"But boss, you TOLD me to roll those nickels!!!"

How does the MPG compare between the Insight and the Prius? If the difference isn't great, I'd lean Insight between those two. It'd be tough to justify the Volt from a cost/savings standpoint, but if there were a way to buy one for under $30k it would help.

A few years ago when Ivan hit Pensacola we went down right afterwards to help my aunt clean up. Fortunately we filled up with gas in Mobile, AL so we weren't pressed for fuel down there, but the biggest problem they had was getting electricity in order to pump the gas. I didn't see any armed guards at gas stations,…

If there's no video, it ain't hoonage.

I actually had a similar experience once, though I didn't get stung. I was raking hay with a tractor and looked up and realized I was surrounded by bees. Fortunately they were apparently swarming (moving from an old hive to a new location) so they were all traveling in the same direction, and they weren't in…

I had a barber once who used to tell me about the '55 Chevy he had in high school, that was originally a V6 and they dropped in a hot V8...but kept the V6 badging and such. He used to get a kick out of guys pulling up next to him and revving their engines, and then watching in the rear view as their hot car got…

Now that I think about it, I basically learned to drive on a tractor (an 8N Ford, FWIW), then progressed to a pickup truck. Even though the truck had a 4-barrel 350, I was mostly driving it on gravel roads, so A) you couldn't drive very fast in the first place, B) you had to slow down on corners or you'd hit the…

When I was in high school, there was a very petite, attractive girl in my class who was into rodeo. Typically she would drive to school in her dad's older white Chevy dualie with a 454 and a 4-on-the-floor. So the combo of a little chick driving a big vehicle hits a nerve with me; but just seeing a dualie doesn't…

I bet dragons across the globe are having a most unproductive day as a result of this post.

No matter what you buy, keep in mind that Houston isn't far from New Orleans, and as a result it has had problems with cars that were flooded during Katrina hitting the used car market. So before you buy be sure to run the VIN through www.carfax.com/flood (which will give you a free report as to whether the car has…

Karmann Sutra?

Actually I'd vote for dental hygienist Jennifer Hasenfuss.

Man, did I ever want a Fuego back in the day! Back in July there was a white Fuego on eBay in Portland; surely this is the same one. As I recall the reserve price was over $2,000; the car had something like 180k miles on it, but everything supposedly worked, and it was said to be a daily driver and the owner…

His 1st cousin.

Aren't the Prius drivers basically enablers for the rest of us and our high-horsepower, low-MPG automobile addictions?

The Planned Parenthood VW Rabbit Pickup (since you won't be multiplying and needing that back seat).

A friend of mine used to cruise in his mom's mid-70's LTD coupe, which actually wasn't a bad car, except for the "I sell Mary Kay products" sticker on the rear window.

My grandparents lived about a block from a rail crossing, and once when I was maybe 5 or 6 I went with my grandfather to run down the street to get some ice cream. We were on the way back, and we were in his gold International pickup. As we approached the crossing the lights and bells went off, so he stopped...but I…

I knew several families who had these back in the day (the Pontiac Grand Prix variant was also big). The nicest one was about this color, but it had a two-tone treatment that included a darker tan color on the front and rear fender areas. I know it sounds nasty, but it was actually really nice (and they were the…

I knew several families who had these back in the day (the Pontiac Grand Prix variant was also big). The nicest one was about this color, but it had a two-tone treatment that included a darker tan color on the front and rear fender areas. I know it sounds nasty, but it was actually really nice (and they were the…