I rarely, if ever, look back, but despite having owned basically the same car for a decade, almost every time I see it, it excites me that this thing is mine, and I’m about to get to drive it. I don’t particularly like it - excitement is very much not my thing - but there it is, anyway.

While there is certainly a physical, mental, and emotional difference between birth mothers and all other parents, and while I’m appreciative of any company that provides non-birth-parent/paternity leave at all, the substantial difference between the two is a little wider than I would prefer. Gender roles are changing…

With the whole car being just 3,174 pounds...

1995, but my 3.5” lift is probably giving me more like 4+”, because there’s so much weight stripped out, and all the parts are so fresh [previous owner didn’t wheel, just wanted height]. And lord knows how badly either of our frames or crossmembers might have bent over the years. ;) The individual variance on these…

It’s amazing the variance you see on what should be identical vehicles: I have 3.5” right now, with an SYE but without rear axle shims, and I go through u-joints like nobody’s business, but some guys are running junkyard lifts higher than mine without problems. I know some of it is down to weight - mine is pretty well…

As someone who has driven four different 250,000+ mile XJs in The Great Rust-Colored North, this one looks fine to me. An excellent example of the breed. Show-ready, really, up here. I don’t see where it needs any work at all.

I don’t even know where to start.

Superb idea. Please, makers of Kroil and PB Blaster, please commit some intellectual property crimes and steal this idea. If anyone objects, tell them Sean said it was okay.

...imagine losing out on a trip to Mercury because you came up against a team where all three players just used this exploit to win.

I can’t tell: all people in comas look the same to me.

I would absolutely kill a dude for this piece of garbage.

Quick tips: get the best tires you can afford (if you can only afford one set year-round, I recommend the Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac; I haven’t tried them, but they come highly recommended). Also, sand bags or cat litter, right between the rear wheel arches. As much of it as possible.

An interesting idea, but the 10-second delay to heat the bolt with a lighter to melt the wax, or clear the whole with a smaller allen wrench, doesn’t seem like enough to push someone to the next bike. Suppose it depends on the area, and the thief in question.

I’m not a capital-b-Biker, so I don’t have a problem with the Spyder, Slingshot, or this happy little thing. People want additional stability, sounds great to me. I’ll stick with what I like - decades-old dual-sports - but I don’t hate on what other people want to ride.

Pumpkin Pi, get it?

Oh, XJ brother, Great White North brother, don’t condemn yourself to a winter of misery and understeer. Our Jeeps were made to be used, made to be abused, made to have their rockers replaced with 2x4 steel bar, made to have their floorboards cut out and new ones welded in. Don’t deny yourself the joy of sliding…

I’ve got to be honest, it’s probably a lot safer for you than what I’m already driving. :D

Every task you do - balancing your checkbook, building a new addition to your house, washing your dishes, fixing your car - can (and should, in my opinion) be done with your children. It’s how they learn to do these things themselves, and gives them an example of “working hard” so they don’t grow up thinking life is…

Would daily-drive.

Truth. I drive my Wrangler without roof or doors all winter, and people look at me like I’m insane, but the look I give them is the same: what’s the point of moving around if you have to be inside, in your little cocoon? I think they’re as mad as they think me.