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So, we have been shuffling cars within the family, and my wife has been driving the 19 VW GLI Autobahn. She has harbored a grudge against it since it wouldn't even make it up our street with a dusting of snow last winter. We also bought a 2nd home, and she REALLY wanted an SUVto haul stuff...

Bought a circa 1982 house in SW Florida recently and the heat pump is something I've never seen before...it's wall-mounted at one end of the house, with attic ductwork. Spoke to my HVAC guy and he says it's relatively common in that part of the country. When it comes time to replace, I can use...

I am stunned how much lint my Ruger LCP picks up from being in my pocket (in a DeSantis holster). I had never really thought about it, but it's an ongoing thing to keep it lint-free and properly lubed. Like a mini version of the dog hair "dust bunnies" that accumulate around my baseboards at home.

I like single malts, and I'm OK with spending up to about $100 for a nice everyday bottle. It always struck me odd that Macallan charges SO much for a basic 12 year old, but I bought the blue label one the other (not the sherried red label). Thought I'd give it a whirl. It's fine, but no better...

We recently had our pool resurfaced, so it looks GREAT, but now the concrete pool deck looks grungy. I am in the process of replacing the 30 year old channel drain, and when I'm through with that, I need to refinish the pool deck itself. Any thoughts or suggestions? The pool is caged, and the...

Recently bought a house in FL, washer and dryer in the garage. The dryer took FOREVER to dry loads, towels would take close to 2 hours. I figured before I bought a new dryer I'd check the duct. White vinyl/plasticy duct material wadded up behind the dryer, half full of lint. Cleaned that out...

So, of currently-available non-exotic car brands sold in my local market (US) Mitsubishi and Subaru are the only brands I've not driven or ridden in. Seems odd that I've never stumbled on these brands, at least once, as a passenger...

So we took the '06 Kia Sportage to our home in FL and parked it in the garage. The Sumitomo tires are just about worn out and will need replacement soon. My issue is this: it will get driven maybe 1500 miles a year and sits in the garage most of the time. The tires will likely time-out long...

We had the dubious pleasure of flying Allegiant into Punta Gorda last Saturday evening and flew through some hail on our descent. That was LOUD and is the first time I'd flown through hail. On a side note, we were on ship 246, a 3 year old A320-214 that was also the first brand new plane...

The $750 Saturn L200 that I bought recently really needs front struts. My friendly indy mechanic quoted $750 installed for front struts, which sounds like a lot of money to me. Is this a job that a semi-talented amateur should/could undertake? Should I do rear shocks too? My main issue is that...

We're closing on a house in Port Charlotte FL that will be a getaway for long weekends, etc. I was going to drive one of our cars down, but the seller of the house also had a car she wanted to sell. I am the proud owner of a 2003 Saturn L-200 sedan, silver with gray cloth, alloy wheels, cold...

We are buying a home in Port Charlotte FL. Planning to drive something down there and leave it. The car will be garaged, and driven very sparingly aside from the drive down. What issues should I expect in that tropical climate vs. Ohio?

We live in a subdivision with a steep hill that becomes nearly impassable maybe 3-4 days a year when we get a poorly-timed snowfall...4wds will climb it, but even some FWDs won't make the hill, so my bride wants AWD/4WD. Her boss just got a Cadillac CTS4, not sure if it's brand spankin' new or...

My daughter's BF killed his car so I sold him my 17 Jetta SE and got myself a brand new GLI. I have put 80 miles on it so far and it's a hoot. I would have settled for a Jetta R Line but the seats in the 19s look terrible to me...the perforated leather in the GLI looks and feels amazing. The...

https://www.mro-network.com/mainten...t-air-s-md-80-plans-depend-finding-a320s So everyone's favorite airline Allegiant has retired their remaining Mad Dogs. I have always had relatively new A319/320 planes when I've flown Allegiant, but I enjoy flying Delta's MD88 and B717 planes...unless I'm...

My daughter's BF has a 2012 Ford Focus that sustained a front end hit prior to him owning the car...it was POORLY repaired, panel gaps are all over the place, paint isn't very good, the right front rail is crumpled and rusty. The list goes on and on (he's not a car guy, just liked the bright...

I have recently become interested in edged implements like axes. I own a couple, just bought an Estwing camp axe at Lowe's the other day that's almost too pretty to use. I'm going to take a shot at sharpening all of my tools on Sunday, should be interesting. Any other posters who accumulate/use...

There was a reference in the Dassault Falcon crash thread to "throw the keys"...here's today's dumb question. How is a plane physically secured? Is there a keyhole in the door? Who has keys? Is there a key involved with firing up the plane? Pardon my ignorance but I hope and pray I'm not the...

I got a new kitchen table and the care instructions specifically suggest paste wax. Being the dutiful furniture owner that I am, I bought a tub of Johnson's Paste Wax. The smell takes me back to my mom using a machine polisher on the hardwood in our dining room when i was a kid in the 60s. She...

I have started getting the AOPA magazine and have pondered going up for a short hop in a small plane, but I'm worried about motion sickness. I fly commercial airliners without incident, I can even read onboard, but I have to think that looking out the windshield of a little Cessna single would...