Land Rover 88 Airportable, a.k.a. Lightweight meant to be launched out the back of a C-130 or slung under a helicopter (Wessex if memory serves). I owned one with a rare half cab. It was a death trap we called “the Buttbomb” due to the placement of the gas tank under the driver’s seat. 

I might have to short some Garmin stock in late October. Although Garmin’s InReach system has the advantage of being able to text to phones or emails in addition to the rescue feature. Albeit at a monthly charge. An app on your phone like Gaia takes care of the GPS mapping. 

But when those air emissions are concentrated in ports like Juneau and Skagway, Alaska they easily exceed a year’s worth of all the local mobile sources of air pollution.

OK I won’t mention the rules regarding side by sides here. But the nearest grocery store is Whole Foods. Say what you will, they don’t have shitty produce. But they do have a lot full of Sprinter camper vans containing “influencers” and that does annoy me.

If I had $8500 I didn’t care about to throw down, I’d throw down (and make payments) on a CanAm side by side which is street legal here and would blow the (lack of) doors off this thing. If it were a real Manx, yes. As is, ND from me.

Her “NikeCourt Flare 2 shoes include a diamond-encrusted Swoosh and solid gold lace deubrés with 400 hand-set diamonds.”

Looks to me like whoever did the lift kit didn’t adjust the caster. Look at how far forward the tire is in the rear well and the front tire is too far back in the wheel well. I had a 90' Range Rover. The engines are pretty reliable. Nothing else about them is. Was there a mention of rust on the body panel? They’re…

The fact that the AG is investigating the shuttle company is meaningless because the current AG, in office for over 20 years, and a long-time consumer rights supporter, got primaried in the Republican closed primary by a far right wing stunt politician that will probably end up charging them librul rafter folks for…

I had a Panasonic home security system I liked. After 18 months it required an update, so I started to do it and it demanded access to my contacts list and photos. Not required previously. I was like, I don’t think so, took it back to Costco and demanded my money back. Which I got. 

Did not notice the sun roof. Now I regret what was an easy NP vote. 

I’ll agree Idaho is not part of the “rest of the world” but here’s a two door for $6500 with 227K miles and it’s an auto. Who knows whether the lift kit was done right either. I voted NP for the SFO manual.

And if I was going to violate the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) I’d totally want ravens instead of crows. They’re the bikers of the bird world.

Voted ND because I’d rather have this immaculate 78' with far fewer miles for $2K less.

And hire better lobbyists.

And if you’re ambitious, a new crate 4.0L engine is only like $1800.

I vote 2 NPs for the day. Wenatchee is just far enough away from me that I’m not going over there with a briefcase full of cash. 

In 1973 I worked in a marina with a big barn. One of the mechanics had two of these wrecked Opels in the barn. He spent the summer welding the two of them together to get a complete car, got it running and then realized he didn’t fit in it very well (if at all). Last time I saw the Opel it was out in front of the…

One of Bout’s convictions involved the sale of surface to air missles. That charge alone carried a 25 year mandatory sentence with up to life being possible. The judge sentenced him to the bare minimum and threw in all the other convictions as concurrent time. The judge at a pre-trial hearing even ordered Bout taken…

I drove a Toyota 4Runner TRD pro with a nice lift kit last weekend. On dirt and highway. This lead to the realization that my Wrangler really is a barely upgraded farm vehicle. Given how much is wrong with the Wrangler at only 40K miles I can’t wait to get rid of it. Replacement will be a 4Runner, Tacoma, or maybe a Ra…

But for the duct tape on the leading edge of the top I would have gone NP. But you will never source another top and trying to fix that leak is going to be next to impossible.