Been throwing around the idea of a cabin out in the hills. Something off the grid running off a limited solar system. Nothing that would run 240V. However, if I have to, I’ll install the proper wiring, plug and breaker, but leave the breaker in “Off” position.

I wonder if these college graduates took any finance classes. Between not understanding what constitutes a good investment and the concept of compounding interest, they really set themselves up for some unpleasant experiences down the road with high debts and little retirement.

He didn’t have it paid off, but his parents paid the 20% down that saved him from paying PMI. I doubt he had more than 22% of the principle paid.

I’m seeing a trend more these days with the younger crowd. They are starting to factor their girlfriends into their backup plans. Not sure if this is because their family is less likely to put up with their poor planning or if the girls are becoming bigger fools. I’m guessing a little of both.

Yes it is from the company Brand lineup.

If you didn’t have to start one on a cold morning. They would eventually start by the time a mild afternoon rolled around or you used half a can of starter fluid.

I got a laugh and a sigh out of a new college hire at work. I work for an automotive manufacturer <— Disclosure. He announced that he was buying a new premium luxury SUV for a figure real close to 6 figures. When asked how he was going to do this being 6 months out of college and on a new hire salary, he laid out his…

That last sentence is interesting.

You scored on all points in my book. Especially this paragraph.

The TSA is getting better, I hope, but I accidentally carried a knife on a flight this summer. I normally carry the small 3.25" blade knife IWB in front. Since I was traveling with my family they ran us through a regular metal detector. Didn’t realize it until I was on the plane for a couple hours and went to the…

It’s been my experience that Warranty vs. Non-Warranty can factor into whether you get good treatment. Dealers don’t make much on Warranty work and can treat you with the “you get what you pay for” mentality. However, those dealers are usually a bag of dicks.

I experienced the highways outside of Bangalore. At some places it was 1.5 lanes wide and other section were 5 or 6. Mostly about 2.5 lanes wide. Whenever there wasn’t oncoming traffic 1 bus, one heavy truck, 2 mini bus, 2 cars, 5 motorcycles, 2 rickshaws and a bicycle would all try to pass each other at the same time.…

Getto warts, right?

Well they might have known there was a problem, but unless someone else knows it, how much of a problem is there?

There is definitely a method to their madness. In the cities, it’s not very dangerous, but out on the ‘highways’, and I hesitate to use that word for those roads, it is down right insanely dangerous.

Hell! I’ll save my money and skip to the wine part. All is great I guess until I wake up in the morning and trip over all the empty wine boxes in an attempt to find the Advil.

GMC has the Acadia and I’m thinking this is the Chevy brand equivalent of that. Maybe not exactly on the same product, but from level in the lineups.

If modern politics weren’t so bad, here’s a bit of mind blowing news. 1993 is the future, in the near future. All things come round again, but like a copy, a little more mutated.

1st Gear: Look back at the fuel prices in 2008. High, really high. Trucks were being heavily discounted. You could get easily more than $10K off just as a starting point in negotiations. Therefore, when you need to factor in fuel prices when evaluating WHY truck prices seem to have risen so much. There is also, as…

You might need a new car if: