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The Real Malaise Era

January 01, 2021

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The Hershey Highway

Just like the bitter sweet taste of dark chocolate the Hershey fall car show is both a euphoric geek-fest of the car hobby and the sad conclusion of another car show season. If you live in the northeast U.S. and haven’t been to the Hershey Pennsylvania event you need to put it on your to-do list. The show is held in the massive expanse of Hershey Amusement Park and Giant Center Arena’s parking lots with thousands of vendors, new products and collector cars on sale. My advice is to get your hotel early and take the free shuttle bus or ride a bicycle to the show because the tens of thousands visitors overwhelm the roads making it an ironically car hostile place to drive around. If your spouse is not into cars and you don’t want to hear, “Are you done yet, my (feet, back, neck) are killing me!” you can ship the significant other off to shop, spa or slip into a chocolate induced coma while you look for that 1927 Whippet headlight bezel. I’m always struck by the sheer number ...

Volvo S60 Rrrrrgggghhh!

This post is updated below with more accurate information on the Anti-Skid warning and loss of all-wheel-drive for later models Volvos. If you are having similar problems with your car skip down to the update for the latest and more accurate diagnostic and repair information. Read through if you just want my inane commentary. See this? This is a thermostat from my Volvo S60 R, normally this is an easy to aquire $3 part, but these are not normal times Kato and the S60 R is not a normal car. I need to replace the thermostat because I got this and other warnings on the illuminated Chicken Little, hypersensitive information center on my dashboard. This warning was basically telling me that I will spin out of control, hit a tree, and die in a fiery death no later than next Tuesday unless I take my car to my friendly Volvo dealer sooner than immediately. “Pishaw!” I said to myself. I have a garage, a lift, an insane amount of tools, and the glowing optimism of the vill...

2012 Fiesta...OK

Not the Fiesta I actually drove but close enough for this blog. As an update to my earlier Fiesta post I drove a 2012 hatchback SES version this weekend and it was OK. I swung into the local Ford store, local to me is any trip not requiring provisions or a passport, to check out the latest Ford subcompact. I asked the eager young salesman who greeted me if he had any stick shifted Fiestas and he said he had a complete inventory of one. The car in question was relatively well equipped SES with sunroof, sync, power this and that, 16 inch aluminum wheels and cruise control. The sticker price was $16,700.00, not a princely sum for a well equipped car but a poser when you consider that perched right next to it was a refrigerator white Focus for $16,400.00. The Focus had power windows, power locks, air conditioning, some form of base sound system and theft deterrent plastic wheel covers. I’m not a big gadget guy when it comes to cars; I look at those toys as medication to make y...

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