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The cartridge arrived in the mail yesterday, and I’m going to installt it in my car this morning, right after I finish this blog post. It’s something called Allstate DriveWise, a tracking device that will, if all goes well, show my insurance company that I’m an excellent driver and that, in being an excellent driver,…

You’re familiar with the Stephen King story Christine, with a possessed car? You’re familiar with the Transformers car Bumblebee, which depending on your fandom is either a yellow Volkswagen Beetle or a yellow Chevrolet Camaro – both of whom are sentient beings? Well, apparently over the last few days my 2013 Chevrolet Cruze “Dracourage” may…

It’s the ultimate consumer swindle. How the hell do you spend 9/10 of a cent?  Do you take a pair of tinsnips and clip off 1/10th of a penny when you pay for gasoline? Yeah, I wondered about that as well.  I know that when you see those gas prices signs on the road –…

I wasn’t expecting the phone call.  I hadn’t scheduled any appointments with DePaula Chevrolet – normally I do my “Black Friday Tuneup” efforts on, I don’t know, the real Black Friday. But there it was, DePaula Chevrolet’s name on the Caller ID on my cell phone. “Hi Chuck, this is DePaula Chevrolet, how’s your 2013…

Last week, I went to the drive-thru teller window of my bank to drop off some checks and make a withdrawal.  Rolled down the window, chatted with the teller, gave her my checks, took a few dollars for myself, rolled up the window, and drove off. And then my window went back down. Wha? I…

Dear General Motors: Let’s go straight to the message. Today I paid off my car loan.  I am now the proud owner of a dark red 2013 Chevrolet Cruze four-door sedan.  I purchased this car in 2016 with a six-year car loan from my credit union, and scraped together every penny and every bonus to…

I checked my bank account this morning.  Good.  The check for $300 I received for helping someone out with a project finally cleared. A quick transfer … and I’m $300 closer to paying off Dracourage, my 2013 Chevrolet Cruze. I also checked the status of my car loan.  In June 2016, I purchased this “certified…

I was on such an emotional high after Monday’s eclipse photo day.  Such an emotional high. Nothing could bother me.  Not my GPS rerouting me through the heart of Washington, D.C. to avoid highway traffic.  Not the bumper-to-bumper traffic and heat of a long drive from South Carolina. But then … on the New Jersey…

Sunday morning.  2:00 a.m. Alarm goes off. I know what that means.  I have one hour to finish any last minute packing, load my 2013 Chevrolet Cruze “Dracourage,” and attempt a 13 1/2 hour drive from the Capital District to my target eclipse shooting spot in Clinton, South Carolina. It is official.  I am nuts.