I previously documented big purchases #1 and #2, but this week had the biggest purchase of them all–a new truck. My Highlander was at the garage last week for its inspection. It needed a bunch of work. We were planning on either selling it or trading it in next spring, …
Brian got a 2010 Hyundai Elantra yesterday and I have to say, this was about the most unexciting car purchase that we’ve made so far. Given the amount of time he spends on the road and the aging truck he had to ride around in, we decided to buy a …
Winter has arrived. The weather sure was crappy on the drive home from work today. It took me nearly 30 minutes to get home (normally it takes 15-20 minutes, depending on the traffic). It was a good test for the Highlander, though. The roads weren’t totally horrible, but they weren’t …
I took advantage of the nice weather this weekend and finished cleaning the insides of the vehicles. I also washed and waxed the Highlander today. What a pain in the neck! I can see this isn’t going to happen very often. When I had my Scion, I used to wash …
As you may have read, we installed a new radio and cd changer in my car a few weeks ago. I’ve been enjoying the changer, but I was not happy with the sound coming from the speakers. Not one bit. We tried tweaking the EQ and every other setting on …