It’s eternally frustrating that even the best stereos on the markets nowadays still have terrible interfaces. You have to blow well past $1k to get something that won’t drive you crazy. Stereos like that Alpine were laid out well, had decent buttons, just worked, and you could eventually operate them without even…

I came into music and personal mixes right around the time that burnable CDs were a thing. One of my friends had this crazy way of falling ass-first into the best mixes ever. I swear he would just toss songs onto a CD and it just...worked. Long live Eric’s CD 3

Holy cats, I’d consider those a score to this day!

It’s absolutely gotta be possible to play a record via laser instead of needle. I’m guessing the only reason it’s not a thing is because there’s no demand for it since all the vinyl snobs would turn their nose up at it. I’ve gotta imagine there’s some desire to be able to play a record over and over without wearing it…

That’s actually why I like using my phone. I pick what I want to listen to at the beginning of the journey and jam it in my pocket. I’m never tempted to pull it back out because it’s too goddamn dangerous. I use a cheap but good bluetooth adapter so there’s limited functionality if needed: skip and pause. I usually…

It’s odd, it has and hasn’t. I think about some of the things in the Hills Have Eyes or Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies and suddenly that picture doesn’t seem so bad.

Time to put our money where our mouths are. How about some balancing out of the COTD award? I’m sure someone out there (maybe even $kay) wouldn’t mind digging up some appropriately-themed beefcake every day.

Goddamn that picture is ghoulish.

That’s good to hear. I need to find some general Volvo hangouts. I just posted here that I was a bit disenchanted with the XC90 folks.

No good deed, huh?

I bought an XC90 a while back so I’m still pretty new to the Volvo crowd as a whole, but I’m getting the impression I should try to find some general Volvo hangouts. I’m on a handful of forums for the XC90 and while the community is fairly active and mostly full of nice people, I haven’t been super impressed.

If that’s the name of the game, start sending her texts in all caps at 3am saying how her asking price is bullshit and she’s a bad person but you’ll buy it for $200.

I understand coveralls and I’d have no problem rocking them, but with how frequently new free t-shirts roll in and jeans get worn out/stained, I can’t justify the cost. Once a shirt or pants get too scummy, I just grab a new one off the top of the pile. Washing them regularly helps too. If you do it often enough you…

I was in an apartment when we found out my wife was pregnant with our first child. Even before I found out I didn’t have the space, money, or time for my 65 Mustang. It had just had the engine rebuilt and ran and drove but still needed so much. It hurt but you gotta do what you gotta do.

That’s one of the reasons I like to keep the stock stereo, if reasonable.

Found next Monday’s Meh Car

I could forgive the fuel economy if it at least had some power, but only 235 hp out of a 2007 V8 seems ridiculously low. That’s less than my 2001 Nissan V6 kicked out. I’m guessing (hoping) it has more torque, but still, sheesh!

I found it a bit ironic there was no wood trim in there. Even fake wood would have spiced things up a bit.

I had a good chuckle at how the third row passengers have their heads propped against the back window to boot.

Yeah, finally one that makes perfect sense.