Excursion turns 100k
October 19, 2009 – 2:01 pm | No Comment

Well it seems the my 2003 Ford Excursion Aka the Jolly Green Giant has clicked past the magical 100,000 mile mark. While I don’t want to jinx my luck the TUV (Truck Utility Vehicle) has …

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Excursion Tires…
December 9, 2008 – 11:59 am | 2 Comments
Excursion Tires…

Well, seems it was time for a set of new tires on the Excursion. Having a Tire Mounting and Balancing device (Ranger R-26EX and Matching Balancer) I figured I should just do the truck too. …

Los Angeles Car Show
November 21, 2008 – 4:53 pm | One Comment
Los Angeles Car Show

Well I went last night (Thursday) for the Pre-opening of the show. It was nice, good crappy food (Meat stick substance), and other nice tasting but bad for you food stuffs. As usual the show …

GM and Chrysler Explore Merger – The Sky is Falling
October 13, 2008 – 9:26 am | No Comment

A quote from NPR -
Detroit automakers have been suffering. There are worries that GM, Ford and Chrysler might not have enough money to make it through the downturn. And over the weekend, there were reports …

Lead wheel weights out, all done in California by end of 2009
August 22, 2008 – 11:01 am | 2 Comments
Lead wheel weights out, all done in California by end of 2009

Well, I guess it is inevitable…  We can’t have leaded gas, so no reason to let us have lead wheel weights. What next, I can’t use my cell phone while driving without a hands free …

800hp is the new 500hp
August 11, 2008 – 4:08 am | No Comment
800hp is the new 500hp

It seems to never end. Every time I pass a magazine rack you check out the cover car and they boast something like 590hp Civic, 670hp WRX, 800hp (YOUR BRAND HERE), etc. That’s cool, someone …

Effective Miles Per Gallon EMPG
July 30, 2008 – 2:24 am | One Comment
Effective Miles Per Gallon EMPG

All this chatter about miles per gallon… You only hear about it when the price of gasoline goes up. Once it stabilizes we are back buying performance cars and SUV’s. On with the discussion…