Jeremy Herndon Blog » Automotive

Rough Going

jeremy — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:01:15 +0000

I am going to have to put the car in the shop this week, it is running rough, and I don’t want to be out and about going to or from an errand and have it quit on me. Especially when there are so many “dead spots” in the cell phone service out here. It acts like it is running out of gas, but it has plenty of gas. So I put a can of dry gas in it, thinking that maybe it was just some water in the tank, and it ran fine the next day, but started acting up again the day after. So maybe it’s the fuel filter, or the fuel pump. I don’t know, but it needs to be fixed!

Another aggravation, and another thing sucking the money out of my wallet and my dwindling bank account.

Luxury car seat covers

jeremy — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:02:51 +0000

What product is the first one to come to your mind when someone tells you that they have just bought some luxury car seat covers? I don’t know about you, but the first thing that comes into my mind is sheepskin seat covers.

Having grown up wearing itchy scratchy wool, and being told that wool comes from sheep, I never would have thought that any sheepskin products would feel so terrific. But they really are soft, and add some cushioning to the seat that can really spoil you. In years past I have bought a variety of other kids of seat covers, trying to make the seat more comfortable, and to protect the seat from being ripped by kids and pets, but those have always been very utilitarian in nature. Now that the kids have grown, however, maybe the next time I’m in the market for a new seat cover I’ll take another look at sheepskin.

Late Gift Arrived

jeremy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:50 +0000

I received a gift in the mailÂ today from one of my brothers.Â Apparently he didn’t get it to the post office in time for me to get it before Christmas and then he got busy and never sent it until now.Â But that’s OK – I always say “better late than never!”Â Anyway, it was another really cool gadget for my computer!Â It is a wireless mouse that looks like a yellow Mustang!Â I’ve been wanting a wireless mouse for quite some time now, but could never really justify the expense.Â So it is totally awesome that my brother sent it to me for a Christmas gift!Â I have a great family!

Not exactly pocket change!

jeremy — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:06:20 +0000

I came across this post from 2008 and wondered why I never heard that the car I wrote about below actually coming out onto the market. Do you know if it did or not?

Post from 1/22/2008 below:

I was reading on the Discovery Channel’s website that a new car will be hitting the market later this year.Â It is a flying car!Â Basically it is a plane that has wings that can fold up so that you can drive it home and park it in your garage.Â It will fly for 500 miles on one tank of regular unleaded gas!Â Now I think this is a really awesome creation, and I’d love to have one!Â (I’d also like to get one of those car-boat things that were sold back in the 60s! – oh, and a hovercraft!)

Anyway, it will retail for (are you sitting down?) $194,000!Â I think I’ll have to wait a few decades for the price to come down!Â But it sure would be really awesome to own one of them!

Saw a Smart car on the road today

jeremy — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:57:18 +0000

I’ve seen pictures of the Smart carÂ on the Internet, and on television, but not “for real” very often.Â I was waiting to pull out of a parking lot and a large tractor trailer passed me by, followed by a Smart car.Â What a huge difference in size that was!Â It was a cute little thing, a bright red, but it brought back memories of many years ago when I saw the results of a little car being in an accident with a tractor trailer and it made me shudder.Â I don’t know how safe I would feel in such a little car!

Studded snow tires

jeremy — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:06:16 +0000

Well I woke up this morning and saw a wintry mess out there – freezing rain, snow, nasty stuff.Â I sure was glad that I got around to putting my studded snow tires on my car Friday!Â I had heard that we were going to be getting some bad weather right off, and decided not to put it off any longer.Â There were several times last year that I slid off of the road because I didn’t have my studded tires put on the car.Â That’s one mistake that I don’t want to repeat!Â This area gets too icy for just plain old “all weather tires.”

Almost ran out of gas today

jeremy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:31:13 +0000

I was really pushing my luck today.Â I just got a Shell gas credit card that gives me a 25 cent discount for every gallon of Shell gas that I buy for the first three months that I have the card.Â Some of the Shell gas stations are higher than the rest of the pack; some are running at a dead heat.Â Today I had to run some errands and I knew that I was going to need to buy gas.Â I also knew that I’d be driving past a Shell but not sure what their price was going to be like, compared to the rest.Â On my way into town I saw their price was pretty good, so I decided that I’d fill up on the way home unless I drove past a station with a better price.Â Well, there WERE some that were 4 cents cheaper, but I wouldn’t get that discount from the Shell gas card.Â So I just drove right past them.Â Well, let me tell you that by the time I reached that Shell on the return trip I only had one gallon of gas left in the tank!Â Now THAT is cutting it close!

Gasoline Guessing Game

jeremy — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:51:47 +0000

It is always a guessing game when to comes to purchasing gasoline for our vehicles. There are 3 gas stations in town that have had a price war going on for several years, so they are always offering their gas at very competitive prices which is a plus to us all. We had heard that gas would be at $4 a gallon at this point when in reality the prices are dropping, not by much mind you, but just a bit. I just paid $2.83 and if I had not bought it there and waiting for a few more miles I would have paid $3.02. That is a big difference!

TV Commercials

jeremy — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:24:12 +0000

There are some TV Commercials that just really hit the spot. The first time I saw this one from Subaru it caught me off guard and I found myself getting some what emotional. I know, guys are not supposed to admit those type of feelings but hey I’m only human and I have my moments just like most of us do.

AnywayÂ I just saw the commercial again while I was typing away on my laptop and I decided to see if I could find the commercial online. Just a few moments later – here it is.

Any father who has a daughter just has to think hard about this one.

Leather Weather

jeremy — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:32:58 +0000

Today was the perfect day for a motorcycle ride, so I made a few calls and rounded up a few friends that have some nice looking and nice sounding Harley’s. We spent the day getting some decent wind in our faces and then stopped for some spicy Mexican Food along with a few cold beers. Couldn’t have been a better day.