I think you're onto something here. Try this equation on for size:

Small point: there's a difference between prop-wash and tip-vortices. Vortices have rotation, like a tornado, and linger much longer.

While in ground school, we were warned quite extensively about the dangers of helicopter tip vortices. I remember clearly being told that the size of the helicopter had little to do with…

2006 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback:

Old Dodge Caravans:

^^^ Absolutely this, much like kit airplanes. You never, EVER get the cost of your labour out of the project and they never, EVER appreciate in value.

There's hope: Quebec issues only rear licence plates and it's become fashionable to put repro foreign plates on the front. This could very well be a scene from la Belle Province.

Some owner's manuals are so poorly written as to be useless. (I'm looking at you, Hyundai)

You know where I've seen this level of crack-pipe pricing before?

"KIT AIRPLANES."

The stupid "swish" sculpting on the sides can't be helping.

2002 to 2006 Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback.

Looks like a sedan due to the odd "fastback" type tail but it hauls a ridiculous amount of cargo and the rear seat pans fold forward for a lay-flat trunk.

The thing that sets these apart from Honda Fits, Toyota Yaris and Matrix? They're *thousands* less on the used market and…

My mechanic hates remote starters claiming he's seen them fry engine control computers. On the other hand, I have clients in the arctic who indicate they have remote starts installed that will start their car several times during the night, automatically, to keep the engine from seizing in -60-degree temperatures.

I own these as well and they're ridiculously good in the cold. They also have excellent siping grooves for channeling slush away and they're remarkably quiet for a winter tire.

"All-season" versus "winter" comes out heavily in favour of winter tire compounds in weather near the freezing mark and below.

I drive an automatic but that's really good advice on leaving the car in the gear you want to use at startup.

Below a certain temperature, summer or all-season tire rubber compound hardens and loses grip. Winter tires shouldn't be considered "optional" in most of Canada or the Northern USA. As for storage: many tire shops will store your off-season tires for you for free, an incentive to buy from them.

Fellow Canuck here.

Conspicuously absent from the list: Third generation Hyundai Elantra, 2000-2006 . Less expensive than comparable Toyota and Honda models, more reliable/better built than American cars in the same class.

THIS. I wish I'd chosen to impose austerity on myself in the past and harnessed the power of compound interest years ago. You never get that time back.

Debt means you're renting money and it's OPTIONAL. The people who want to rent you money will do so with a smile and try to convince you it's okay. IT'S NOT OKAY. They're making a FORTUNE off you. Find another way, at all costs.

A well laid out kitchen, including a faucet with a pull down sprayer. I actually don't mind doing dishes manually with this thing - the jet mode peels grease off dirty dishes without a lot of work.