Pages Tagged “Cars”
Reviews
- Three Rental Cars While my car was in the shop recently, I rented three very different cars: a Ford Edge SUV, a Chevy Bolt EV, and a Ford Mustang.
Blog Posts
- I Left My Tire in San Francisco
I already hated driving in SF, but getting a flat tire in the rain on the way to the hotel while late? Not fun, and it kept us out of Wondercon on Friday.
- Hazard Lights
Does it really accomplish anything to turn on your hazard lights when you stop your car in a no-parking zone for loading and unloading? It seems like it would have all the legal force of crossing your fingers on the witness stand.
- Driving Green, Parking Green
What genius decided dark green on black was a good way to mark up parking spaces? To make matters worse, some of the spaces actually are 20-minute spaces…only they’re labeled on the ground, in the same color green paint. I was almost into the space before I noticed. Judging by the commercial, Ford’s hybrids are […]
- Bad Timing
I keep putting off washing my car, then finally getting to it right before a freak storm…or the arrival of a giant cloud of ash. *grumble*
- Rethinking the Electric Car
Started watching Leverage. Amused by a sight gag in which a responsible electric car is revealed to be a Tesla Roadster sportscar.
- Irony Double Dose
@BeaucoupKevin says: I’m not crazy about DailyKOS, but this short piece about the Texans who want to secede is dead on Irony: normally I walk to lunch on Fridays, but time crunch had me driving today. Apparently it’s “car-free Friday.” Oops.
- Christmas Shopping
Need to sleep. Found myself typing “Satan Claus” by mistake. Symptom of car culture: I almost feel like I have to justify crossing the street on foot to go to another store instead of moving the car. Sun Halo. All you have to do is look up once in a while. Linens & Things: Nothing […]
- Attack of the Clone Vans
There were at least five of them, but I could only fit 3½ in the photo.
- Well, that was a wash
I’ve been putting off getting my car washed for several weeks. Over the weekend, I decided I was going to take it to a nearby car wash Monday morning before work. So I did. It was sunny and clear, with a few clouds off to the south that had made for a very nice sunrise […]
- Quick Thoughts on Gas Mileage
Yesterday the Los Angeles Times ran an article about the fact that, in response to soaring gas prices, smaller cars are outselling light trucks (which include SUVs, pickups, and minivans) in the US for the first time since 1996. Last night I was going through old magazines that we’d just tossed in a bag before […]
- This Truck is Too Tired
Spotted this driving back from LA on Saturday, after Wizard World. Well, I guess they don’t need to worry about finding the spare! We both just sort of stared at it for a second or two. Was that really what we thought it was? Then I grabbed for the camera, snapped a shot that didn’t […]
- Ick! Sins!
According to Katie, this actually said “quick sins” the previous time we drove past it! This shot almost cost us our new car. The sign faces the freeway, and rather than stick Katie with shooting from a moving vehicle at night, I tried to find a good angle from the parking lot. We saw that […]
- Driving a Prius
I’ve been driving a 2007 Toyota Prius for a little over two months now. My old car was a 1997 Nissan Sentra that I’d had for years, so just driving another car is a change. Then factor in the switch from a plain gas engine to a hybrid… Thoughts on the Car Very smooth, very […]
- Radio Connection
They say that the Southern California car culture is isolating. It’s hard to argue with that, when everyone’s shut up in their own little boxes. But today, on my way to work (delayed a bit on account of dentist), I was listening to KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic and stopped at a traffic signal. They were […]
- Shut the Truck Up?
This license plate brought to you by the department of “how did they get that approved?” I mean, it’s not even in pig latin! No, it’s not a manipulated photo. I really saw this car on the freeway a few days ago.
- For the Terminally DIY-Impaired
We both did a double-take approaching this pick-up truck a few days ago: Once you think about it (though it helps to see the logo on the side of the truck), it’s clearly a AAA service that delivers and installs replacement car batteries. The lack of punctuation makes it easy to read as a service […]
- Tempting Fate
License plate on an Eclipse: I♥VODKA In California, you can get symbols on a personalized Kids License Plate (fees are donated to child safety programs)—which makes this particular choice even stranger.
- Working around the censors
I saw a truck this morning with a license plate that read: After I tried to puzzle it out for a bit, I suddenly realized… It’s pig latin. I had a good laugh after that!
- 111111
While driving home from work today, I glanced down at the odometer and saw it read 111,110. So I drove around the parking lot a bit, then stopped to snap a photo at 111,111: OK, this isn’t exactly fascinating photojournalism, but really, how often are you going to see all odometer digits the same? Your […]
- The Turn Signal Is Your Friend
Given that most of us think we are above-average drivers, you’d think people wouldn’t expect other drivers to be telepathic. Turn signals prevent other drivers from hitting you! (Or at least reduce the chances of it.) I am amazed time and time again as I see people driving shiny new Mercedes, Lexuses (Lexi?), and BMWs […]