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I breathed a sigh of relief this morning after I avoided nearly getting ripped off by the dealer from which I bought my WRX and where I go for regular maintenance. It’s there today getting the clutch replaced — and there through tomorrow I recently learned (grr…gotta roll the ghetto Buick Century till then) — […]

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Some asshole with no life on a street corner is going to cost me $173. I almost went to Brand X Antiques to look at wedding rings after my haircut in the Castro this afternoon; I decided against it. Feeling my enthusiastic energy from this morning slowing down a bit, I almost went home; I […]

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My Scoobie celebrated its first birthday on May 4. With just more than 18,000 miles, I’ve driven her quite a bit since the 11 miles on the odometer when I drove off the lot a year ago. So happy birthday to the Scoob. I pay an arm and a leg for the car that’s caused […]

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As I mentioned on March 31, I got my first speeding ticket in 5 years (a CVC 22350). Since then, I’ve been researching ways to fight it. Turns out that yesterday I didn’t even have to go to “court,” which actually turned out to be some guy at a window who tried to convince me […]

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If only I had my own Koenigsegg, ridiculous amounts of money, and were living the rockstar lifestyle, I, too, would be competing in this year’s Gumball 3000 Rally from San Francisco to Miami, which got off to a rocky start yesterday: Cops put brakes on high rollers / Arrests, tickets mark start of notorious coast-to-coast […]

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This morning on my way to work I got my first speeding ticket in more than 5 years. I was alone on the road — approaching the Golden Gate Bridge — on that final stretch of 19th Ave. in the Presidio that’s after the General Douglas MacArthur Tunnel and before the underpass. The road has […]

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I really hate it when assholes — particularly those who live in the city and feel the need to own an SUV or a Jeep (’cause you never know when you might need those big tires, 4-wheel drive, and a winch to climb a hill) do this to my car: There doesn’t appear to be […]

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Study Explains How Car Fans Recognize Their Loves Ever since cars were invented, women have complained that their husbands recognize the latest Ford more quickly than they do their in-laws. A study published on Sunday may help explain why. Jen has always given me a hard time about my inability to keep her extended family […]

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This morning I took the Scoobie in for its 13,272-mile oil change. Happy came along. We talked to this guy also waiting in the lobby who recently bought a Legacy GT. We were checking out the white WRX in the lobby and he was saying that he has buyer’s remorse for not having bought one. […]

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Hmm…perhaps I bought my WRX about a year too early. Subaru has officially announced the 300-HP WRX STI, due out this summer. Any car that comes stock with gold wheels and loses the stereo in exchange for speed has got to be cool. All that and “The large capacity intercooler includes a manually operated water […]

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