Having lived in the L.A. area for a while now I think I can shine light on why someone with a lot of money would insist on sinking it into rolling art only appreciated by the owner (Yes, I agree Hid.e.Us...all of them). Here’s my perspective on the “Why” or “WTF?” if you prefer. In the L.A. metropolitan area there is…

Save your marketing dollars next time American Airlines and just take a flight or two on Alaska Air and see what adequate leg room, leather seats and even free craft brews and wine on a flight do for customer attitudes...hint... a lot!.

Sorry, I refuse to put myself in danger over any animal that wonders onto a freeway because I enjoy my life and would prefer to not do it from a hospital bed because someone with low common sense, but extraordinary love of animals, I wanted to save a cat, dog, duckling, squirrel etc. from injury. I'm pretty certain…

After a 100 years of building cars you would think they would have wind shield wipers down pretty good by now, but you'd be wrong...more time is needed.

Any Volvo V70 wagon made in the last 5 years. I owned the V50 and I often said if IKEA built a car this would be it; simple, well built, reliable; un-pretentious, the best cloth seats I’ve ever seen and low on techno-gadgets that make you a dumb driver reliant on technology instead of common sense or situational…

I’m disappointed by the lack of originality offered by many brands...just call them what they are... Rolex/Omega/Tag Heuer knockoff's sold in reputable stores. I have a Submariner and wore it everyday for nearly 20 years, until I had it overhauled and purchased an Oakley Crankcase in the interim and I actually like it…

I’m disappointed by the lack of originality offered by many brands...just call them what they are... Rolex/Omega/Tag…

Clearly...you love them a lot. I bought a 1999 3/4 ton with a 454 to just haul a quad trailer occasionally and found myself loving it too much, so I traded it for a 2004 with the 5.3 and can actually afford to occasionally drive it. I will drive this one until I get tired of replacing window motors, A/C units,…

Yes, by all means, own a 9-15 passenger van, you'll love it for at least a weekend unless you are operating a airport shuttle service from your home. The world has moved beyond rows and rows of bench seats. You can even get it in a 4X4 version too...the last one I was in made me once again ask the question "what…

Didn't forget it..."there are so few vehicles..." the Ford would be one of those few. I have to tip my hat to Ford for putting a Diesel in their version, I've known of at least one Duramax conversion to a modern Burb and it turned out seamless and everything worked as advertised. Unfortunately, you need a full blown…

You don't have to sell me on the wisdom of the Minivan, I'm a huge fan of their usefulness in most situations. I've been the 6th person in the Toyota and Honda products and their wasn't room for two dog kennels and a families worth of luggage muchless the towing capacity to tow a 20 foot enclosed trailer around…

Filler sounds like a good use of scraps to me, I didn't know that.

There are so few vehicles that can haul 6 people, all their stuff and a boat, ATV trailer or camper with 4X4 capability in relative comfort that it puts the “Burb” in a category all by itself. My 2004 sits in the driveway 6 days a week, costs me $1000+ a year in maintenance repairs on average, but is an irreplaceable…

The econoline was great, it could haul anything and had room for anything as long as it didn't include the driver or passengers feet. I will never miss the front seat experience, it was like a step back into time on so many levels.

Absolutely! I would recommend to any person that want’s to learn a skill that’s in demand now, and will be in the future, that learning CF repair is going to be a name-your-price skill for a long time to come. There’s some top names in the aviation community for learning these skills and I’ve been fortunate to attend…

That's understandable. There's really two different worlds when you talk about CF cloth technology: there's the world of engineered components with layers of material placed in a very specified direction resulting in an engineered composite sandwich, then there's the world of "hey lets make a CF gas cap for my Honda".…

Totally agree, I called Sacramento my home field airport for 4 years of my life in the 90s and it always amazed me how small and convenient it was, for such a big city. Then I moved to Trenton NJ and discovered the living hell know as Newark airport which had the personality of a dimly lit prison with a single mercury…

I think you're confusing "composite" with "Carbon Fiber" technology. The use of composites in aircraft is components is nothing new, but that shouldn't be assumed the aircraft is made from Carbon Fiber unless your taking about the B2 bomber or certain manufactures of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) who use it…

You are absolutely correct. If the University students goal was to find a way to recycle CF, they achieved it. However, like you said CF cloth has very little value at the end of the process not to mention dozen’s of different types, weaves, weights and characteristics so having a process that separates them into…

The “trimmings” go into the garbage, but remember that companies spend a lot of money to have machines use every inch wisely out of a sheet of CF, so trimmings is a good word for these small pieces. Some places actually render the scraps useless by heating the “Pre-preg” scraps before throwing them away since they…

The new Camaro isn’t even on my radar...I think they tried too hard to make a car that would have mass appeal, and lost their vision of the design language somewhere in the process. If you want a muscle car to appeal to people who like muscle cars... have it look like a damn muscle car and don’t make excuses or…