Sometimes power just flippin’ sucks with a capitol “S”. I’m talking about power options, like power windows and all the gadgets on the inside of the car including most of all power seats! My cushy power seat motor just went out this week, that’s great especially when the kids had maneuvered it closer to the steering wheel…so close that I can’t even fit between the seat and the steering wheel to drive it.
The first time a friend of mine bought a new car, I have to admit, I was a little bit happy–it’s an exciting event for a young person, almost a rite of passage–but I was pretty irritated as well. This was a big step. We had only recently graduated from college. He, at least, of the two of us, had managed to parlay his English degree into gainful, full-time employment with a mortgage company. He had a long-term (and long-distance) girlfriend.
When I first became familiar with the car maker known as Hyundai, it
appeared to be more of a joke than an actual means of transportation.
I would most often encounter Hyundai cars as beat up wrecks
chugging through the car auctions I frequented. These cars were
often used up and worthless at far less than 100,000 miles, and in
some cases at less than 50,000 miles.
Automakers can call their new styling gimmicks whatever they want to, but it won’t change the fact that many of the newer designs are strikingly ugly. In all fairness, I’ll cut them a little slack for taking risks, a welcome change from every new car looking the same, but come on!
Yes, the title is a question – maybe your question. So many of you are asking, “how can they love that boxy contraption?” Find the answers by taking someone who, in 30 years of life, never really cared about any car, except maybe a Jaguar, until they saw the Element.
When I was watching the Apprentice not too long ago, the show had the most amazing guest star ever – a Lamborghini Gallardo. Oh My God! This is a dream car. Ultimate. But before I continue raving on and on about the Gallardo, let me discuss a little
Sometimes you get a car, and it’s not quite what you expected. And then, sometimes, you get a car, and the smiling dealer is humming the theme from the Exorcist, with subtle hints of Jaws, as you foolishly drive it off the lot.
Altezza lights have got to be just about one of the coolest things to add on to a car! It may sound a bit stupid but every time I see them hi-tech tail lights I get goose bumps. Maybe it’s because as a rampant teenager I would chase after all the guys with cool cars…who knows, either way—they are cool as hell!
Well, I don’t really have to ask what the idea is, since I’m pretty sure I already know the answer. The big idea behind automakers building cars, trucks, and vans the way they do these days couldn’t be to force consumers to bring their vehicles into the dealer for repairs and maintenance instead of caring for their vehicles themselves, could it? I’m thinking, yeah, it could.
I love my Criss Angel. He’s a mentalist, magician and illusionist. He’s also a musician with a great set of abs. Okay! I’ll stop gushing now.