I did the work, not a shop, but I just replaced my starter, ignition switch, and neutral safety switch on my 2006 CRV for about $150. It wasn’t starting and it has 413,000 miles so I figured might as well give the whole system some new parts. Being able to do repairs myself is such a big reason I’m afraid of getting a…

An ugly Jeep in terrible condition, bound to spew oil all over the road and get terrible gas mileage, is exactly where it belongs when placed in a junkyard. 

Jalopnik does a great job covering crashes related to self-driving technology. There’s only really one brand that heavily markets and uses this technology, so who else do they expect you to write about? I can’t believe so many people feel the need to defend some weird wealthy South African egomaniac’s car company. Get…

I tried to post from my phone but don’t think it worked (my phone hates Jalop) but I’m almost an expert on this topic. I own a 2006 second-gen CR-V and despite having 401,000 miles on the original engine I don’t want to get a new car largely because I hate how they all look. I wish Honda literally took the first or…

Currently driving a 2006 Honda CR-V with 384,000 miles on it. Never thought I would see Mennonites surpass my mileage, of all people. I don’t know much about the Odyssey but I will say that I will forever be in awe of that era for Honda engines. Is everything tight and a bit of a pain to wrench on? You bet. But when I…

Kars4Kids is a really awful organization. 60% of their funds go to a sister organization called Oorah that funds Hasidic Jewish educations, they overstate how many children they serve in different geographies, and they’ve done things like say you got a “free vacation” for donating but then have you sit through a…

346k so far on my ‘06 Honda CRV, and sometimes I chalk the numbers up to little things like this. I also think that as long as I keep driving it so much, nothing will die because I’ve convinced myself it’s disuse that makes cars sad and leads them to an early grave.

My 2006 CR-V with 343,000 has had no major (barely any minor) engine work- that being said, this past year I replaced all my struts, shocks, front control arms, ball joints, tie rod ends, sway bar bushings, and sway bar links.

I thought it would be a sin to have a motor going that long only to see my own tires beating…

This is purely anecdotal, but I doubt some of my friends experience because I see them eat. They’ll put away an entire box of cookies and then say it’s the gluten that hurts their stomach...and it might be, but eating an entire box of cookies isn’t great for your stomach either.

This cybersucks.

Mitsubishi fills a weird niche in autos, but the other day I saw a Suzuki and had forgotten they even exist. Who looks at cars and thinks to go look at a Suzuki? I took a look at their website and their warranty is (edit: was) great, but I still don’t think you’d find me in one.

It was painful to watch Steph, but I couldn’t really see them not showing her having a breakdown and then showing the relatively bad food she made. I think GBBS more than any others shows what it looks like when people can’t handle pressure, and this wasn’t something particularly new to me. It seemed like every season…

Texas is more of a purple state now, but I don’t think you’d know that.

I currently drive about 55 minutes, that I always tell myself is 45. Most of it is on a county road that has a 50/50 chance of having a lumber truck or something like that on it crawling along at 10 under, which doesn’t help me get in on time. The drive, before I moved, was about an hour fifteen and mostly highway but…

Ben Hur’s chariot. Lightweight, 2 horsepower, rear wheel drive, no diff. 

You all laugh but my Fuelshark, Tornado Fuel Saver, and fuel magnets pushed me from 26.2 to 26.21

For $40k, there’s a lot of old trucks I would rather get. Yes, it’s mint, but is it the model of truck people would want a mint version of? It isn’t even the flareside. For $28,000 less and only 60,000 more miles, you can get one a flareside in great condition with the bonus of 4x4 and a third pedal.

I know a couple really terrifying winter roads up in the Catskills if you got one of these for a test drive. Those roads where you only think “did I miss the closed sign?”

Learning to drive in New Jersey was an all-around interesting experience. You had to do six hours (something around that) of behind-the-wheel instruction before you could get your driving permit at 16. I wanted to get mine all done in one day, so my instructor and I ended up driving quite far. I lived in a rural part…

I have 297k right now on my 2006 Honda CR-V, bought it with 75k on it back in 2013. I’ve done almost no major work to it, it’s not too bad to wrench on, and I’ve learned a lot owning it. I have zero desire to drive anything else at this point, it’s treated me so well.