A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to tag-along with a farmer friend, Andy, during his corn harvest. It was a beautiful October day and I took the above picture with my drone. The crew of 3 knocked out about 50 acres on that a single day – roughly 500,000 pounds of corn. Most of that corn, he told me, will eventually make … Continue reading Fields Of Fuel
We’re on the road this morning to visit my brother and his lovely wife in South Carolina. We’re leaving the Orlando area on the Florida Turnpike, one of the state’s many toll roads. Apparently Florida leads the country with about 720 miles of toll roads. The next 5 are TX, OK, NY, PA, and NJ. this is a bit of a new experience for us … Continue reading Terrific Toll Roads
That’s our nice SUV – sitting in the garage of our recently-purchased condo in Florida. We drove it down to Florida a few weeks ago and left it there. Now we need to replace the hole it left in our Minnesota fleet – where we spend most of our time. The big challenge in replacing it is that the automobile industry is in a bit … Continue reading Hole In The Fleet
File this under … ‘They Thought of Everything’. The condo association in our new vacation hometown, Celebration FL, even has its own resident car wash! Included in your $100 monthly dues are a private club – with restaurant, bar, pools, fitness center – and this awesome little car wash. Every resident gets a card to swipe in the pressure washing machine with soap, wax, and … Continue reading Thoughtful Amenities
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my mostly positive, yet not quite compelling experience with a Jeep Wrangler Hybrid EV 4Xe. My son and I rented one in California. Now, Jeep is recalling all of the 4Xe’s that they made over the last 4 years. There has been a concerning number of fires with the best-selling model. Over the next month, they will contact … Continue reading Don’t Park Inside?!
I had my first experience living with an electric vehicle last week when my son and I were in Los Angeles to fly on the Goodyear Blimp. It was a Jeep Wrangler 4Xe that we rented through Avis for the same price as a regular rental car. My friend Jeff has been ‘mentoring’ me through the dollars & sense of going electric, but it was … Continue reading The Dollar & Sense of Driving A Hybrid EV
Sometime this afternoon, my old Jeep might meet my new Jeep. I’d like to get that picture if the two of them end up parked next to each other at the same time. Since they are the same color, it really feels like my old Jeep is just morphing into the new one! The switcheroo came about quickly. Soon after selling the my 2-door Jeep … Continue reading Jeep Switcheroo …
As I mentioned last week, I put my Jeep Wrangler up for sale. It was the first time I’ve ever tried to sell a vehicle on the open market. I wasn’t prepared for what happened when my ads went live on Craig’s List and Facebook Marketplace. Nothing, that is. I was prepared for about everything, but not at all prepared for nothing. After more than … Continue reading Quiet Sale
I drove my Jeep home from a 1,700 mile ‘Circle Tour’ of Lake Superior yesterday. I took the little Jeep from Minnesota’s North Shore into Ontario, Canada, across the great locks in Sault St. Marie, west along Michigan’s ‘Yooperland’, and through a small corner of Northern Wisconsin that leads back to Minnesota. It was a charity road rally with 30+ vehicles cruising as a colorful … Continue reading Jeep Off To Market
My good friend & longtime MegaCorp accomplice, Dawn, and I had lunch recently and she shared with me the details of her recent car purchase. She went to Gothenburg, Sweden and picked up her new Volvo under their ‘European Delivery Service’. I’ve had some friends that have done this in the past, but I wasn’t aware of how it actually works. It’s cool! Working with … Continue reading European Car Delivery
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