It was a cold northern Ohio weekend when a co-worker of mine invited me on a rusty car spotting trip. Hitting a number of locations, be they closed dealerships, scrap yards, sales lots, or repair shops, there was just a little bit of something for everyone. To be honest, I was drawn in by the promise of decrepit Porsches, but I kept going to see rotten X1/9s and tattered TR-7s.
By the way, this article could also be subtitled “: What Ohio does to cars”
Dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
Those of you that have driven in the great state of Utah know that things are a little different here. The streets are generally wide, the blocks enormous and the drivers all have four wives someplace to be right now. The first two can be traced back to Mormon leader Joseph Smith’s plat for the city of Zion – a piece of city planning that recently won an award from the American Planning Association. When the Mormon pioneers settled in Utah, they implemented that plan in nearly every settlement from Logan to St. George.
From a planning point of view, the plat has good aspects and bad – the good being the easy access to all points of the city because of the regular grid pattern – the bad being the utter misery inflicted on pedestrians by massive street crossings and lengthy blocks.
Of course, as in many American cities, the plan kinda fell apart as suburbs developed. Big blocks became HUGE blocks – a mile or more in length – and the streets in turn became congested as all traffic funneled onto a few major roads.
But the pioneering nature of Utahns seems to have found a few potential solutions. Well, pioneering if you mean stealing ideas from other places…
Ever felt like you wanted a nice car door dolly or planishing hammer, but you just couldn’t afford one? Ever want to build a chassis for your hot rod from scratch, but you just didn’t have a frame jig? Well, you are in luck, there is a new online resource that will help you accomplish that project you’ve been working on. Although, it will likely result in a few new projects of its own.
Click through to get your Red Green on.
Ostiusionophobia: <Late 20th-c. From L. Ostium “Door”, L. Sionem “Dent”> The irrational fear of door dings. I may have made up the name of the condition, but the condition itself is real. I know because I am afflicted with it. I don’t see it as abnormal, but those who ride in my car certainly do. You see, I am willing to go to most any length (or walking distance) to avoid door dings – or the very possibility of door dings. Hit the jump for some helpful tips on how to avoid mankind’s worst blight.
Many of you have long ago mastered the art of auto repair, and presently maintain a wrench-fu worthy of ASE certification. This post isn’t for you, it’s for everyone else who’s under-hood acumen is – shall we say – yet to be developed. And today we’re going to bring everyone up to speed on one of the simplest and most cost effective maintenance tasks you can undertake yourself – changing your car’s motor oil. Let’s get busy.
Please welcome one of few new contributors, Scott Ith. Scott comes to us from his own website, NeedThatCar which has a ton of hoontastic stuff on it. Please make Scott feel welcome and awkward at the same time. -KK
Do you have a few hours of work left? Do you need to look busy without making much noise? Do you have a printer in your office? Great! Here’s a website that will help you accomplish all of your Friday afternoon goals. Click through to get your origami on.
[Source: PaperCars.net]
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