This is what I was doing with my Jeep GC 4XE. 30 mile commute one way. Charge level 1 overnight (12.5 hour 0- full). Charge at work for free on a level 2 charger and I am 95% commuting on the batteries. I drive down to the Myrtle Beach area and Charlotte a few times a year. The trip to the beach is 440 miles and…

Went to the Buc-ee’s in Florence, SC off of I-95 this summer for the first time. While it has a lot of stuff and I liked the food that I got............. The place is an absolute madhouse. The place was packed and people just going all over the place inside. Gas was pretty cheap it seemed, but I guess the amount of…

They opened up Wawa a few years ago about a half mile up the road from me and I used to go there all the time. Now, I rarely go there. A Sheetz opened up behind my house and I go there and I have the app that was, at the time giving me 50 or 60 cents off a gallon for 60 days back when gas prices were high. I use them…

Thinking of doing that with my Mini when I go through these tires, one of which I replaced a month after buying the car because of a screw in it.... It Is a Countryman JCW and the stock tires are um....pricey, though probably any summer sport tire will likely be almost as expensive.

I had a Wrangler as a loaner and it put me off owning one. But in some cases, it can be good to have one when poo happens like Helene.  some of the roads he is running are a mess.  

I had a ‘14 Grand Cherokee and it was pretty good. No major problems with it other than some recalls early on. I like my newer GC 4XE but it does have more issues to include this new battery deal. But nothing that is a complete show stopper. Really the only thing I need done is this battery check and the electric…

Grifters tend to grift together.  

Jeep ditched the V8 in the 2 row a while ago in favor for the 4XE system. Where the 4XE falls short is the max towing amount, but how many people of that 4% were actually towing with the V8. The 4XE has a little better performance than the V8 hence why they stopped offering it in the 2 row. Only engines in the 2 row…

Mid 80's Nissan Sentra.

They (National Geodetic Survey) are also collecting imagery post hurricanes. They fly one day, process the images overnight and push them to a webserver for viewing the next day. Here is the Helene imagery they flew over Florida and western NC.

Best vehicle evar!

Here in the DC area, there was a run on TP. Whether it was people panic buying or buying places out for relief supplies so they can ship it down to NC/TN disaster area. A few people on Reddit were talking about going into stores and Costco to buy TP and it was gone.

Saw one yesterday morning on my way into work. I was sitting next to it at a stop light but a little behind it. It was wrapped or painted black. In the flat, cloudy light, I could see all the ripples in the body work going down the side. It wasn’t smooth like most any other car. Just wavy stainless steel shit metal.

My sister was up there the weekend before visiting some stores that she has purview over as and HR person. They just had a big product launch so she was up making her rounds.  The store in Boone is right next to the Walmart that was half submerged in flood waters.   Pretty sure the whole store she was at was up to the…

A lot of states along the Appalachians can get hit bad with flooding with hurricanes and N’oreasters due to the orographic lifting. They have had bad floods at times in Madison County, VA because of rain in the mountains causing flooding and washing out roads. Vermont has been getting them over the past few years. It…

But it is a Thor so horrible build quality, at least on the inside. They showcased the Vision concept last year, which looks, in theory, pretty cool. They also showed off an Airstream trailer that was battery powered that you cold maneuver with your phone into place.

Not a car but I always liked the racing sidecar motorcycle in Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers “You Got Lucky”

F60 Mini Countryman All4 JCW! 301 hp, AWD. Picked up one this past Sat. in metallic grey with a black roof, blacked out badging and red accents. The new ‘25s are a good bit bigger but have the same engine.

I was driving back from Charlotte, NC back at the end of April and I took the middle route back to DC which is taking Route 29 from Greensboro up through Charlottesville and up to Warrenton, VA.  There is some nice 2 lane road winding through the foothills of the Blue Ridge and I thought something was wrong with my…