no slouch), I took his 2011 M3. The first day after work when I got in it, I stuck the key in the dash, pushed the start button, and nothing. I KNEW I was…

I stopped comprehending what I was reading when I read abutment, all I could think of was Terrance and Philip pronouncing it "abootment". I think I might have Attention Deficit Dis-oh shiny object.

No worries a quick trip to the body shop will fix that spoiler righ... what's that? No body shop will work on it since parts aren't available and it's a 1 of 3 car? Well then a trip to the dealer shou... oh there's no dealerships either. This is why I won't buy a super rare car, well ok that and the fact that I…

Yeah, if you've ever wondered what those douchebags in high school did after they graduated, they probably became a cop. Not saying all cops are bad, but there's certainly some cops that like to bully. It's the easiest way for someone with low self asteem to bolster themselves up.

When this happened I was young, stupid, and unbelievably broke, hence the reason I HAD to have the rent money from my roommate or the rent wouldn't get paid. Now that I have some savings, and my income is significantly higher then it was then (and I don't work a job where my name's on my shirt) the thought of me…

So you have to be an authorized signer, so you're signing your name on his check. My mistake was signing my roommates name on a check, ergo "forging" his signature, also I was not an authorized signer on his bank account.

DOH! That was a serious spelling fail on my part. I posted that late last night, I'll blame it on being tired or some such.

Bah, I knew it was something like that. I get it for free thanks to the company I work for, but none the less it's totally worth the price.

I'm sure many of you are like me, my family, especially my parents, assume I have an encyclopedic knowledge of all technology. I let my dad in on my secret when I moved 500 miles from home a few years ago, because he would call me with issues constantly. While yes, I have a bit of knowledge in how applications are…

if you're looking for something a bit more in depth in terms of instructions, might I suggest [www.alldatadiy.com] it's rather cheap ($13 or so dollars per car per year), and while it will assume your skill level is that of a full time mechanic (All Data is used by quite a few repair facilities for mechanics to…

It's also a shame that this same guy would by no means have the income to maintain said car, he'd be bankrupt at the first service interval. So by your logic you should also be upset at exotic car manufacturers and there massive scheduled maintenance costs. thanks a lot italians.

You would think, except in the US we have check verifiers. Every large corporation I've worked for that accepts check had one, you enter a drivers license number, and insert the check in a scanner that reads the account information, automagically verifies the funds are available and either authorizes or declines the…

You just gotta make sure those forced induction kids don't try to take the site over. I'd go with jacklopnik.com, granted that could also be a car porn site...

I was detained and almost charged with check fraud once. About 5 or so years ago when I still had roommates I needed my roomies half of the rent money, unfortunately he was out of town on business and his trip kept getting delayed. So the solution we came to was me grabbing his check book and writing a check (this…

Your easiest, and cheapest solution would be to purchase an FM modulator. It plugs in line with your antenna jack on the back of your radio. [www.crutchfield.com] you're looking at roughly $50 as the link will show. As long as you're comfortable with pulling your radio out of the dash it's a pretty easy install.…

yes hazard lights, I call them 4 ways, but you get the idea.

I loved driving in Germany, I had an Audi A6 wagon and got to go down a few stretches of the Autobahn at roughly 130mph pegging the poor little rental car. A few things I noticed, drivers use the left lane strictly for passing, once you've passed someone you get over again. Also, a tip that I picked up and still do to…

also [www.doughertyautomotive.com]