... and backed out. *** That reminds me: Bush bails out the auto industry. IN THE COMMENTS: Ron says: Ah, snowy, silver Silvio...how we've missed thee! No new wheels for you, Althouse? Not even a new TT? (I know you didn'…
Stumbling into the BlogHer conference, completely late for Day 1, I go first for the test drive. There's a bunch of cars, including a line of Saturn Sky Roadsters , but I know the one I want to drive. This red one: No, not be…
Okay, car fans. Please compare the Porsche Boxster and the Mercedes SLK . I'm just sitting here waiting for my Audi TT Coupe to be serviced. I'm halfway through the lease on this car and browsing around the new car showr…
Yesterday, I complained about the early darkness, and, in the comments, chuck b said: And I don't like winter darkness either. This year I decided to do something about it; I'm getting up at 5:30 a.m. so I can leave wor…
Ted Conover, in a NYT op-ed , looks askance at the navigation device for the car that his wife wants so badly. He prefers to engage with maps and even to get lost. Yes, why are you driving, to get someplace, or just to go? When I…
I drive straight north to Lodi, Wisconsin, which I don't think is the Lodi that Creedence Clearwater Revival was stuck in . There's a Lodi in New Jersey, too, and I've always assumed that's the one that Creedence …
Here's a photograph of a drawing that I like in part because on the left side you can see through to the drawing on the previous page. Another thing I like about the photograph is that red background, which happens to be the …