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You know that nervous feeling that you get in the pit of your stomach when you might be driving a little over the speed limit and you pass a parked police car hidden on the side of the road.

I had that feeling tonight on my way home from work and it reminded me of the [...]

How often have you planned out your day just right only to have a monkey-wrench thrown into the mix?
Yesterday I experienced that monkey-wrench, along with a few socket wrenches and cut knuckles for good measure.
After having a completely unproductive weekend due to attending my son’s Little League games and celebrating my birthday (gifts are still [...]

How would you like a chance to win a Scion tC?
Prija, the self-proclaimed sneaky bastard over at Blogging the Movie, has kicked off a contest to win a free Scion tC.
Given that the car chosen for the contest is a Scion tC and I drive a tC for myself, I had to give this a [...]

There may be a new addition to my garage in the not too distant future.
My wife would really like to replace her 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT with a 2008 Scion xB. Ever since I brought my Scion tC home from the dealer, my wife wanted to replace her car with a Scion with the [...]

As I was bouncing around the Interweb tonight I came across a site about the Nitto Scion tC, which is a sponsored car that has taken a Scion tC and modified it to the point that it is turning out 500+ horsepower.
In reading the forums about this car, you can imagine that the biggest problem [...]