Now that I’ve got more than a week of Miata ownership under my belt it’s time to take a penetrating look at the good and the bad. Are Miatas really all they’re cracked up to be? Is the honeymoon over? Could the nearly-universal Jalopnik sentiment of “the answer is always Miata” be flawed? Have we all been terribly,…

Luck is a funny thing. Most people don’t remark on it unless something disproportionately good or bad happens to them, and boy howdy did I get lucky last week. Like, I should either go out and buy a fistful of lottery tickets in case I’m on fire or approach every situation for the next two weeks with extreme caution…

Some things in life are equally as bad as they are good. Robocop, VH1 countdowns, and most cartoons from the ‘80s (M.A.S.K. anyone? That shit was my jam!) are just a few prime examples of this phenomenon. They’re all terrible, we all recognize this, and yet there’s something that prevents our hearts and minds from…

Sometimes a night’s rest is all it takes to gain a bit of much-needed perspective on a bad situation. Since I was in the middle of moving I had the frustrating benefit of four whole nights of worry and fitful sleep to endure. By day I was hauling crap back and forth from the old place to the new place and by evening I …

In a lot of ways a car is like a roommate. The best of times are some serious “remember this on my deathbed” kind of fun. The worst of times are nothing but screaming about how he never does the dishes or that it should just tell you when a plastic water pump impeller melts before it overheats. But most of the time…

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Sixteen days ago my wife and I started the week-long process of moving into a new apartment. Fifteen days ago my car died. This is the story of my quest to replace that car.

Remember this guy from yesterday? I'm skipping it and here's why.