Yeah, I hate soggy fries. One of the few fast food places I go to is Dairy Queen, for the Blizzards, and occasionally get fries. I eat the fries first if course. If we get take-out from a local place and we get fries, I eat them on the way home. Not that I go to Wendy’s, but this is a good thing for them to do.

And the latest generation includes an AWD version, the one thing that the Prius lacked. My Gen2 Prius lasted 300k miles and my Gen4 AWD is great.

Early year Mustangs were very uncomfortable to drive as the seating is very low, almost like sitting a floor. That was my impression in my one and only driving experience in one.

Noisy electronic toy? Tape, any kind of tape (thicker better) over the speaker works wonders. If you use clear tape, the kid may not even notice.

After having learned skateboarding back when it was steel wheels on homemade boards cobbled from disassembled skates, graduating to “clay” wheels on actual skateboards to neoprene wheels, getting back on my old board was comfy the few times I have done it. However, getting on one of the new style boards is just plain…

I suspect that the soft materials in the seats have hardened over time and are not providing the cushioning they did when newer.

We have direct personal experience with a similar vehicle. We lived in Phoenix for a year. I flew to Seattle to bring my spouse’s car down for the 16 mile commute. I was driving a Sunbeam Alpine. So, imagine this scenario. A corporate job, so all dressed in a suit, summer day, it takes 45 minutes to drive that 16…

My stock ‘67 VW squareback! I have had a couple of people drive this car with the swing axle configuration who have liked it better than the newer independent suspension versions. It is a blast to drive hard, fun to sling around on gravel and dirt.

And when the CDC recommended more layers, I added more layers to my homemade cloth masks. When I arrived for a medical appointment, they asked me to replace my cloth mask with one of their paper ones. The paper one allowed so much more air through than my cloth one, it felt like it wasn’t effective.

My spouse worked for Motorola corporate headquarters as an internal auditor as part of a team. I took my spouse to the airport for they were heading to Mexico City to audit a manufacturing facility there. As I was helping unload luggage, a co-worker walked up with their “luggage” which consisted of two large black…

If you own a hybrid, it can be used as a power source. We have used our Prius as a power source during power outages several times now. It is capable of putting out 1500 watts through the 12v battery. I have a 1300 watt generator and it powers up the essentials. Mini-fridge for insulin, CPAP machine, modem and router,…

We have a car wash that use to have the flappy stuff inside, but most of it was gutted leaving only the car wash foamy stuff sprayer, the rinser, and the blow dryer. All the real washing and final drying is done by hand. Great employer of local kids at actually a decent wage.

Bush asked Cheney to find the best candidate to be the vice president, and he chose himself.

I suspect that the elongated rear ends had to do with a rule that mandated a minimum length of bed.

Is Mike Richards a close friend of Dick Cheney? 

Reverse: The Mini Is Born

Neutral: Infotainment Systems, Huh?

My brother purchased a first-year Previa and I obtained it through the estate. It was a great car and if it had been the AWD version I would have kept it. At 350k miles it was starting to wear out, so we sold it. I have a huge soft spot for Previas.

The -concept- of a transformable chair into a bed is different and has potential. Whether it will actually be comfortable in either shape is very questionable.

I have always been attracted to practical vehicles as opposed to flashy cars. While I like sports cars, for actual use, I favored practical ones. As a kid we owned a Ford woody wagon and a Ford F100 crewcab (which I now own). At the time, my older cousin and an older friend had VW squarebacks and the practicality of a…