Jeeps are on their way out here. They’ve been replaced by Broncos except in the hicks and chicks demographic. 

I’m in next time a 2CV shows up on my local Craigslist. Which will be like never, but it could happen. Does look fun. And the ice racing could be a warm up for entry into the classic car category at Dakar. 

ND partially because Maine salts their roads. I suppose all those miles could have been done in their 3 month summer, but unlikely. Combine that with the paint bubbles and I was still on the fence. What ND’d it for me was that it doesn’t come with a title. A bill of sale and $5 will get you a coffee at Starbucks here.…

This. I would want this if it was bone stock. Would knock of a few thousand for the inevitable head gasket replacement. But at least you’d know it had been done right.

Because this is a car site I have to point out that it’s true all the wildlife in Australia is trying to kill you including the kangaroos. Which is why all their SUVs, trucks and utes have “roo bars.” Canadians and Australians are appalled by our gun culture, especially when they visit and I tell them I have one…

I’ve been snow bicycling for decades. Studded tires are essential or your BMW is going to be taking an ice nap. I don’t run studs offroad unless the ice has set in. Your best bet would be another set of wheels set up with studded tires. But you’re not all-in on that BMW it appears. There are lots of Russian YouTube…

Car is listed in Seattle. All I need to know about hidden rust issues. If this was a desert car maybe, but still over-priced

Nampa IS the Florida of Idaho. Idaho plates are designated by county. The first two entries indicate the county. Nampa is in Canyon County (2C). Whenever I see a 2C plate on the road, and they are usually some form of Dodge I give it a very wide berth. 

I tried driving my 1990 Range Rover Great Divide Edition over the toe of an avalanche that was blocking a road outside of Girdwood, Alaska. Nothing stops a Range Rover except the toe of an avalanche apparently. It took a couple of hours to dig it out with (appropriately enough) my avalanche shovel I carried for…

Years ago I was a prosecutor. A woman ran into another car. Guy said he was fine and got a ride home as the car was too damaged to drive. The woman was drunk and got a DUI misdemeanor ticket. While reviewing the case I decided to call the victim to see how he was doing given the amount of damage to the car. He was not…

Vance is just Sarah Palin 2.0. And we know how well that worked out for McCain.

My general feeling is that in this day and age if it’s under $3K and runs you win if it last six months. This one might not. But I’d gamble on it. The NDs are pulling away in the home stretch though.

At the end of 2006 DOJ updated its “Thompson Memo” with the “McNulty Memo.” Bush was in charge. The new memo essentially re-wrote the policy standards for how DOJ goes about prosecuting corporations. It’s a long memo. But essentially, a prosecutor can beat up the company and shame them and make them find some extra…

I found Japanese logical and easier than I thought. Never had any chance of learning to write it though. 

2008 Subaru’s only had a one-touch down function because anything else would cause the head gasket to fail. 

Parts should not be a problem. Just learn Japanese, it’s not that hard, then after like ten years when you can write kanji you can order parts from the source. So much negativity here. 

I’ve been in more than a few floatplane near wrecks in AK. You are right, once it’s on step between then and when it gets airborne, pilot can’t see much. I’ve been in the co-pilot seat many times in Beavers (go ahead jalops, there’s your opening)

True about the worm. I think peyote was the hallucinogen now that I think about it. 

Circa 1974. College. Spring break arrives and someone gets the drug-fueled idea to get in the back of a pickup and drive to Baja. From Colorado. Somewhere outside of Ensenada we’re blasting down a dirt road and hit a bump which causes the driver who is swilling on a bottle of mezcal to swallow the worm. Hallucinations…

I had a Range Rover circa 1995. That was my first mistake. Then the rear rotors went bad. Or so the dealer claimed. Why would the rears go bad before the fronts? All I knew was that I wasn’t paying what the dealer wanted. I ordered up some rotors off the internet which was like a new and amazing thing then. I think I…