Recent content by nctravellinman

Structured investments. The correct REIT's. Really happy with my advisor these days, and we've been with Ed Jones, Fidelity, NW Mutual, Vanguard.

As kids, we drank from water hoses. When I was a teen working as an electrician's helper, we washed our hands with PCB. When I was a child slave laborer for my Dad, I had to tote hot ladles of melted lead under houses for him to pour cast iron sewer pipes. Not saying any of that is good, but I...

OEM knows you can buy that exact same belt from an industrial supply house for probably 1/10 the price mopar will charge you.

Inline 6 is the only engine that is naturally kinematically balanced. Each cylinder has its own main bearing journal. From about 1938 until the mid '70's, the Chevrolet I-6 was the standard engine in their light and medium duty trucks. My 292 could be used to pull stumps. Very long con rod gives...

The more I read about EV's, the better I like my 1970 Chevy Nova. I-6 manual transmission. Can fix most anything on it for under $100. Gets 27 mpg.

Ugly. The "Aztec" of EV's?

An I-6 engine is structurally better. There is one crank journal per piston; with a V config there are 2 pistons per journal. Kinematically, the I-6 is the only configuration that is naturally in dynamic balance. Ever wonder why most Diesels are I-6; many BMW's are I-6's. The I-6 235 c.i.-292...

In a synchromesh transmission, all of the power transmission gears are engaged all the time. The synchronizer engages the shaft to a particular gear. Said gears wear into a pattern with each other. Once you replaced the input shaft bearing and reassembled, you practically never get exactly the...

I use a Hamilton Beach single K cup. VERY cheap. Does the job.

I have very oily hair. If I miss one day, it looks like I haven't changed the oil in my hair in a week. So I start with an initial oil stripper - Dawn. Then a finish coat of Pantene volumizing. Then sometimes a finish clearcoat of conditioner if I am going upscale for the day.

I've got a 1970 Nova with the old chevy truck 292 inline 6. That thing will pull tree stumps. She's built to run full load all the time as they used to put those in trucks as big as 1.5 ton stake body trucks with dual rear wheels. I've got a manual 5 speed Tremec. Sometimes when I'm lazy I'll go...

Nissan used NASA to design their seats. I agree that they are the most comfortable seats of any car I've ever owned. Others who have ridden in my car say the same. One wanted to get one from the junkyard to put in his office. :) We've got Nissan Muranos and an Infiniti QX60 (nissan upscale...