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It's not new car day, but a good day anyway. I use my mower more often than I drive some of our cars. I got my first HRX in 2009. It's been 100% reliable and still runs perfectly. Given the ban of gasoline OPE in California, as well as Honda leaving the OPE market, I bought a new HRX last...

Y’all: Some chapters from a book I wrote about my life. My oldest son and his family give me a "Storyworth" subscription so I could put things in writing. The main reason for the gift was that my grandkids live in my childhood home and go to the same schools I did. The original focus was to...

Folks: A good friend of mine inherited a project car. It's one off those sinister looking Chrysler Imperials from the mid to late '50s. It has a second generation Hemi in it. My friend has a question about the crankcase ventilation system. The previous owner installed a catch can system...

Folks: Sue and I are going to the 2024 Indy 500. Ordering tickets has been more challenging than I expected. Apparently tickets are not even released until March, and they are released in batches. Electronic tickets were not an option. I ordered from Stubhub but they ship the tickets Fedex...

Folks: I only very rarely buy commonly available oil filters over the internet, but I did this time. I ordered 4 Bosch Premium 3323 for our Honda Element from the Bosch Store on Amazon. I was going to short run them at 3,333 mile intervals because I was going to try that new Valvoline Restore...

Y'all: Sue and I are planning a trip to the 2024 Indy 500. We will fly from California to Denver, then rent a car and drive to Indy and back (to Denver). Sue and I like road trips and this will be a nice way to enjoy this fine nation by driving through some flyover states. I've been in 43...

Let me start by saying "I do". Whenever I plan a road trip I get paper maps of the areas I'm driving through and traveling to. A paper map aids my sense of direction, helps me visualize my progress, and shows me alternative routes should I need or choose them. Long story short, we have a...

Y'all: I built this bike in 2001 while living in Colorado. After 22 years of ownership I have put less than 200 miles on it. Shameful, if not sinful. The Owl Hollow was legendary in its day, the down tube formed with 6/4 welded Ti sheet. Frame size is what Litespeed called Extra Large. It has...

Hola: A couple of weeks ago I decided to take a "permanent vacation" from BITOG. Well, I'm back. Long story short, Wayne and I commiserate offline about the misery of our tinnitus. During that conversation we agreed that my participation had value for both sides of the equation, meaning both...

This is really tragic. Chandra Johnson, Jimmie Johnson's wife; her parents died in a murder suicide. And making it even more tragic, it sounds like it may have been an argument. How horrible! Scott...

Y'all: In 50 years of riding bikes I had my first ever chain failure ever today. An 11-speed HG901 Dura-Ace/XTR with less than a thousand miles on it. I was able to make it home but had to soft pedal in the largest cogs because it jumped the teeth on the small cogs. To those of you unfamiliar...

Sue and I made a three day road trip to Death Valley earlier this month. Fortunately for us there was a cool front in the area and daytime highs never exceeded 80 degrees. We stayed at the Inn at Death Valley, $525 per night. :oops: The grounds and facility were very nice but the place was...

Sue and I watched the worst movie we’ve ever seen. It’s so bad you have to watch it just to be amazed. The fact that it’s based on a true story makes it even more….something. It’s about a family on a Beechcraft King Air. The pilot dies of a heart attack and the father has to land the plane. That...

Long Beach F1 1978 or 1979. James Hunt signing Sue's race program. Scott

Y'all: I hit the big 70 this weekend. My family threw a big wine/dinner party at our house. Everyone arrived at 2PM and it lasted to until 1:30AM! With wives and all there were over 25 people in attendance. It was an outrageously good time. But the best thing......the people who came were guys...

Y'all: On this cold and rainy day in California's Central Coast Wine Country - the E46 is aging nicely in its little spot. It's been sitting there in silence for about 3 weeks. I took delivery on Feb 20, 2003 - 20 years ago - after special ordering it from the factory. A January 17, 2003 build...

The morning of Feb 25 2023. We've lived here for 20 years and this is only the second time it's happened. We are only 11 miles from the coast but are at an elevation of 918 feet. Scott

Our ex-daughter in law's car, living in another city. When she opened her hood she found this on the cowl. She just had it serviced and is wondering if something isn't plugged back up. I don't recognize it, and we have a Honda of the same generation. Anybody recognize where this might go? Scott

Y'all, it's been about 9 months since I started this project, although I did take a 3 or 4 month break midway through to regain my own sanity. I've done virtually all of it with the exception of the countertops. I've done all the demo, dumpster loading, electrical, plumbing, nat gas piping...

Sue and I were heading over to Cambria for dinner tonight. While driving down Vineyard Drive a deer came out of nowhere and broadsided us at full speed. Besides destroying the mirror, I've got two creases on the front door, a dent on the left rear quarter panel, and paint scuffs down the entire...