Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Junkyarding: Cadillacs, Classic Volvos, and “Super Bitches”

A brief visit to PickNPull in St Louis MO

Craigslist: Used Cars, Clever Words

Creative sellers tend to embellish their rolling biohazards with colorful language.

Bringing Home A Monster — Mom’s New 2011 Infiniti QX56

Back in August I went car shopping for my mom. Here's the conclusion to that story.

You might love your car if…

Signs of intense automotive affection.

Restore Driving Pleasure: NO MORE Touch Screens

I find myself agreeing with Andy Rooney with alarming frequency.

Do you routinely use old things?

Despite the disposable nature of consumer goods in America, several of the items I use in everyday life are older than me.

Ferrari FF — Inspired by internet memes?

There’s something familiar about the back end of the Ferrari FF four-seat shooting-brake grand-activity-sports-tourer whiz-bang hatchback.

The Cost of Nostalgia

Is the same car as enjoyable to own the second time around?

Man with funny accent covers 200 countries in 4 minutes.

Hans Rosling, a world-renowned Swedish statistician, uses animated bubble charts to depict the growth, wealth, and health of world populations over the last two hundred years.

Disappearance of the Paperboy

Do you still receive a newspaper? If you do, and you’re up early enough to witness the delivery, you will find its no longer delivered by a child on a bicycle.