When I was 21 and still in college I flew cross county to visit my girlfriend. Upon getting to the counter the clerk informed me that since I was under 25, there would be a $25/day surcharge. To no avail, I protested that the charge was not mentioned in my quote. It had been way too long since seeing my girl, so I…

I was on a multi-country business trip through Europe and was relying on my GPS for navigation. It got late so I stopped off at a hotel for the night. The GPS didn’t like it when I started up the car in the underground parking garage, so it couldn’t find a signal. So I pulled over to the side of the road with…

Ingenious might be a stretch. Been doing this on tractors for 50 years by just lashing a log to the wheel.

GM is actively lobbying/supporting anti-Tesla (free trade) legislation, which means I will never (ever) buy a GM product again. So even if the Bolt didn’t look like a dork-mobile, I wouldn’t be buying one.

It also doesn’t help that GM is one of the big pushers of legislation blocking Tesla’s direct sales model in favor of dealers. I won’t be buying another GM product, ever.

If only it wasn’t a GM product. I just got done writing GM a letter telling them I’d never buy their products because of their overt support on legislation targeting Tesla’s direct sales model. I’m sticking to that so I can’t by it :(

So Volvo designed a Swedish Mazda CX9 you say?

That doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth it. If your Sienna blows a transmission at 85k then the 187k vehicle was a better value.

My aunt and her cousin were t-boned by some drunk teen drivers doing 80+ MPH through a stop sign when I was a youth. All 3 of the kids in the other car died (no belts). The two in front were both decapitated when they went through the windshield and the rear passenger they found literally impaled in the dash. They…

As a Portland resident, I get where they are heading, but this is a poorly thought out implementation. I have to agree that I am sick of watching old cars leave a mile long cloud of smoke as they enter the expressway. Tired of tip-toeing around all the oil puddles in the Walmart parking lot. Disgusted by the…

How did Republic Wireless not make it on to the list? My bill for unlimited talk/text is $12/month. (I think it’s $15 for new customers now).

I grew up in a 200 acre farm outside of Saratoga, and we considered anything north of Lake George to be redneck country. I was told that big old Cadillacs were prized up that way because they made the best septic tanks after you buried them in your yard. My sister went to Paul Smith’s college up near Saranac Lake…

Long long ago and in a far off land known as Florida, my roommate and I might have been driving down I-95 on a Spring Break road trip to Key West. The primary actor in this saga was my newly modified 83 Camaro. My roommate may have been driving while I slept. His driving could have been in a manner such that a mile…

I think he meant the BB gun was for the owner, not the dog. Every time the dog craps in your yard, nail the owner in the backside with a well placed BB hit.

1. Bought a 1980's Chrysler product.

My 2003 Protege 5 has 155k on it. If I can make it last until this thing is available and assuming it gets SkyActiv mileage numbers, my $35k is definitely on the table.

I wonder how long it will take his insurance company to find this video and see that contrary to the claim documents, there was no adorable baby deer in front of him that he had to swerve to avoid.

My joys of ownership of a TurboZ were my first date with my wife where she had to sit in the back seat because the front seat fell apart. About half the buttons and gizmos just stopped working. It was the only car I ever lost control of due to its crappy handling, and since I bought it used I ended up replacing the…

1. My Story: Dropping and then reassembling the engine in my buddies 5.0 Mercury Capri while laying in 10-inches of snow one bitterly cold weekend, only to hear a rod snap as soon as we fired it back up.

I think the better question this article raises is if its better to buy ‘bargain basement’ and loathe every 1 of 100,000+ miles behind the wheel, or spend an extra few pennies and love every mile. I bought a new 2003 fully loaded Mazda Protege 5 for just over $14k and even though its got north of 150K miles on it,…