Archive for August, 2009

Rackin’ the Outback

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Because I got the base model Outback, it came with no crossbars for gear haulin’. This is more or less fine, because I would have replaced them in short order anyway, but it does put me in a temporary bind. Looking at the Yakima offerings, I take issue with their current Railgrab system in that [...]

Jeep Eulogy

Monday, August 17th, 2009

The Jeep came to be mine in the fall of 2000, almost nine years ago. At the time all I had was my car, which would have been silly to drive in the winter, so I needed to get something suitable for year-round driving. My Dad found the Jeep on my behalf. It went down [...]

Auto Update

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

So, as of Wednesday, thanks to Obama’s brilliance, I have a new black Subaru Outback. It’s a bit sad that the Jeep had to be prematurely laid to rest. I was rather hoping to drive it until it flat out fell apart, but passing up on $4500 trade in for a vehicle worth $500 would [...]