Rhonda, Don’t Shrapnel My Heart!

Aug 5, 2016
It was a little over six years ago that my wife and I strolled into our local Rhonda dealership to buy her a new car from a charming salesman who also happened to be named Scott … no relation,�...

Death of an Air Conditioner

Jul 22, 2011
The idea of driving around without air conditioning even at two o’clock in the morning for a quick trip to the store is an unfathomable fate that I wouldn’t dare wish upon my worst of enemies…...

Caution: Alligator in Roadway

Jul 23, 2010
You know how when you’re just driving along, minding your own business, and then all of a sudden, you hit an alligator in the middle of the road?! Of course you don’t, because aside from Florida, ...

The Know-It-All Car

Apr 9, 2010
Do you ever get the feeling that as a society, maybe our technology is getting just a little too advanced??? Now hear be out on this one… I know that I’m probably the last person you’d expect to...

Car Salesmen Are People, Too…

Feb 26, 2010
…well, at least a couple of them are, anyways… As they say, every story has its beginning, which is why I should probably start by explaining that this week’s edition of The Humor Column is actu...

Dueling with Dealerships, Take Two

Feb 5, 2010
All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again… Thus is the legacy of buying a new car.  We’ve all done it, and we’ll most likely all do it several more times as long as them fos...

Why Can’t You Drive 55?!

Mar 13, 2009
Oh good – you’re still here! Sorry, folks – I would’ve been here sooner, but I ran into a little “traffic problem” along the way, and by “traffic problem” I mean to say that I got stuc...