Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Sunday, August 15, 2021

Happiness is a pleasant, productive Saturday

✓ The humidity dropped into the 40s and the temperature into the 50s.

✓ The windows were opened and the oven cleaned.

✓ The wheel bearing job on the old car was finished.
 
✓ Weeds on the sidewalk were torched.
 
✓ Groceries were sorted and frozen.
 
✓ Pizzas were made from scratch, as usual.
 
✓ Jeeves and Wooster provided the entertainment with a cottage set ablaze.
 
✓ The internet and the phone came back.
 
✓ Power was restored after four days without.
 
✓ And the generators finally fell silent.
 
 


Sunday, January 12, 2020

Happiness is visiting the junkyard on a 47 degree day in January and saving big bucks on tires and wheels

It was like winning the lotto. 

There she was, a 2003 Pontiac Bonneville with black steel wheels and tires, not in the yard yet two weeks. Junked probably for a failed tranny. The tires were just over two years old and still had a tread depth of 8. Wheels and tires fit my 1997 Oldsmobile with ten year old rubber needing replacement. Extra set of wheels will get my snow tires.

Who could have predicted? Out the door for $108 plus tax.

Total savings over retail: At least $675. 




Sunday, June 23, 2019

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Happiness is when the birdie does a self portrait on the window of your car

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Birdie.

There's an artist in everyone, sometimes just bursting forth.

As quickly as the one hit wonder struck, it was gone, never to be heard from again.

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Happiness is a 10-year old Honda CR-V all ready to go for another snowy winter in Grand Rapids

Our 2007 EX in Green Tea looks just like this one. It has Michelin X-Ice installed on all four paws, a new battery, an oil change, a wash, recalls on the air-bag inflators completed, and 127,000 miles going on 200,000 God-willing and the creek don't rise.

Oh yeah, and AAA Premier . . . just in case.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Fix It Again Tony: FIAT Buys Used Car Company

Sympathy for Lido Anthony Iacocca?

Sunday, February 2, 2014

FIAT: Found.In.A.Tree.


Monday, July 9, 2012

1966 Volvo Nears 3 Millioneth Mile

Tom and Judy had two, one red, one white. That's all over now.

Video here.