I’m always looking at flea markets for hand tools that are in ROUGH shape, so rough you can barely tell what the brand is. I got a pair of Snap-On pliers for two or three bucks that I only knew were SO because my Dad could tell by the grips. They had to have been from the 70's or early 80's. He’s a mechanic, and took…
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If people really want to know how to do black cars right, they should talk to the Mennonite folks...the ones around here (this pic is not them) paint their hubcaps black too:
All I could think of was the House of Bolton’s sigil....
The car I have most enjoyed owning...loved my 2-door 4wd S10 Blazer....it is currently enjoying a second career as my Dad’s snowplow during the winter. Only thing that sucked about it was that it was constantly eating my key in the ignition; you’d have to leave it unlocked with the keys in it until it would give you…
Shun Sora 3.5" Paring Knife.
Shun Sora 3.5" Paring Knife.
+1, minus the Europe part.
Why not wear sleeves of the appropriate length to begin with?
For some reason, I would have much less hangup driving a Transit Connect than I would a van, which makes no sense. I blame it on my father, who was a mechanic and LOATHED working on any sort of van, which was pretty terrible to do during the 80's (afterthat his International dealership stopped carying those), and put…
Well I do have a golden retriever but I didn’t mention that earlier so not sure if you meant to reply to me or not....and anyway, I was one of three kids and we always fit in the back of a car too. Fun fact; car seats are way bigger now than they were 10 (or in my case 30) years ago, and are a lot wider than a…
This is us now basically; we’ve got an ‘04 Pacifica with 160k+ that I am fearful will die pretty soon (and has a damn console in the middle row anyway), and we have our 3rd kiddo due in June. The only good option I’ve found is the GMC Acadia, which is a bit bigger than most of these I think, but still smaller than a…
I think the moral of the story here is to run that couch the fuck over. You’ve got a much better shot surviving that than swerving and rolling your vehicle over at 70 mph on the interstate.
I’m not saying your Dad is an asshole (of course I don’t know the guy) but being an asshole and a master negotiator are not mutually exclusive.
I love my Nokian tires that I have on my (gasp) Prius. LRR and they’ve got that little snowflake on them that lets me believe I can drive like a crazy person in the snow and ice without having to worry about the conditions. So with my Prius that means acceleration of up to 15 m.p.h.
Us poor folk who only buy used vehicles with no options because you can get one with slightly less miles and slightly newer for the same money learned something new today: there is such a thing as a heated windshield. I mean, it can’t be too much better than just starting your car 10 minutes earlier, but damn, that’s…
Boxed wine is a steal! And it’s gotten a lot better too, and lasts quite awhile. This is not your Mother’s Franzia. Sam’s sells a box of black box wines here in MO for something like $18, but that’s for the equivalent of four bottles, and it lasts a month. My wife likes it just as well (the cab at least) as any of the…
So what’s the over/under on the $$$ in deductibles that you’ll have to pay? I’d set it, but I don’t have any idea what the deductible is per incident...
Immediately before the kick, I thought of my childhood friend from Missouri and Drew Magary, both of whom inexplicably are Vikings fans (well, there is probably a good reason why Drew is a fan, but there’s no reason for a kid in the middle of Missouri to be a Vikings fan), and thought, “Man, I hope they make this,…
I love my Prius, and yeah it is boring as hell. But it was what my wife needed to haul our 2 kiddos around, it’s safe, cheap to operate and maintain and actually goes faster than the speed limit and has driven in several snow/ice storms and has handled itself admirably...it is an excellent car by every utilitarian…