"Compliance!"

"Butterfly Impact"

Me: ? Whats that? *Clicks on link*

Oh burp gun. I already have on... Ooooo Pretty!

Geeze the only thing missing from that photo is about 20 kilos of coke and Don Johnson.

Touche'

Meh, I still prefer a manual over an auto.

A row-your-own trickystick keeps your more alert and keeps you an [i]active[/i driver].

A slushbox no matter how good will eventually turn you into a [i]passive[/i] driver.

An active driver is one that is monitoring all that is around him. A passive driver lets things happen all around him while concentrating on his coffee, burger, phone etc.

Which do you want at the wheel when that deer jumps across the road?

"Of course, when people mention Cars & Coffee, this is probably the last thing that comes to mind."

Aye but, after watching so many C&C videos on Youtube this is how so many of those cars will end up.

That's a big fish. I wonder how big the story is behind it?

"Same for hardware stores, too. I'd much rather go to the better-staffed independents, but they make that tough by only being open short hours and Saturday and closed on Sunday"

That's OK, it gives me a reason to get out of the house and go to McFadden-Dale before the rugrat wakes up. That way she's Mommy's problem while I spend 3 hours shopping in the "Toy Store". Bonus points (And evil stares from Mommy) if I need something electrical and go to Orvac. Both stores close at 12 and 2 respectively on Saturday.

Very true especially when dealing with emission control parts from the early 80s to the early 90s. Depending on your region there could have been half a dozen calibration revisions in any given year.

You gotta be selective with the Napa stores. A lot of them especially in my area are corporate stores. These tend to employ the same high school aged button-pushers that O'Rileys and AZ do. The real gems are the franchise stores. These are usually mom and pop stores that decided to enroll themselves into the Napa fold in order to survive/streamline their supply chain and advertising efforts.

You can usually identify these stores by their larger locations and more local flavor of parts. The one I used to go to in Temecula, CA usually had a fun assortment of tractor-trailer parts and farm implement accessories. The other one I go to in Los Alamitos, CA also offers machine work which is nice since very few places won't even turn rotors any more. While the corporate store in Stanton, CA where that episode of Overhaulin was filmed only had the same crap any Autozone had. That store is closed now.