When was the last time you got truly excited reading an owner’s manual? It should be par for the course when we get a new item, but dang, some of those manuals are so dry. Some are just plain hilarious depending on how the translation went (our stereo manual had a one word sentence of [...]
Yes, another lame unboxing video, but as a blog guy, I have to uphold the finer principles of blogdom and do the silly unboxing anyway. Besides, it’s been a slow year so far. This unboxing vid is much brigher than the last one, but I still need to remember to speak LOUDLY when my back is [...]
Now and then when I’m driving along, I think of horrible scenarios that could happen: getting t-boned in an intersection, driving off a bridge, having my car catch on fire. In my mind we always escape without injury, plus we get new car seats out of the ordeal! I realize, though, that reality isn’t always [...]
The Dorel Juvenile Group is recalling 794,247 carseats in the U.S. and Canada because the harness can remain loose after adjustment. These seats have a center front adjuster, which we call a front adjuster strap around here. The problem occurs when the front strap is pulled and the adjuster button/lever doesn’t return to the locked [...]
First and foremost, I’d like to say that we’ve been heaping a lot of well-deserved praise on Honda lately. Darren and I have both had the pleasure of reviewing and reporting on the new 2011 Odyssey. Additionally, there was the recent release of stellar crash test results for this newest generation Ody from NHTSA & the IIHS which prompted yet [...]
Kia Ora! For our vacation this year, we visited Matt’s mom and her Kiwi dh in New Zealand for Christmas. They live on a farm of about 10 acres and grow avocados, some oranges, some lemons, and some apples, along within smattering of some other local fruit. Their main business is a bed and breakfast, [...]