Recent content by grouch

He hit that nail on the head. The first year or two of a new model will be full of bugs. The last year or two is probably the best of that run.

I saw a truck the other day a friend was looking at and the STICKER, not counting the "market adjustment" was $101,000. I asked him what he paid for his house and he said "About $95,000". A house, if you take care of it, will stay the same or appreciate. That jingle jangle jingle you hear when...

Unfortunately, as long as people pay it, it won't go down.

Merry Christmas to everyone. Now something for the season.

Are you an Ammosexual?

If the driver even knew he lost his load. I've seen trucks show up with partial loads. We got a call when I was working from the Illinois State Police about a load of stuff with our name on the packing slip. When the driver showed up, his trailer was half empty. He didn't know where it was...

Several years ago, a pickup with pallets just tossed in the back lost it's load right in front of a motorcycle. The rider couldn't miss it and he and his passenger were both killed. I was taking some pallet home on a trailer and it was heavily strapped with straps and chains. I had two...

My cruiser is going into the shop in a couple of days for the one spot of tinworm to be repaired. Welding a piece of a replacement rocker panel in and then a partial respray. The car is fun to drive but the doors are so wide, I often nearly fall out as I have to lever my elbow on the door jamb...

I know a lot of guys who just toss stuff in the back of their truck and rely on gravity to hold it in place. I worked in Logistics before I retired so I always strap my loads...

I run 87 in everything I've got. Granted, I had a BMW 528i that called for 91 or higher, but even it ran okay on 87, just reduced power and economy. Right now I've got a '96 Ram 1500 with the 5.9, 2005 PT Cruiser convertible and 2016 Mazda CX-5 and all run just fine with no ignition ping.

Two fuel stations one mile apart on both sides of a hill. The one near me is $4.09 for diesel. The big chain on the other side is $4.98. Haven't seen much traffic at their diesel pumps though.

Filled up at Costco for $2.62 a gallon. This morning I went by another station and diesel was down to $4.09 at one station. Most are around $4.79, down from well over $5.

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I don't know what happened but I got locked out of two forums online. I'd log in and the page would turn white. Oh well, C'est la vie!