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Pay everything you can online. I have it down to the point I write maybe 6 checks a year. My kids never use checks.

Ha! We use our rice cooker multiple times a week. Great way to make oatmeal too. In fact just the other day I was contemplating getting a new one because ours is so banged up from years of constant use.

Touchscreens in cars!!

I recently moved from a place where most people couldn't get home delivery so we had to trek to the PO to pick up mail and packages. There would always be a long line and it was so sad to hear the continuous stream of people tell the clerks that Informed Delivery said their package was there...

I use my visor a lot so keep nothing up there, and besides I don't plan my life around getting pulled over by the police. If it happens I'll just ask if it is OK to open the glove compartment.

It isn't a car, but I really enjoy the analog feel of driving my 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 500. There's the six-speed manual, front and rear manual brakes with no antilock, only a tach and a speedo, both round and analog. I like cars like that too. Totally different feel. More like working in...

We need a Jim Allen from the Subaru world to set up a test vehicle that measures oil flow and pressure before and after the filter! A couple of things make me highly suspicious that the 23psi bypass is critical. One is that if you plug your particular Subaru into the Fram part selector they...

If it were me I would forget the cleaning regimen and just go with synthetic 5W-30 and a new filter and drive. I'd do a shortish OCI like 3,000 miles then take a look and see what the filter is like. I bet you'll find all looks normal. Then go up to like 5K and feel free to extend if you are...

I keep my insurance ID cards with the vehicle's registration in the glove compartment, because that's where I am most likely to need it for some reason. Plus, if I lend the car to someone they will have access to it. Don't count on being able to use your cellphone after an accident. It may fly...

I once drove up a mountain road into the clouds. This wasn't any ordinary fog--I couldn't see any part of the road unless I opened the driver door to watch the center line, which I did. Flashers wouldn't have done me any good, but I assumed that once I drove into it far enough nobody behind me...

Doesn't bother me in the least, and it has alerted me many times to slowed traffic ahead during severe conditions. In my mind it is appropriate to put on the flashers when you have to run 5-10 mph slower (or more) than the posted limit. Trucks do it all the time on long climbs. Helps to alert...

It depends on the business. Some businesses cost money just to keep open, while others can dribble on forever with no problems. My business is the latter. It is just me and what I do personally. There is no inventory, no shop, no nothing that costs me money to keep open, so I don't need to...

I have a neighbor somewhat like that, but not as extreme. Where we live if activity is detrimental to the environment you can contact the state Dept. of Environmental Conservation and they will sometimes take care of things. They have Encon police with full authority to arrest, etc. I know of...

I should have added that the average age of the two cars in my household is 15 years. With the price of today's vehicles I think it is almost impossible to come anywhere close to the total ownership cost of any reasonable used car. Just the sales tax alone on a $50K car is a lot more than I have...

OT, but I think one of the great LeMans stories is when Briggs Cunningham ran a couple of Cadillacs there, including Le Monstre. https://www.briggscunningham.com/le-mans-era/lemans1950/ Here's another good article on Le Monstre...

OT, but this is what makes me wonder about Subaru specifying a 23psi bypass for some of their filters. Apparently Subaru also specs some media that is much stronger than that used in most other filters? Or, for whatever reason Subaru is OK with allowing filters to get much closer to destruction...

Put me in the camp that doesn't like all the crap on modern cars. But, the biggest problem with them is finding a dealer that isn't actively trying to steal your money. Seriously, the only dealer in my town that I might consider doing business with is a Honda place, but mainly because one of our...

Here's one article covering some of the changes to the car: https://racer.com/2023/02/17/nascar-le-mans-garage-56-entry-revealed/

By the way, thanks to @ZeeOSix mentioning this in some old thread, if you use FRAM's online tool for Parts Search they now include regular XG Ultra filters in the results for at least some popular motorcycles, so apparently FRAM thinks using regular car filters is OK on motorcycles. For example...

Nope, not big SUV fans. We're car people and like to get reasonable gas mileage. Might go hybrid instead.