Over the (many) years, I have:

What IS that handle thingie? It makes the whole car look like a life raft with wheels!

Neutral: Call Elon Musk.

The only thing that could improve the looks of a Leaf is a gallon of Round-Up.

OCVCD .. Obsessive Compulsive Volkswagen Cleaning Disorder.

Forty-seven ocean crossing private jets parked at the ramp in front my Kona, Hawaii (KOA) job site, this winter holiday season.

$200.00? Try $750.00 in Hawaii.

Me getting older didn’t change my wrenching habits, cars getting newer did.

Why are airlines (not just United) so insistent that you occupy you booked, or assigned seats, at least until after take-off? Take-off is the most hazardous part of a flight, it makes it easier to identify the bodies if they are in what’s left of their seat. And no, I’m serious.

Here ya go Torch, gas or EV. ‘Course since it’s govered to 25 mph* to avoid Federalization, I’m not sure it qualifies as a car, but still. In fact, living in Kona, Hawaii I’m seriously think of buying onr, or maybe several.

That blue-grey VW Kastenwagen is exactly like the one I bought in Stuttgart in ‘69. Sitting in the back of cheap used car lot, needed brakes, clutch, some electrical issues. The owner said it wasn’t saleable, but sold it really cheap and loaned me tools. My wife and I repaired everything in the lot, got it licensed,…

If you’re touching up a scratch or dent in a large panel, use a ‘dodger’ instead of masking. Cut a hole the approximate shape of the paint repair area, but a couple of inches larger, overall. Hold the dodger a few inches above your surface, and move it around a bit while spraying through the hole. Do several light…

He needs to buy a beige Camry. Any really nice car is gonna land him cuffed and face-down in the street while the cops accuse him of stealing it.

And ... you can buy 100LL at your neighborhood airport for ONLY $6.499/ gal.

You can’t have a Japan arcade discussion without mentioning pachinko machines.

P. T. Barnum famously opined, “There’s a sucker born every minute”. If true, it means that Trump suckered 119 years, eight months, and 28 days worth of fools who voted for him ... think about it, suckers.

Jalopnik is usually a ‘politics free zone’, but since this is here wathehell, I guess I can post my carefully calculated comment, to wit.

Imagine if you will, a motorcycle named after Aussie pre-teen surfers.

It was fun, got a lot of waves. Did it with vinyl electrical tape, When I turned it back to Hippie Vans they thought about just leaving it, but chickened out at last.

My lovely and I spent seven weeks in OZ in the fall (their spring) ‘15. We drove several rentals, including a camper van, all up and down the east coast and into the eastern outback. For the first couple of weeks I thought all the near-misses were caused by my adaptation to left side of the road driving, but I…