New York Renovator

Frosty the Grease Monkey

Posted on18. Nov, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Brrrr. Got up at 6am to help the husband fix the car brakes. FUN. It was, what, 25 degrees outside!!

He’s a part-time rural carrier for the post office, and rural carriers use their own vehicles to deliver mail. I wonder if people have any idea the work that goes into such a job, especially if [...]

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Amazing Japanese Car Inventions

Posted on07. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

These are far, far from practical, but I enjoyed watching this video of some really interesting Japanese inventions in electric cars. These are from the motor show in Tokyo in October 2007. Pretty amazing!! They remind me of George Jetson’s car from that old cartoon, The Jetsons. LOL!

Futuristic Japanese Carsby DiagonalView

The car coated with silicone [...]

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Fancy Driving in India

Posted on01. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Hoh boy, and you thought traffic was crazy in your area…

Pretty amazing! We kept watching them as they went ’round and ’round and ’round and….

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Yugo No More

Posted on21. Nov, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

With hats in hands, we bid a sad farewell to the Yugo tomorrow (I’m such a sentimental schmuck, I know). The Yugo, mass produced in the 80s, was a simple car designed to be small and economical, compared to the futuristic, complex, gas guzzling SUVs with their flashy gadgets and flash memory microchip in the [...]

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