Category Archives: Miscellaneous

The Japanese Are “VIPing” American Cars

Some Japanese car enthusiasts are into something called VIP, which usually involves taking a perfectly decent luxury car and ruining it with massive wheels, zero ground clearance, and gobs of negative camber. They got their little hands on the Seville!

Stupid Parking Lot

My folks lease an office space in Bridgeton MO for their medical practice. A while ago someone came out to repave the parking lot and paint new lines. I’m not sure how the heck this happened -- look at the

Kids Toys Suck

Toys created for kids today are too glitzy and require too little effort on the part of the child. I had a big yellow Tonka dump truck made of steel that went CLANG CLANG CLANG. The tires were big and

Less Congestion, Longer Commutes?

St Louis enjoys low traffic congestion, ranked 3rd best among 31 metro areas, but Herbie Markwort of Next STL notes that while congestion is indeed low, St Louisans spend more time driving than ever, partly due to urban sprawl.

How NOT to park your car in a blizzard.

"NO NO NO.. I said Parallel.... not vertical... Parallel!!!!" A caption contest over at NICOClub explains how a Mercury Milan found itself pointed face down, ass up. Feel free to join in and get creative.

Poor man’s “Wood”?

If you're like me, you find that one of the simplest yet most enjoyable additions to any luxury car is the inclusion of a wood and leather steering wheel. Retrofits are expensive and those cheesy Wal-Mart wraps scream "pick me