The perfect burger is the one you make for yourself, that has all the condiments and ingredients you like. Tastes are so wildly varraried that there is no one type of burger. For me it is a bunless burger (90% fat free) with salt and pepper, with swiss (2 slices), lettuce and raw onion with 3 slices of bacon. I cook…

How many buy just base (US base) model Merc, most likely after a few options it will reach $42,000+. I am picky with my cars and I usually get about 70-75% of the options, so that is why I try to have a healthy down payment so I can reach a $400-500 a month payment for 4 years.

Just like CA we used to and still do, just not a lot of it, get pollution from the rust belt and northern great lake industry. So this helped get us a lot cleaner. CARB and other federal regulation is good. I remember the pollution coming our way killing off the trees in northern ME and NH during the late 70's and…

It is the reason as well that we are called the black sheep of New England, we tend to buck the system and don’t really align with the other 5 states.  Especially Massachusetts.  

I think I chose my words wrong, they don’t lord over the other states but they set a standard that about 14 other states have latched on too. Yes I would like to see one system where all 50 states forced to use them as well. Knowing how pig headed at the Statehouse in Concord, NH is, they would ignore them anyway. Not…

We do have some weird laws (or lack there of), seat belts adults can skip wearing, no mandatory helmet laws if you are over 18, fireworks that other states would require a permit to buy, and liquor stores on I-93 and I-95 rest areas.  Yeah this state is great.

I care about the environment that is why I live in NH and use its facilities, don’t drive a gas guzzling truck but a car that gets over 35 MPG. I just don’t want one state that sets up a standard but a government agency which can force states (like mine) to have stricter standards.  I mean we already are told how much…

It is that whole “Live free or die” thing. Just like you wouldn’t want NH to set nationwide gun standards.  We don’t want CA dictating what we have to do, just CA is going to ignore any nationwide gun standards we ignore CARB.  

We have a lot of dealer networks based out of MA so they transfer cars all the time to their NH dealers so technically we kinda follow by association.  

I know that there is something like 16 states, but being from NH we take our state rights to not follow the laws. I mean we will not ticket you here for not seat belt even though we have it on the books (I wear mine as it is sensible, but the number of people who don’t is high).

Maine too I know, actually NH doesn’t but because of between two states that do you could get a car from MA that does follow or not. I know my Mini came from MA so it follows the standard, said so on my window sticker when I bought the car.

I live in New Hampshire, California shouldn’t be dictating our mileage targets. With the removal of lead and MTBE, better emission controls and cars that burn less fuel, it makes no sense to have a 49 state standard and 1 for CA. I mean a lot of states in especially in the rust belt and northeast follow CA’s target…

I have a set of winters for my Mini so I do not need an all season, but if they are good for the 3 seasons without ice that would be perfect.

That is still an amazing engine do not despair!

Of course they have to come out with something fun like this now that they are no longer sold here in the states.  Figures...

All I can think about when I see a Robin, is that clip of Clarkson coming around the corner an skidding to a stop, with the car on its side. 

That Toyota reminds me of the Japanese car from the Cannonball Run. Jackie Chan’s first film in America.

Very nice Cubby!  My 3rd Mini, my R56 was pepper white and black.

Set of snows and they are unstoppable.

Would you recommend that tire? I need to get a new set of kicks for the current Mini.