Latest update from Formula-land: I think I’ve got a handle on the situation. A plan has been made, then tweaked slightly, but all is still on track. Now all the arrangements are in place for me to inspect and test drive the car in less than two weeks’ time.
I spoke to the owner of the [...]

The Case Of The ‘89 Formula. Sounds like a Holmsian mystery, doesn’t it? Something you might find Captain Picard reenacting in Holodeck 2, even. Well, it’s the title of a mystery story that I find myself writing right now, with just one problem: I don’t know the ending yet.
Yesterday evening, my dad chimed in on [...]

Being a resident of south Florida, I’m pretty well acquainted with rain. Usually it’s the kind of drizzling, annoying, neverending rain that just messes up your windshield and never seems to let up for a minute. But last night it was a different kind of rain: Pouring, slamming, still unrelenting. All this was accompanied by [...]

Remember that big list you put your phone number on a few months ago? The list that was supposed to serve as a nationwide registry of people who do not want to be bothered by telemarketing irritants ever again? Well, a federal judge has just ruled that the FCC did not have the authority to [...]

I hate paying car insurance! (Wow, I think I just made my first statement that absolutely everyone who reads it can agree with.) It’s going to cost $520 a year to insure the ‘89 Formula, and that’s with liability coverages only (no comprehensive or collision). That works out to about $43 more dollars per [...]

Okay, I’ll admit I’m a total novice in regards to buying used cars. I’ve never done it before. But I think even an experienced individual would have to look at the car I’ve found and declare that it’s a fine example of a third-gen ‘Bird. I’ve just spent half an hour talking to the seller [...]

So I finally got a hold of the guy who’s selling that ‘89 Formula 350 I’m interested in. Actually, it was his wife I talked to on the phone, but that was better than the answering machine I’d been getting the last two days. Come to find out it’s actually her car, that she loves [...]

Last week I posted about the new third-generation Firebird I was looking for. While I of course wanted instant gratification, I was beginning to resign myself to the fact that I might be spending the next several months—maybe even a year or more—looking for the perfect car. These vehicles aren’t getting any more common, and [...]

Hey, wasn’t that the name of a TNG episode? Well, whatever. Some of you may recall my post last week wherein I critiqued the premiere of the third season of Star Trek: Enterprise. The second episode of the season aired yesterday evening, so I gave it a look. And all I have to say is [...]

A little while ago I said I had something big to announce. Now I’m announcing it. Back when I was fifteen years old, I happened to pick up a copy of the Hemmings Motor News, flip to the Pontiac section for some unknown reason, and see a listing for a Knight Rider replica selling for [...]