The Volvo 760, the first totally new ‘Ovlov’ in years, came on the scene in the early ’80s to replace the then-current top of the line sedan, the 264 GLE. While the 760 GLE and its less expensive sibling the 740 were meant to replace the 240/260 series, both would be built concurrently for several…
The 1984 to 1992 Lincoln Mark VII was not your typical floaty, land yacht Lincoln. The new LSC (for Luxury Sport Coupe) model was the first Lincoln marketed as a driver’s car (well, at least since the ’50s ‘Road Race’ Lincolns, anyway), and could hold its own with much more expensive European coupes like the…
Note: I originally wrote this when I scored full time employment at Illinois Casualty back in June 2012, as a kinda-sorta farewell to Cantankerous Coot. But I did keep writing, as the Coot wasn’t in full bore loony mode yet. But hey, why not share a revised version with you fine folks? So here you…
I’ve always loved the 1977-79 Cadillacs. They were prominent during my formative years watching Magnum, P.I. and Knight Rider. Of course the bad guys were usually driving them. Sure I liked the red Ferrari and black Trans Am just fine but I liked the Cadillacs more.
It’s only been about two weeks since the Clark County Schools closed here in the great Commonwealth of Kentucky, and I’m already prepared to never send my kids back—to either public or private school. I’ve been unfortunate/blessed to have been unemployed since January 22nd (have no fear, I’ve accepted a new job—more on that in…
So perhaps you live somewhere (like, say, NEW YORK) where people have lost their minds and turned into caged rats, hoarding every last bit of toilet paper, paper towels, and cleaning products, and all you want is to make sure that your hands are sanitized. Alas, the hoarders have bought enough hand sanitizer to…
Back during the summer of 2012, July, I took a few days off to go up to my folks’ cabin for a little R & R. No internet up there, then, because it was before I had a smart phone. That was actually one of it’s pluses. On my way back home, I decided to…
UPDATE: Well, the event has been cancelled to to all the germy germs and stuff. But what the heck I decided to let this run anyway. Laurie took some nice pictures! March 20th through the 22nd would have been when the World of Wheels car show in Boston would have been held, but is now…
Pop quiz, hotshot: What is the most boring 2020 model car in existence? Probably a Corolla, right? But what was the most boring, yet competent and efficient car of the 1980s? Not the Accord or Camry, for they hadn’t nailed rustproofing down yet. Those suckers dissolved like Alka Seltzer in the salty Midwest. For those…
Despite a massive snowstorm back in February, The Year Of Our Lord 2013, things were going pretty good for me at the time. To keep it short, I’d been out of work for approximately a month, but through a mutual friend, Sunday Saunders, I was able to interview for a full-time accounting position at a…
