A year ago, I blew the motor in my 1974 Volkswagen while trying to make it from Sacramento to New York City. I made…
There were days when I would walk out to my car, key in hand, filled with joy and anticipation for the drive to…
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The good news is that my Baja Bug is up and running again. The bad news is that it shoots fireballs.
I glanced down at my phone to double check the directions Google was giving me and I looked up, at highway speed,…
You know your road trip is a shit show when crossing the highest mountain range in the lower 48 on three cylinders…
I don’t have a lot to contextualize just how horribly my cross country drive in my new 1974 Volkswagen Beetle…
It didn’t occur to me at the time quite how ridiculous it was. I was staring at my new car, its engine out and…
In two days, two feet of snow will fall on my place of residence. I will be out in my weedy little rear-drive car,…
Everyone who told you that you never use math when you grow up was lying. I used math just the other day to figure…
Well, the Baja’s broke again. But after so many breakdowns, this one doesn’t even bother me. Let me tell you why.
It was supposed to be an easy fix.
What are you doing reading this website! There’s car repair you should be doing!
As a person who has crashed a number of cars in a number of situations, let me tell you that I have never found a…
It all started with a bent pushrod tube a few months back.
You can tell it's going to be a cold winter here in Nebraska. The wind is thick with it, sweeping across the…
I have long been a proponent of owning old and classic cars, that life isn't so bad driving what the rest of the…
It's hard to describe what it was at first. A cough? A hiccup? A stutter? The engine misses a beat on the highway…
It all started with a long drive from New York City to West Virginia.
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