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There is a large place we shop maybe weekly (not going to get any more specific since I'm not trying to out anyone) that has a guy living in an old Corolla in the parking lot. The car is always in the same spot and has been there for the past few months. Management has to be aware of this so...

It's called Cursive and the vineyards are in New Mexico, of all places. We bought a few bottles of the sparkling brut locally for a mere $5.99 a bottle and it isn't bad. You would never confuse it with something French or even a Cava, but it is an okay wine, pleasantly dry although pretty light...

Started the boiler on Halloween. It was down below 60F in the house and colder weather was forecast for the next few days, so it was time. Started up just great and ran well for the couple of cycles we were in the house. We then went outside to pass out candy to the neighborhood kids. It was...

Time does fly and I've now had this car for close to half its useful life. I'll discuss fuel economy first, since it is the primary reason for buying a hybrid. The car has used 1895.9 gallons from new to its last fill-up at 93,532 miles, so has gotten 49.3 mpg actual to date. Summer fuel...

Most BMV visits are on a par with an appointment with a proctologist for sheer enjoyment. My birthday is 10/30, so I had to renew car registrations and my DL before that date, since it was expiring this year. Three cars, DL renewal with new photo and out the door in maybe twenty minutes. Served...

Planning a trip to Tbilisi to visit son who moved there with bride in 2022. A terrible flight, so we intend a few to several day stopover enroute, maybe both ways. Want to avoid Western Europe due to the crowding with Brits and Americans along with their recent bad behavior having left a bad...

Other than bragging rights as well as the shear juvenile thrill of nailing the loud pedal and maybe smoking the tires (we've all done it) , does anything beyond adequate acceleration have any actual benefit? Whether we're talking 0-60, 0-100 or the standing quarter those cars offering more than...

Rented this car from Enterprise because I had to have the HAH flatbeded to the dealer for what turned out to be a very minor problem and also wanted them to do the AC repairs for which Honda had extended the warranty. The AC had lost enough gas that it didn't work at all. I didn't know how long...

Had a weird problem with the Accord Hybrid this morning. I went out to drive the car to work and was greeted with a cascading series of failure indications on the dashboard display, things like EPB unuseable, ABS inoperative, TSC inoperative, service brakes not fully functional, things like...

I was just thinking the other day that I see EVs whenever we go anywhere, whether my commute, our shopping and errands or a trip down to the 'natti for a play or a musical. Mostly Teslas, of course, but one of the first EVs I saw on the road was a Mitu i‑MiEV more than a decade back and I recall...

We've all noted rapid and substantial increases in the pricing of goods we buy every day. Looking at some of the price increments that seem well in excess of currency inflation over the past couple of years, I wonder how much of the higher prices we're paying is a result of actual wage/price...

Visiting various dealers over the last couple of years, I've seen a lot of really bad paint on pricey new vehicles. I'm talking 'seventies grade orange peel. Last Sunday we saw a 70K+ top of the tree SUV on display at a non-automotive venue and it had pretty bad orange peel, which looked worse...

Krogier has had their usual advertised loss-leader specials in the midst of the current crisis. Couple of weeks ago they had pork dry butts for .99/lb so I found and bought a little five pounder and it was really delicious cooked slowly in the oven and left plenty of leftovers for stir fries and...

I get a premium of 10% for those days I need to report to the office. Not much, but at least a little something. How about everybody else?

What with some days working from home as well as much less time out and about either together or separately, I find that we're spending less now than we typically have in the recent past. Less driving combined with dirt-cheap fuel, no meals/snacks while out, since we aren't out much as well as...

Wife and I are going to San Juan Thursday and will board a cruise from there Saturday. For price versus value as well as time in transit and arrival time, an A330 from PHL seemed like the best deal. CRJ 700 DAY>PHL then an A333 PHL>SJU. The same on return in reverse. The fare was quite...

Went to Portland last week to visit our younger son, who moved there in January. I looked at various flights and settled on DAY-ORD-PDX. The other option with realistic cost and time in transit would have involved connecting through DIA. We departed 11/26. Had we flown through DEN on 11/26, we...

I thought I'd share our experiences with this machine and maybe help folks to understand the car's appeal. As of the last fill-up at 30,660 the car had consumed 1044 gallons of fuel, for a lifetime average of 29.4 mpg with best and worst tank averages of 23.8 mpg and 32.9 mpg, with the worst...

I thought I'd offer some observations after four seasons and a decent number of miles with this car. Fuel Economy The car used 238.3 gallons of fuel in its first 10,377 miles for an average of 43.6 mpg. From there to its last fill-up at 20,422, it used 188.4, for an average of 53.3 mpg, which...

I should have bought a lottery ticket yesterday. I was out after work giving the grass a badly needed haircut. I had scoped things out beforehand and thought that everything was clear, which matters since I suffer anaphylactic shock when hit by yellowjackets. Typically, if you run the mower over...