Maybe it should be “Bloatlopnik.” Cruise ships are worse than full size trucks. And worse for the environment.

A huge chunk of the reason I always carry on is because I’ve had the airline lose my luggage before. The most notable time was when my wife and I were on our honeymoon and our bags showed up two days after we got to our destination. And even then, the owner of the resort had to fly to the mainland to get them for us.…

Yeah, the way they rank posts is dumb. 

Didn’t they already make this movie with Pauly Shore?

NO.

I guess they should have gone to space instead. 

Oh, but now my fuzzy pink dash pad just won’t look right! 

We’re going WAY back with this one, but a 1987 Olds 442. I got my driver’s license in 1993 and my first car was a 1984 Olds Cutlass, but I was in LOVE with the same vintage 442. I figured I could not go wrong with V8 power. I finally got a chance to buy said ‘87 442 in 2002 as an older, but not much wiser, individual.…

Man, I wish I had that kind of scratch in a 529.

For $75k, it should at least be a roller. 

Just before the the fateful crash, his abacus indicated “Danger to manifold.” 

The cupholder in the NA Miata leaves a LOT to be desired. Right behind the fairly short shifter in a small car. It’s basically unusable.

End-to-end on Route 66 in my Miata. Take the long way, take my time, see the things, have adventures.

And a spare on the RR. 

I’ve noticed that around Indianapolis, the Dodge Charger is starting to challenge the Altima for POS dominance. We still have plenty of Altimas around, but the balance is shifting. 

It was going from Detroit to Milwaukee. I’m sure someone out there has done the math, but it’s making my brain hurt that the best way to do that is to go all the way up across the top of Michigan, then down Lake Michigan when you could drive it in, what 7 hours via Chicago? Of course, a semi doesn’t hold quite as much…

So did you report them for violating the rules?

I put 205,000 miles on mine before trading it off for something bigger (had a kid on the way). The a/c and rear defrost no longer worked, but everything else on it was fine. The only weird thing I ever had to fix on it (beyond maintenance items) was a throttle position sensor. 

The Nissan Altima. They’re just churning out fleet fodder that sooner or later will land among the buy-here-pay-here crowd who will perpetuate the stereotype and drive like complete maniacs on a spare tire and no brake lights.