Back in 2005, I would say NEVER! But now that I’m older, have two cars with leather or “leatherette” I can understand the luxury of heated seats. My other two cars (old TDI and an old Duramax) are velour cloth seats and really don’t need a heating element. Now I just wish my other two cars had A/C cooled…

Well, my mom is in the very few of our population who are tone-def and I have many memories some my mom whistling off-key to whatever music was playing...so there’s that. While I appreciate their music now, most of my parents’ peers were listening to the Beatles and The Who. As for being a kid in the 80s, me and my…

Clearly we had different upbringings. My parents were older than their years so my siblings and I had to listen to Bing Crosby, Johnny Cash, Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, and old Blues music.

I do annual oil changes in 3 cars and I never change the oil in the 4th.:

I don’t know about suffering through a song, but I think we become more closed-minded and less patient when we get to pick and choose too much of what we want out of things. Sometimes we learn to appreciate something later after it “clicks” in our brain. I never cared too much for country music, it’s too close to…

I remember the Nissan Altra EV. My college engineering department was experimenting with a fleet of them back in 2000. Ultimately, they deemed the battery technology to be too heavy and lacked the longevity for a feasible consumer production car.

I’m not sure of what technology you’re referring to but there was a recently escape from a chase here in Los Angeles where the perp bailed under a freeway overpass and rolled the car into a wall. The police on the ground backed off because the helicopter had it covered...until they didn’t. I’m not sure if the…

Well none of this will get cleaned up if it’s not reported, investigated, and people become uncomfortable. My hope is that things will get better. I have a friend who is a US Attorney and we often talk about all the horrible things happening the world.

You have some years on me; I was born in 1980, so clearly I was not an early adopter. I still have my records, player, and only had to replace the stylus twice in my life. I still have cassettes, laser discs, mini discs, VHS, and consider most of them a waste of space, but I have a soft spot for vinyls. I don’t…

I just go with a simple lager or white with Chinese food. Can’t imagine pairing a stout as I jokingly call Guinness “soy sauce,” as it is. Most beers should work, but pairing wine with Chinese food seems more difficult.

For raw eggs that I’m trying to warm, I play the an egg in each of my pockets (athletic shorts) while I start to make coffee. Now when I reheat my 147 degree sous vide eggs from the fridge, I fill a mug with hot water from my instant hot water line (180 degrees) and let the eggs sit for 6-10 minutes while I make…

yeah, I said half a brain. I see that you self-corrected with regards to Ms. DeVos.

I still prefer vinyl over digital, but I do see the merits in storage with the digital format. I don’t own a car with digital storage, but it would be nice to have all my music at my disposal. However, sometimes too much choice is not good either. You end up jumping and skipping to parts of the songs you want to…

I was raised by two frugal parents and have always been obsessed with efficiency. I’ve gravitated to the most fuel efficient variants in the models I own:

So that we don’t have to? I’m with you on this. And what did he think was going to happen? It’s kind of like testing gravity; the results are predictable for anyone with half a brain.

I drove one of these as a loaner vehicle from my local car audio shop. It was a great ancillary car, but in no way could I see this as my sole car. I’d pay up to $10K for this car and can see the appeal of it if you leave in a small centralized town or metro area. Personally, I would think San Diego, Palm Springs,…

That’s one very polite Santa. He’s apologizing to other motorists as he drives through the intersections.

Tough rule. So had the receiver pull the ball to his chest instead, it would have secured the ball for a catch with a 1st down at the 1yd line. In real-time, it’s amazing what he was trying to do and the rule burned him. I suppose if he landed on his back or elbows without the ball wiggling, perhaps he would have…

The Toyota Highland Hybrid is the same car with the same output but recommends regular 87 octane. I’ve driven over 5K miles with 91 octane, 90K miles with 87 octane and not seen any difference in fuel economy or performance. You’re right that there was a change from the 3.3L to the 3.5L, but that’s the comparison…

My wife’s 2007 Lexus Rx400h seems to have no difference in fuel economy nor performance when using 87 octane versus 91; though the fuel filler sticker says to fill with Premium. Since it’s a hybrid and has electric assistance, Toyota detuned their standard 3.3L V6 so the compression ratio is even lower than all their…