Posts Tagged “cars”
I recently spotted this car at our local Costco. “Whoa!” I said, “Four Jesus fish on one car. I’ve never seen that before.” “One for everyone in the family?” Bryn postulated. “If Jesus is all-powerful, shouldn’t one be enough to protect the whole car?” Let’s discuss. First, a history lesson for those who, like me, [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently issued a $16.4 million fine to Toyota for their unintended acceleration issues. Toyota denies any wrongdoing, but has agreed to pay the fine. What I’m curious about is how impartial a regulator Uncle Sam can truly be, given their majority shareholder position in General Motors, one of Toyota’s [...]
This was about 4 years ago in Atlanta. It was a rainy Friday evening on my way home from work. I stopped to get gas at the gas station about a 100 yards from my condo complex. That’s how close to home and the weekend I was. I need to make a left hand turn [...]
I love a good bumper sticker, especially if it’s funny or shares the driver’s political views. But increasingly I’m seeing political bumper stickers that are childish, crazy, or just don’t make sense. I’m all for your free speech, driver in front of me, but I don’t think a lot these do much to advance the [...]
You don’t see many cars with The Club anymore, now that more high-tech anti-theft devices and alarms are so prevalent. But this guy parked in our neighborhood isn’t taking any chances with his circa 1991 Geo Metro: I understand this fine piece of machinery just screams “steal me!” to would-be car thieves, but keep in [...]
When Chrysler launched the PT Cruiser as a year 2000 model, they might not have seen the huge success story the car would turn into. They built it off the platform for the underwhelming Dodge Neon, and that’s why I’m calling it a redesign. In January 2001, the PT Cruiser won Car & Driver’s Car [...]
