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Advanced Driver Safety Systems Have Changed Auto Body Shops Forever
Getting into a fender bender used to be an irritating but manageable hassle. More often than not, a cracked bumper cover or a few scrapes on the paint weren’t egregious enough to take a vehicle out of commission, and one could simply ignore the cosmetic damage until it was convenient,… read more »
Chrysler’s Coolest Limousine, Built From Its Cheapest Car
When the only tool you have is a hammer, then everything around you looks like a nail. And when you’re Chrysler, and the only platform you have on the shelf is the K-Car, then everything around you looks like a LeBaron. So it went for the Pentastar’s strangest luxury gambit, in… read more »
Toyota Drinks The Hydrogen Kool-Aid At Its Own Peril
It’s a mistake to think that the road ahead looks the same for every automaker. Although nearly all other major brands have made the pivot towards an all-EV tomorrow, Toyota remains a major outlier, a company that helped pioneer the hybrid revolution but stopped short of jumping on the battery-electric bandwagon…. read more »
New Leaf Springs Killed My Jeep’s ‘Wag Sag’
Ever since I bought my 1987 Jeep Grand Wagoneer and began to modernize it, I’ve wanted to use the vintage Jeep as a tow rig for my 1978 Datsun 280Z on track days. Unfortunately, I overlooked a crucial area of my project—suspension—which put a serious damper on my towing plans. More… read more »
Comics
Why Would Someone Blog About Every Star Trek DC Comics Issue? #15 – The Beginning Of The End
The Mirror Universe saga concludes with Issue #15, “The Beginning Of The End.” At least, I think it does, because that title feels a little leading compared to the events that take place over the course of the book. (I’m blogging each and every issue of the DC Comics Star… read more »
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Retro Tape Deck Review” Jamiroquai’s ‘Traveling Without Moving’
In 2020, I made the absurd decision to spend a ridiculous amount of money refurbishing the stock cassette tape player in my 1987 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, rather than invest the same sum installing a more modern audio system. I wanted to preserve my analog memories of enjoying music in my old… read more »
