This boomer agrees with you. Ramsey believes all debt is bad, which is incredibly stupid. Am I going to save up and pay cash for a house while paying rent too? Hell no. And if I did this, I would instantly be “house poor” because I have nothing in savings now. Liquidity is important, and yet another concept that…

As the son of a Boy Scout scoutmaster, I spent way too much time camping in tents, both with Boy Scout activities and summer “vacations” where we dealt with rain, heat, long drives in an un air-conditioned car, and other general unpleasantness. By necessity, I got very good at it, but I swore that one day I will do…

I don’t know.  There’s a lot of steel hoses going towards the heater core.

Pepperoni isn’t Italian either.

You have a great mechanic.  Most would have jumped at the chance to replace your O2 sensor instead of clearing the code and seeing if it would come back.  A few years back I bought an OBDII scanner that lets me reset codes.  It has paid for itself many times over.  

Radiator hoses? Heater hoses? Door seals? Bushings? Exhaust hangers? A/C seals and anything else that dry rotted?

Ford said 2023 was “solid”. Says so right on their media website.

As a resident of Central Virginia, I strongly advise against buying or even visiting this section of the state.  Nothing to see there.  Nothing.

It always amazes me how people like this can live so long while being so goddamn stupid.  

Most annoying are his teasers: “If you’re not doing this to your car, you’re stupid.”

I find him very informative. It’s the time-wasting filler I find annoying.

The Car Wizard can stuff 5 minutes’ worth of viewing into an 18-minute video. Fortunately, I can skip over the intro, the 30 seconds we watch a car raised on a lift, and his wife’s plodding narrative of the interior, to get to the actual meat of the video. I do like when Hoovie is in the video. The Car Wizard makes…

Both classes of Trump supporters have one thing in common:  They are strong believers in the Zero-Sum.  The lower class feel that something has been taken from them while the upper class feel that someone is trying to take something from them.  

They peaked in high school and didn’t do a damn thing since to acquire a skill or education. After a few decades they looked around their surroundings and came to the realization that they’ve gotten absolutely nowhere in life. Of course, it’s not their fault, so they must blame someone or something for their personal…

“By essentially coordinating an industry-wide production cut, the pandemic gave manufacturers power to demand mind-boggling prices for fewer cars, leading to record profits.”

French Vanilla.  Perfect ice cream Nirvana.

I like to think these Ford era Jags are a bit more reliable, especially with electrical systems. Hell, one could probably cross reference Jag parts with identical and far cheaper Ford parts.

Who would want to steal the damn thing?  This is a car you can leave the keys in because you keep forgetting where you left them.

A security system?  But....why?

I still see these cockroaches on the road in my area. There’s not much to go wrong with them and parts and repair are cheap. Solid transportation and nothing more.  NP at $6K, though.