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A Review of the New Febreze Car Vent Clip

Rebecca — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:28:39 +0000

Anybody remember those wacky pine-tree shaped “air fresheners” from the 70s? My parents hung them in the car, and man did they stink. Oh they did what they were intended to do– mask the smell of 6 stinky teenagers crammed into a summer of ’76 station wagon. The “pine” scent wasn’t too bad (the scent [...]

Winterizing on the Way! Mudflaps, Snow Tires, Oil Filters… sigh

Rebecca — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:01:24 +0000

The air has a slight nip in it today. The skies are very gloomy with a thickness that resembles autumn skies. Only a few more weeks of summer and then back to cooler weather for us! I was SO looking forward to it, because the summer has been super hot and humid. And the spring [...]

I STILL Can’t Decide on a Car!

Rebecca — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:41:00 +0000

Well, we are FINALLY crawling our way toward THINKING about a decision to get a new car. In case you didn’t know, we have an ailing Dodge Caravan minivan. I loved that van, but it was used as a postal vehicle for a while (Hubs is a rural carrier, and up until a few months [...]

Checking Out the Subaru Outback

Rebecca — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:00:20 +0000

I’m not in any position to get a new car (yet). But someday, hopefully later this year, I hope to get one. We are down to one vehicle right now, and that serves part-time as a postal vehicle when my husband is called to deliver mail. Needless to say, my van is now pretty beat [...]

Back to Car Parts Shopping

Rebecca — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:57:53 +0000

Well, we busted our car’s taillight again. Hee hee, oops. We had a problem with the brakes, and fixed them without any problems… but in our rush to get the job done, we forgot to pump the brake fluid through the system. So when we backed out of the garage to park the van, it [...]