Recent content by thomsbrain

OMG, that was so spot on that I literally started crying in my office from laughing so hard and I had to stop it half way through to avoid attracting attention. Then I went to the bathroom to cool down and starting crying again over the urinal. That dude's hysterical laugh and the devious...

Awesome work! Though I have to reflect warmly on the fact that my 13 year old Honda Accord V6 (the "unreliable" one) with 278,000 miles has needed precisely none of those things repaired over my decade of ownership.

I've never had a job where I DIDN'T take sexual harassment training.

It always boggles me that Verizon has set up their website so that you have to input and send your login name BEFORE it will establish a secure https connection. Thanks for forcing me to send half of my login info over an unsecured connection, jackasses. I've never seen another company do this...

You realize you have bearings on the back wheels, too, right?

I've done it both ways, and if you are hoping to have the damage fixed (not pocket cash), you should absolutely take it to the shop, not the adjuster. Only take it to the adjuster if you're trying to get cash and not fix the damage (and even then, expect to get low-balled because they will base...

Completely defeats the purpose of the service.

Sheesh, what a bump of champagne-sippers. Get a sub-$20 Harbor Freight cordless. For your needs, anything else is a waste of money. I have a decent Dewalt that I like and use a fair amount, but putting up blinds does not require anything more than spinning a small bit around a few dozen times...

I drive 30,000+ miles a year, so getting under the car twice a year instead of six times a year makes Amsoil worth its weight in gold, not to mention actually cheaper per mile than dino.

Linen suits are much lighter and cooler than wool or even cotton. I have one for my California summers. +1 for the Uber, at least to get there. +1 for the undershirt; even though it's hot, it will help a lot with hiding any sweat. And of course, everyone will know it's hot out so I suspect they...

I came for the memes. I left happy.

Doing it myself and the resulting opportunity to personally perform visual checks on things like brake pads, hoses et cetera has taught me just how much nearly all mechanics (even those with excellent reputations) make stuff up that "needs" to be fixed or replaced.

I have 200,000 miles on the current front rotors of my Accord V6 and 100,000 miles on my current front pads, and I drive in the mountains (25,000 miles is the most I can get out of 700 treadwear tires; 10,000 miles out of summers). Those rotors and calipers are considered a cheap upgrade that...

Our averages exceed highway ratings on all three of our Hondas, including our CRV. There's no magic wand that can fix wacky driving styles, short drives on cold engines, or city/stop-and-go. Car and Driver consistently report their actual observed test MPG for Hondas as much closer to claimed...

I've mentally learned to consider tickets a randomly-applied tax for road usage. Any sane and reasonable driver will still get a speeding ticket occasionally, and the system is set up with this as the intention. So just mentally consider it a lottery tax for driving, say "dang" when your number...