Mayo and anchovies. Bloody hell man. I’d rather eat broccoli.

My daily driver is a 7 passenger SUV, my weekend fun car is a Miata. So I do enjoy driving small cars. The reason that my daily driver is an SUV is because I’m 6'4 with a dodgy back and knees. So I want something easy for me to get in and out of.

I’ve stayed in plenty of $50/night hotels. Usually places like Motel 6, Extended Stay America, Americas Best Value in. They are always nice and clean. It helps if you know the area and can pick one in the good part of town. What I usually don’t like about $50/night hotels is the thin fellows and lumpy mattresses.…

I did this last summer when I was driving through New England and the Canadian Maritimes. Especially in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia you can go a long way between towns. Plus I was in a rental car and didn’t know how well you could of trust the gas gauge.

I hate to be that guy, but there is no such thing as a carbureted diesel. All diesels use injection of some sort. Either direct or indirect injection, with electronic or mechanical controls.

Part of the problem is there is not one FICO score. There are different scores for different credit products and the lender may have their own custom score.

I don’t know about gimmicks, but according to the letters I get a couple of times a month. The local Dodge dealer is in desperate need of a 4 year old Durango with 85K Miles and scratch on the front and rear bumpers. They sure have some peticular buyers. I hope that the scratch is in the right place.

Call me crazy, but I think FCA should merge or enter into a partnership with Mazda. FCA really needs small cars to add to its line up and Mazda make great small cars. Plus Mazda could use the cash from all those Jeep and Ram sales to make even more great cars.

I used to own a 1996 BMW z3 and now I own a 2007 Mazda Miata.

It was called Austin Raceway Park. I found this page about it.

A lift is a wonderful thing to have. There is a place not too far from me that rents out lifts for $20/hr and has a whole bunch of tools you can use. I used them a couple of times and it was very nice.

When I bought my Miata the seller had a lien against it. Thankfully it was with a local credit union. The credit union had me wire the money to them and then they released the title that day.

To the comment that the new Ranger will be nearly as big as an old F150 I say good. I used to have a Mazda B3000, a Ranger in drag, which has been passed along to other family members. I drove it over the holidays, and I forgot how small it was. I’m 6'4" and it felt cramped. I also used to have a 3rd gen Ram 1500 and…

Following VW’s diesel fiasco I figured light duty diesel was as good as dead in the US. I guess automakers are doing what ever it takes to meet fuel economy targets in the US. With the incoming Trump administration I be curious to see if these engines last more than a couple of years.

I just came to a sad realization. Both of my cars have heated leather seats, my couch and recliner are old cloth hand me downs I got from friends. My cars are nicer than any of the furniture in my house. Now that I think about it, I’m not sad. Nothing more enjoyable than a day spent in my car.

I loved that game. I easily have a couple of thousand hours under my belt. Though it resulted in me failing a couple of classes in college. So while I may not know any chemistry, I know how to control oversteer in a 911. Seeing as how I am not a chemist, that is arguably the more useful skill.

I’m in central Texas and we are in the death grip of winter right now. It was cold enough this morning that I had to put my heated sets on the low setting. We have a cold front coming through the end of the week, and I’m think I might need to use the medium setting.

+1 on the credit union recommendation.

If you are considering a Grand Cherokee and don’t mind something a little larger take a look at the Dodge Durango. They are both built on the same platform. When I bought mine last year I found that it was hard to get any deals on the Grand Cherokee. I didn't need the third row, but have found the extra cargo space to…

About 3 weeks after the first CX-9 ends up at an insurance auction.