Yup. The same people who say DIY everything are the ones who likely think "being homeless would be exciting." Yeah, until you have to do it.

Dude, I live in Canada and buy used beaters but I want to buy a new car from you.

...with a powerful enough laser that if anyone DOES tailgate, they have their hood charred?

Perhaps "hatchback" or "sport cute" has displaced the small truck.

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.