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Tag Archives: cars
New Transmission
The aught-one Saturn, at 108475 miles, will not go into reverse1 And, hence, it’s in the Reston Automotive Hospital. The verdict is in. It needs a new transmission. A $3800 transmission. A warranted, 24-month, 24K mile transmission. That they can … Continue reading
New Miles Leader
My regular daily driver, a 2001 Saturn, just turned over 107000 miles a day or two ago. This makes it #1 in MLB and my “cars with the most miles driven” category. The ’01 actually eclipsed the 106K+ miles of … Continue reading
Searching for America, Again
The second of this year’s Search for America Tours starts tomorrow: Destination Arkansas. I had the day off from work; from what I saw on the Weather Channel earlier, I’m thankful we’re not driving through Tennessee tonight. Tomorrow’s prospects seem … Continue reading
The Great American Car Company
To nobody’s surprise, GM and Chrysler, having pissed away their earlier loan gift from the Feds, are gathering around the Federal trough yet again, pleading for more billions to tide them over for a few more short months, at which … Continue reading
Heading for 100K
Tomorrow’s commute should push the 2001 Saturn past the 100,000 mile mark. This will be the second vehicle we’ve owned that has achieved this notable odometer reading, the first being MLB’s ’98 Saturn, which bit the big one after 106,000 … Continue reading
George W. Orwell Bush, #2
Via Political Wire: “I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system.” And as I watch GM execs salivating as they approach the teat the White House has just extended, I wonder how they’ll manage to turn things around in … Continue reading
See the USA, in your Toyota?
As an old guy who has been a General Motors zealot forever, I’m naturally dismayed at the current state of the US auto industry. My first real job was in the retail auto business, at a now-defunct Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac dealership in … Continue reading
Back at tbbs WorldHQ
The first Search For America Tour for 2008 has reached its conclusion. My little bride and I arrived home, happy but tired, yesterday afternoon. We quickly scooped our gear out of our rental Cadillac STS, and headed to the airport … Continue reading
The Long and Winding Toll Road
The Search for America Tour finds us in Fremont IN, safe, but tired. This particular SfAT is powered by Cadillac STS, a firehouse red, Northstar V8 powered Capitalistic Car if there ever was one. Man, I can’t believe the instrumentation … Continue reading
Satisfaction Surveys
I wrote about our new set of wheels a few posts back. It’s my little bride’s car1; I’d have chosen something different for me, but she seems tickled, and that’s all right. I have no complaints about price, terms, or … Continue reading
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