Road Trip Notes: Craigslist for Nomads

She MIGHT read this. It seems like a low percentage shot, though. Maybe this is for missed connections that you hope stay missing? Read More

Deja Vu, Except Different

We’re off to SEMA. Yes, we’re meeting up with old classmates while there. No, there is not an agenda or an expectancy, except Vegas-y Vegasness, clogged with crazier-than-usual cars. And that’s plenty. [Ed.: Also whiskey, beyond the usual one Wild Turkey.]

Curbhunter Fails

Curbhunter: it’s not for the weak or stupid or poor. Unlike so many other things in my life lately, two of three IS bad. This guy seems to have avoided all three:

not poor, because: year old Range Rover
not weak, because balls enough to park a Range Rover outside the shithole complex that makes Mesa Ridge Apartments look like luxury condos.
Maybe that is stupid. So is overnight parking in general. But look in the front seat! A GIANT PUKE BUCKET! That is ~~malice aforethough~~t Eagle Scout like preparation. You can’t always find a Hill Auditorium trash can when you need one.

You look familiar

Where have I seen you before?

Oh yeah, there.
And from those humble origins, the seed of “road trip” was planted.

Too Close To Home

In every sense. I’m driving the thing that is not a redRam 1500 with a Hemi and a touchscreen that I REALLY want car to the office. Around the corner, I see a parked Camry with a critical ass implosion. It’s like my neighbors’ kids after one of their constant DR calls. Plus it’s a Camry: […]

Eat the Rich: We Called It

About a month ago, we noticed some newspaper attention for a car show we go to every month. Concurrently, the “usual suspects” (whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean) changed the name of this thing from “Cars and Coffee” to “Scottsdale Motorsports Gathering.” The new name seemed a bit pretentious; the media coverage portended […]

Speaking of things that knock

What ever happened to the Heisenberg-mobile? We last saw it abandoned in the New Mexico desert, after taking a bullet to the gas tank. But then what? Yes, it sounded knocky and horrible, running out of gas. Yes, it’s ORV career was a bit more arduous than most SUVs ever experience (going to Costco). But […]