David_Hume
David Hume
David_Hume

That when you google “Xyz Car” and the first 10 suggested searches are all stuff like “XYZ Car expensive engine part failure” “XYZ Car Warranty Repair” “XYZ Car P012345 code” you will not get lucky and get the one good one that won’t blow up.
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[through cloud of sanding dust] “Based on the profile, I’d say this trim is at least 100 years old, and it still has ALL the original paint.”
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[vaguely remembering her saying that to me when I tentatively dabbled with a metrosexual lumberjack look for a month in the mid-oughts]
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It looks like something my tart old Aunt with a gift for euphemism would arch her eye at and say, dryly, “that looks... sporty” the way she would about a particularly conspicuous lifestyle costume.
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Shit on the train, shit on the train. I say “Fuck you, I’m shitting IN the train! Let Evel Knievel shit ON the train!”
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Well, as long as they don’t touch Saab, I’m fine with all of this.
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Turning off [reloads page] ublock and ghostery [sits through a video ad] to log in to [tries to click x on ad that movesaround] vote was a [computer freezes] mistake.
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RUN! YOU STUPID FUCKING CONTEST! RUN!!!! Read more

Can we get a deeper dive into the operation of that mousetrap up there? Not sure that there’s any way for it to actually release the spring loaded bar and cause harm. The money appears to be free for the taking with no risk.
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The more important question is what sort of mileage the timing chain and cam phaser assembly this new Colorado 4-cylinder gets. Mine got 40,000 miles before they self-destructed. 40,000 miles! Not great!
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How about that cool and fun thing where you imagine that the wall behind your bed is falling over and going to crush you so you spring out of bed like a lunatic and stand there bug-eyed in the still darkness? Or maybe the one where you imagine the tree outside the window is just about to fall over and crash through Read more

extremely online voice: My dude, your articles absolutely whip ass. They slap.
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This is hilarious. I had a ‘99 9-3 with the 2.0 HOT, and a hitch and engine-wise it was a far, far better tow vehicle than the 2.8 Chevy Colorado that replaced it. 1.5 yards of mulch in the utility trailer was more controllable behind the truck, but the Saab (bone stock) pulled considerably harder, especially in hilly Read more

1st Gen Ridgeline. Just weird enough that they fit in nowhere and everywhere all at once. The later production ones have modest styling updates that make this especially so.
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Zere, over zat hillockmitschmaltreezenshrubben* is vere I just followed ze orders. Read more

hey, what’s that car to the right of it?
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