I’m suspecting it might be their name.

I hope you have a great afternoon, too.

In the 1990s, “Dusty Rose” was a pretty standard interior design color. It’s now utterly despised by everyone but those in their 80s.

And here’s the thing. If you’re willing to buy older bikes and cars, you can get amazing vehicles for fairly short money; cars or vehicles you would have never, ever been able to afford when they were new or newish.

When we bought our, we asked them for the cheapest truck on the lot. They rolled out a teal V6 with the half doors and long bed, along with towing package, chrome wheels and not much else. It was pretty heavily discounted, so we immediately bought. I think we paid like $20K for it. It’s not got about 75K miles on…

I’m right behind you with my 18 year old F150. I bought it and figured I’d replace it in ten years.

It’s because they’re broken all the time.

As an old fart, one will eventually get to the point where one realizes that chasing the latest, greatest and fastest is an expensive proposition. When that moment comes, one looks around the garage, sees no payments on anything and decides that, you know what, what I already have gives me enough driving pleasure and…

MOPAR has been using torsion bars forever. You should get Torchinski to show you some VW bug front ends which are a staked pair of torsion bars.

I hope you have a great day.

I have old BMW motorcycles and they seem to built to support an essentially limitless lifespan. Those old German things are made to be taken apart, rebuilt and reassembled countless times. Just look at the fasteners to see how they approach maintainability.

58 here and as we stage for retirement and are looking at houses, garage space to allow both motorcycle and car lifts are part of the deal.

When I was a broke college student, I wrenched so I could get home or just get around. Motorcycles or cars, I worked on either. After college, we bought a new 84 Accord and I pretty much stopped working on cars. The only exception was my 22RE equipped Toyota Pickup, which I maintained myself. I haven’t worked on…

Usually, calling someone a homosexual is an insult we leave behind about the time we start to grow pubic hair. Otherwise, it’s usually an indicator that one is really insecure about their own sexuality.

In most jurisdictions, grand theft applies to stolen items valuing more than $1000. Those signs are expensive. They need to endure any weather while remaining reflective and not having their letters peel off.

If you’ve never had one of those “why the fuck am I worrying about this” moments, you should be right now.

If you think you have your foot on the brake, of course you press harder because you think that will make it stop - you still think you have your foot on the right pedal and there’s something wrong with the car.

I agree that this could happen in any city in the US. However, having lived in Boston and listened to them denigrating the south for being racist, I always had a hard time balancing that with my experiences in either city. It’s the hypocrisy I find curious.

Any “Gold Pack”.

I think you might have nailed it. Bostonians just don’t like other people. I went to Filene’s one time and bought a new jacket and a couple pair of pants and the cashier didn’t say a single word to me or even make eye contact.