A Bee in My New (Corolla) Bonnet

I’ve got a new four-letter-word in my vocab­u­lary: Vais. As in Vais Tech­nol­ogy. It’s their stu­pid $200 iPod Inter­face Kit that is screw­ing up my enjoy­ment of my new Toy­ota Corolla and my gen­eral sense of all-is-well-in-the-world. I’m not an audio­phile. My stereo is a relic of the ‘80s com­plete with turntable and a set [...] Read more »

New Car Shopping, Part 2

First les­son learned: don’t try buy­ing a new car just days before Christ­mas while also prepar­ing for the Big Fam­ily Christ­mas Party and your daughter’s first trip home from col­lege. I can’t say that I regret our pur­chase or even that we made any mis­takes regard­ing the car cho­sen or the price paid but I’m [...] Read more »