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I want to know how things like fire engine sirens can be heard over and above the booming of some of the stereo's I have heard: if it's loud enough to make the entire car vibrate, I fail to see (hear?) how the operator can hear the sirens of approaching emergency vehicles.

I swear the local taxi company just hired a bunch of new fellows, and not a one of them knows their way around the outskirts of town, from what I hear.

I was told that an "international" drivers' licence does not exist as it once did, and that the folks that have taken the trouble to obtain one are finding themselves on the short end of the stick and are not being given parody/equivalency by some countries. Is there an international standard...

I had reason to muse about fly windows, and how I actually miss them in my truck: I'd like to see them come back, in truth. There was a reason for them, and I still reach for one when the windows on the truck begin to fog up!

I saw a wicked set of old wheels out on the road yesterday, a Hemi 'Cuda, no less... But I had to wonder, if that's the original engine (and it sure sounded like it was), that engine was meant to run LEADED gasoline... does the owner have to add a lead additive or something to the fuel to run it?

Would running a higher octane fuel lend itself to better fuel economy? I've always run "mid grade" gasoline in my truck, and given the cost I'm considering switching to "low grade" or "regular".

The more of the news I see coming out of Japan, and the more I see/hear about nuclear reactors and meltdowns, I'm floored. Given how dangerous that power source can be, why would a country so prone to such damage even have them? It's potentially another Nagasaki, and that cloud is going...

Does anyone use these infernal things in the winter months? Do you have a preference for the type? Do you carry them during snow months as a rule?

I have an emergency list of goodies in my truck, and one of a similar nature for the Missus and her van. While they do vary a bit (in part because I'm the more capable, the idea of her jacking up that van to change a flat is enough to make me incriminate myself), there's a few basics common...

Between the salt and sand on the road, the variances in temperature.... well, some of the water that hits my windshield seems to want to leave streaks and such when I try to 'wash' it off again. Is there a specific wiper fluid that can deal with that, or do I need to sneak some WINDEX into...

This is from my son, up in Seattle.... I had no idea, and wow, it's tough stuff. He tells me this is "how things are" in the province of British Columbia, just north of him. You have to write the knowledge exam, and get at least 75%. That gets you a big letter "L" (magnetic, I would assume?)...

I just caught a CNN report about a certain nuclear reactor in Japan, "NUMBER THREE".... and the fact it's a plutonium and not a uranium core. Ladies and gentlemen, another HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI looms, to hell with the impact on gas and fuel prices. The human price tag is potentially much...

Oh do I like the way you think, vroombaby. It's the disabled question that came to mind for me, too, I mean my Dad drove until he was 85 or so, but getting in and out of the car wasn't that easy for the Old Coot, either. I'd hate to think that he'd have needed a helper or to drive further for...

The earthquake in Japan has a major refinery afire over there; Japan is the 3rd largest petroleum consumer in the world. I wonder what that is going to do to supply, demand, and price? It's up over $5/gallon in some parts of Canada as it is!

They strike me as being more useful as a fog light than as a head light. I just know they irritate me at night more than just about anything else does.

I have a jet on my truck that is, well, not spraying wiper fluid properly. I suspect road salt and such has fouled it. I was going to run some isopropyl alcohol through the wiper system, in an effort to clean that jet, but the Missus is on my case about alcohol hardening plastics and tubes...

That sounds a lot like what the province of British Columbia did, several years ago now: a graduated licencing program, with time of day and passenger restrictions, a zero tolerance for alcohol consumption.... from learners' permit, you go to a provisional licence for 2 yrs, and then re-test on...

When it's work related or whatever, not a chance. I do know that retirees seem to get more of a kick out of it than us younger folks do, but maybe that's because for them, time is no issue, and the journey is as important as the destination.

One of the blades on the Missuses van isn't sitting properly, and leaves a section of the windshield "unwiped". I've tried to reshape the durn thing, as I do on my truck, but it defies me. It's also pretty much brand new. Would having it in the garage where it's warmer help so it can be bent...

I'm beginning to really dislike those new fangled headlights on some of the imports, those annoying bluish ones that seem to pierce eyeballs when driving in the dark at night. I wish the manufacturers would standardize headlights, for something that isn't so hard on the approaching traffic.