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Ailthanus, mentioned in the article, is the scourage of my yard. There seems to be no way to get rid of it without resorting to dumping a bucket of extremely toxic chemicals on it. You can dig the whole root system up and you'll never get all of the seeds and it'll be back before long. Read more

I buy old and never for more than a few thousand dollars. My current daily driver cost me $500 and I've had it for two and a half years and put 20k miles on it and it only cost me another $500 in parts to keep it running (including a set of tires). Read more

Dude, why isn't your friend paying for the new clutch? You burn it, you buy it. Or by friends do you mean you? Read more

If you can afford Vanity plates you don't own enough cars. I cannot afford Vanity plates if I'm going to keep every vehicle street legal. Read more

This does not seem to work on PowerPC machines, only Intel Macs. My iMac G5 only stores one system volume setting regardless of the output device. It is a pet peeve of mine so I'm glad to know it'll go away when I finally upgrade to an Intel Mac. Read more

@jonnylieberman: Dude, one of these days I'll host a general Jalopnik meetup in Tennessee. Lane Motor Musuem (home of the 2 headed 2CV) and Tail of the Dragon for sure, with a little Chattanooga Honest Charley's Speed Shop / Coker Tire thrown in for good measure. Read more

Bravo, gents. The Tennessee Valley is a beautiful thing to behold. I've been repping for Nashville on the Jalop for a while now, and just maybe you can see why. Nashville is a proper city a couple hours drive from the Dragon. Last weekend I went whitewater rafting on the Ocoee River on the 1996 Olympic Whitewater Read more

Such a great tune and of course the Flying Burrito Brothers had a great country rock cover of it. Read more

Hey Jalops, I sent this in as a tip on Saturday. What, no attribution? Read more

The new Dodge Charger. At first I was as flabbergasted as anyone about the 4 doors but the styling has really grown on me. I drove from Nashville to Tahoe in 2 days last year in a Honda Civic and there was a Charger pacing me most of the way and I began to envy him in his decidedly more comfortable seat on that long Read more

@no_slushbox: Agreed on the investment advice. And as for gap insurance, what HammSammich said. Most insurance companies will let you tack it on to your comprehensive auto policy now. Read more