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Here in Vermont, we have Shaws, which is a division of Albertson. Every week you have to go online to "clip coupons" to get "discounts" on specific grocery items. By "clipping coupons" I typically can reduce my check out total by 15 to 20 percent. Which means that if you just go into the...

I had a 2019 V6 RX350 and I remember the owners manual recommended regular fuel. Long ago, I had an AUDI turbo. It would run on regular in cool weather, but in hot weather with the air conditioning on, it ran so poorly on regular that the check engine light would come on at interstate speeds/...

I have driven diesel passenger cars and small trucks for decades. Other than dirty or water contaminated fuel, I have never noticed any difference in how the vehicle performs based on differences in fuel. All diesel fuel sold now is ultra low sulfur, and lubricity additives are added by law...

I never understood why anyone would want to run 87 octane in a car designed to run best on 93. Assume the difference in price averages $1.00 a gallon and the car gets 20 miles per gallon and is driven 12,000 miles a year. That is 600 gallons per year, and using premium costs $600 a year more...

Back in the day when I had to prove something to someone (or myself), I purchased some higher end mechanical watches. A couple of Breitlings, an Omega Moonwatch, a Zenith (which had the same movement as a Rolex Daytona). I still have them, but have not even looked at them in years. My...

1981-1985 Mercedes 300SD but with a modern direct injected 6 cylinder BMW 3 Liter diesel producing 300+ horsepower.

I had no lunch today. Just ate a banana to tide me over to dinner, for which I will grill 4 ounces of filet mignon. better to eat a little of something good than a lot of something bad.

AROUND these parts, the price spread between 87 and 93 can be anywhere from 30 cents to over a dollar, depending on the station.

They did an appraisal based on comps, and they won't disclose what the comps were? sounds like a denial of fundamental due process.

Buying bitcoin is like buying eggs at a store that has 10,000 eggs that cannot leave the store. You may own an egg, but all you can do with it is sell it to someone else wanting to buy an egg.

US currency is not worth much if it can only be used to buy Fiats. the last FIAT dealer in the USA closed years ago.

You should invest in something tangible. Beanie Babies, Pet Rocks, belly button lint.

Buy one on a Friday, drive it all weekend, drop it off at the junk yard on Monday.

It depends, in part, on where you live. In the United States, the eastern time zone is way too large. Maine should probably go into the Atlantic time zone, and some of the western states go into the Central.

teach her how to ride a bicycle.

I had my mother buy an annuity at age 70 because everyone in her prior generation had great health well into their 90s. Otherwise, its a crap shoot.

When I lived in New Jersey there was a Dismal Swamp Road that led to a relatively uninhabited marshy area. A real estate developer bought a tract of land down there and wanted to build garden apartments. He came to the Town Council asking that the name be changed to something that sounded more...

Spark plugs these days typically last 60K to 100K miles. The cost of genuine plugs spread over that mileage is pretty low. Why would you want to try to save money by buying on eBay? Get them from your dealer.

I feel cheated. I had a father who was morbidly thrifty. He wanted no mortgage, and didn't want to pay rent either. He had a good job, but we lived in a hovel in a terrible neighborhood. My mother would send me to the store to buy fresh food items, and I would get mugged on the way home. At...

Not many. I started driving in 1964, 60 years ago. 1976 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT 1983 Mitsubishi Pick Up 1985 AUDI 5000 TURBO 1991 Infiniti Q45 2003 GMC 2500HD 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 2015 Corvette 2022 Corvette Only the 2022 Corvette is still here