At Honda dealership after dropping off Odyssey. Waiting for Tammy and Mazie.
Cars
Just test drove a Toyota Prius. Pretty nice. A bit boring though.
Road Trip So Long You Need An Oil Change
Yesterday we passed a milestone on the Summer of Love. After 29 days on the road and driving 4,541 miles the Honda Odyssey kindly let us know that it was due for an oil change. Before we left on our trip my friend Kent had the revelation that our trip was so long that even with a …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Road Trip So Long You Need An Oil ChangeSummer of Love Day 26 Log
9:56 am: Leaving Monterey for our next stop, Las Vegas! 12:37 pm: Paying $4.66/gallon for gas. 3:33 pm: Starting to cross the Mojave Desert. 103 outside. 6:50 pm: 107 °F outside. Scared. 7:12 pm: Paying $5.50/gallon for gas. No joke. 60 miles outside Las Vegas. 11:05 pm: Super …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Summer of Love Day 26 Log$5.50 Gasoline
We’ve happened to take our longest road trip ever during the most expensive gas prices ever. We’ve been hitting gas in the mid $4 range for a while now, but today as we were nearing the Nevada border we set a new high.
$5.499 for a gallon of gas. Ouch.
Airbags Kaput, What Would You Do?
A couple of weeks ago my aging 1999 Audi A6 Avant decided to start flickering a little red light at me. Kind of like the car was winking at me. A couple of days later, it decided to just blast the light at me. You can see it in the image here, it’s the “Air Bag” light. Sadly, …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Airbags Kaput, What Would You Do?Apple, Please Make This - Apple TV + iPhone = iCar
The iTunes ecosystem is pretty amazing. It spans my exercise routine (iPod Nano), entertainment on a flight (my iPhone and kicking back on the sofa for a movie (Apple TV). But there is another frontier that remains unserved. A frontier that is a prime media opportunity. The car. …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Apple, Please Make This - Apple TV + iPhone = iCarCan’t I Buy Overpriced Gas In Quiet?
The other morning I pulled into SuperAmerica [link removed] on my way into work to fill up the tank. I got out and started to fill up and was greeted to a marketing experience. The image originally associated with this post was lost when I deleted my Flickr account. I’ve searched …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Can't I Buy Overpriced Gas In Quiet?Dissapointed that it seems very hard, to impossible, to get a plug-in converted Toyota Prius.
Fender Bender
Here’s a big bummer. Last night while driving back to the hotel getting ready to put Mazie down a car was trying to run the light as it turned red. The other car was turning left onto my street, I was going straight. I honked and the other driver slowed, but did not come to a …
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