I wrote last about the aftermarket wheels or custom rims I bought for my car nearly 10 years ago. I was always dumping money into my car back then — I lived at home, worked full time, and didn’t have many other responsibilities that required my time and money.
Here are a few of the auto [...]
I remember when I went out and bought my very first set of aftermarket wheels for my car. My first car was a 1981 Nissan 280ZX; not long after getting the wheels, I also lowered the car about an inch using lowering springs. God, that car looked good like that!
Hard to believe that was nearly [...]
My dad, the reluctant mechanic, was reluctant about some other things too. I remember as a kid, getting a Fort Lauderdale airport car rental during a trip. My dad, ever the penny pincher, refused the insurance policy offered by most car rental Orlando and Fort Lauderdale stores. And of course, as luck would have it, [...]
I’ll never forget what my dad called himself once: a reluctant mechanic, he said. He always hated working on our cars because he had to, perhaps because he’d once had the experience of working on a car because he wanted to.
See, my dad was a race car driver before I was born. He was friends [...]