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  • I drive an invisible car…

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    That has to be it. It’s the only thing I can think of that explains the propensity for people to completely miss the fact that my bright white four door…

  • Land of (lane) Confusion

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    Another day, another curious example of why everyone’s car insurance costs so much… The police officer who pulled up into the opposite turn lane just as the space cadet ran…

  • Top Fuel

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    I just got back from the gas station, which oddly ties into my last post about the cost of food and the financial gymnastics that goes on to afford things…

  • Part and parcel…

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    Three posts in one day!? Right after posting the last ramble about an old server, my roommate IM’d me to ask if I left the garage door open when I…

  • Truck part two

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    The other day when the roomie and I were returning from dinner at Culver’s, I noted the odd antenna box sitting next to the rearview mirror in his truck and…

  • Truck

    Truck

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    Yesterday morning I mentioned to my roommate that his 2017 75th anniversary edition Wrangler unlimited was leaking all over the garage floor – which prompted an hour of helping him…

  • Car stuff

    Car stuff

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    Just passed 2000 miles. I’ve had the 300 for about 7 months, so about 285 miles a month. Listening to “Land Locked Heart” by The Midnight

  • Dash Cam 2

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    Just to show how prevalent the crazies are now, this is three days after the last post, which also happens to be the next time I left the house… And…

  • Dash Cam

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    A while back I wrote about the dash-cam I installed and the reasons why – because it’s kind of a daily thing where someone does something boneheaded in the 5…

  • Exhausted

    Exhausted

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    The final piece of my vehicular mod-list was completed today; I think I’m done for the foreseeable future now. Today that last item was completed. I took the car over…

  • Chryslerpunk

    Chryslerpunk

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    Back in the 80’s cars were very analog; carburetors and chokes and points and manual steering and mechanical everything including the windows. Back then the Lamborghini Countach, the space-age dream…

  • Tags and Title

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    So the notice regarding the county having my title work done came in a few weeks back, so I set up an appointment at the DMV to get my old…

  • Drive

    Drive

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    This morning I decided I would top off the gas tank and go for a drive… The route was an old favorite; up Deer Creek Canyon to High Grade Road,…

  • Dash Cam

    Dash Cam

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    Given how bad the ‘imports’ are these days – and by import I mean someone from out of state who decided Colorado is the place to be – a dash…

  • Tint

    Tint

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    Just got the 300 back from the tint shop, and they did an amazing job. Xpel 15% ceramic tint all the way around. From inside it’s a bit like wearing…

  • Thirsty

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    Been a couple of days now with the 300, and just passed 100 miles – and had the first trip to the gas station… One quarter of a tank of…

  • Drive

    Drive

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    Yesterday I decided to play hooky from work and go for a drive… My year old Nissan only has about 2000 miles on it, and with gas being “cheap” at…

  • Sign of the Times

    Sign of the Times

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    Another week, another trip to the gas station… Gas is up to $4.80 a gallon now. On Thursday I had to drive across town to the dealership for the yearly…

  • Sign of the Times

    Sign of the Times

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    Back on March 25th I snapped a photo of this pump, where I paid $5 for one and a quarter gallons of gas. Today it was $10 for two and…

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    Drive

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    Having nothing better to do, and being tired of staring at the walls, today I decided to move some funds around and go for a drive… The route was simple;…