Archive for the ‘ automotive ’ Category

I Polished My Other Headlight

  • November 16th, 2007
  • Posted in my car

[Part 2 of my attempt to refinish my worn headlight lenses.] I actually did this a couple weekends ago, but hadn’t had time to write it up. As before, these are the supplies i used—mostly stuff i found in the garage. Spray bottle with soapy water Rag 400 grit wet/dry 600 grit wet/dry 1000 grit [ READ MORE ]

I Polished My Headlight

  • October 21st, 2007
  • Posted in my car

In a few hours this afternoon i changed my driver’s side headlight from this to this[ READ MORE ]

VW Dumbing Down For America

Apparently, American’s don’t want to pay for the high-tech gizmos that often come with Dubs, so they’re getting cut by the CEO who wants to lower prices so Volkswagen can compete with Toyota [via Autoblog and Volksbloggin.com]. Boo. I love my auto-dimming rear view mirror, and heated side mirrors, and Climatronic, heated seats, auto-down and [ READ MORE ]

Sixty Thousand

  • June 23rd, 2007
  • Posted in my car

I hit 60,000 miles on my car today. About half of those miles are mine (i bought it pre-owned). I’ve owned it for two years and eight months. Which makes about 11,000 miles per year, or under 1000 per month. I’m about half-way done paying it off. The only modifications done so far are lowering [ READ MORE ]

VW Meet At Kingstowne

Monday night cacapino, Gudo, and i drove up to the VW meet at Kingstowne Towne Center in Springfield. We met Brian and rolled in to the Chipotle parking lot—two MkIII Jettas and two MkIV GTIs. Met a bunch of dudes, and saw some pretty nice rides. The NGP Audi A3 definitely stood out as the [ READ MORE ]

The Years