The Story I guess the last post I made as about the trip to Maine. Toward the end of the trip, aka during the drive home, I noticed that the clutch was making a slight ‘whirring’ sound when pressed. Turns out this was either the throw out bearing going out,… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
The bill made it through congress about two weeks ago and has now been signed by Obama. The quick summary is that for cars, if it gets 18mpg or less you’ll get $4500 trade for anything getting 10mpg improvement. For trucks, that $4500 comes for a 5mpg improvement. Both have… Continue reading
For those who haven’t met me in person, I drive a blue Jeep Cherokee. It’s old, it’s rusted, it’s dented, it’s been rolled once and declared totaled, and I don’t do preventative maintenance. I have about a five mile drive into work. Last Friday, about 3.5 miles into the trip… Continue reading
I got ranned into on Thursday afternoon… which was mainly because I pulled out in front of a van in a turn lane. It was my fault, but I understand how it happened. The girl who hit me, I’m guessing was about 17 and a little more shaken up than… Continue reading
So, what’s new with Matt: Kayaking – the last two weekends have been committed to kayaking. Two weekends ago I went to up Cheboygan for an Instructor Certification Evaluation with the same group of folks who sponsored the IDW I mentioned a month or so ago. Half the expected participants… Continue reading
It is my thought that the woman who owns this car is hot, although likely too old for me. For anyone who doesn’t recognize either… it’s a Toyota Prius (’04 Gen 2) with a Wilderness Systems Tsunami 145 on top.
Some pictures I took on my way home today. They might have been better taken yesterday, but alas I didn’t have my camera with me. I certainly would have liked to have a tripod, since taking 1/3 – 1 second pictures by hand is rough. (I took 30 trying to… Continue reading
This post is going to cover the last week of my life. That means you chance getting bored by the end, so I’ll try to compartmentalize stuff so you can skip without worry of getting confused. Break part 1: I went up to TC for Christmas week. First night back,… Continue reading