I went back and listened to the podcast. Here it is if you are interested. http://www.npr.org/player/v2/medi…

Anybody listen to the stories of near nuke-disasters on NPR radio today. What wowed me was the fact that the atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima ended up using only like 0.3% of its uranium fuel. The rest was wasted. The amount that actually went into creating the powerful chain reaction was represented by only 7…

My dad made me help him change the clutch in our families '69 Roadrunner which later became my car. I became pretty knowledgeable about cars over the next 4 decades. But I'd never even attempt to change the clutch in my 2000 VW Beetle even with the help of my son's. On the positive side though, the Roadrunner…

Pardon my ignorance, but what the hell is a "Shooting Brake"?

I don't know. You put on Alpine Stars and you try to act like a star.

I don't even trust dealers to do a simple oil change. Pretty sure the ones that do them are not ASE certified. Most of those jobs are left to the $10/hr idiot. My last experience at the dealer (Larry Miller Volkswagen in Lakewood Colorado, calling them out) was horrific. Went in for installation of a new set of…

For the most part, current retirees are baby boomers, and they yearn for cars from that generation. Pretty sure not many of them would turn down some classic iron from the 60's or early 70's. I just turned 60 and I just want my Roadrunner back.

More money, more problems. What a hassle owning a nice car like that and feeling like you have to protect it and worry about it. I'm perfectly happy with my no-flash car I can park anywhere and know it will be there when I come back. All I ask for is it always starts, gets reasonable mileage and never leaves me…

I have this recurrent dream that all murderers, rapists, terrorists, drug traffickers, burglars, tax cheats, NRA supporters and otherwise extremists meet their maker at midnight and I wake up to a better gentler society. Message to Joshua: Sayonara, glad you're gone.

6.) A U-Haul Box Truck

This massive tool set comes complete with a bonus three-drawer metal toolbox, and is steeply discounted today. [Craftsman 283 pc. mechanics Tool Set, $226]

Several variables have come together to make self servicing an increasing challenge over the last decades. First it was the addition of all the emission control equipment. I remember my 1981 Mazda - pipes going every where, what a mish mash and very unpleasing to the eye. I think it is one of the reasons that…

Good Lord ... bring back an updated and improved version of the Eurovan Camper if VW wants a blip in sales. Used campers with 100K to 200K miles go at ridiculous prices and there are no reasonable alternatives.

It's instances like this that convinces me that we need less privacy and more surveillance in the cities where we live. Here in Denver where I live, two of our family members have had their cars stolen; one of them at gun point. The cops take reports but then do absolutely nothing to recover the vehicles. I'm…

These are all super weapons. I'd just like to be the guy that takes all the brass into recycling when all is said and done. How does any naval personnel not suffer from hearing damage???

Wouldn't buy a car made in either China or Texas.

Yeah, that is my issue. As I did in my 2000 NB, you can make them fold flat if you remove the rear seat bottom, which is the way it has been for the last 14 years for me. But I don't want to buy a new car and make this compromise again.

I applaud the manual, AWD, diesel combo......but come on VW engineering, can't you make the rear seat fold flat!!!???

So, if you're sitting on a railroad track with a train bearing down on you, what do you do? Full throttle it or push the clutch in, get the revs up, then dump the clutch?

Oh yeah. First time I did it, it took me about 2 hours of total frustration to change the battery. And my knuckles were a bleeding mess.