Ten days ago I wrote about getting a cracked windshield. Progressive insurance said they’d pay for glass repair without making me pay the deductible. Today Safelite Auto Glass came to my office to repair it.
The technician said that because the crack was so large (bulls-eye about the size of a dime), the repair [...]

As I was driving home on I-880 after visiting a friend tonight, another vehicle threw up a rock and put a crack in the windshield. At 65 MPH that makes quite a loud noise; it startled me and at first I didn’t realize what had happened. There goes another few hundred bucks. [...]

The common automobile (Ipsomobile sp.) has coexisted with humans for over a century, and is generally considered to be fully domesticated. However, should the opportunity arise, they have been known to exhibit wild behavior. Note that the occasional playful nip should be distinguished from an actual attack, and is not generally considered cause for [...]

When I purchased a new vehicle in September 2004, I wanted side impact airbags, but they only were available as part of a “Safe and Secure” package that also included OnStar which I did not want. A salesman tried to convince me that I was getting a year of OnStar service “free”, but obviously [...]

On the way to lunch with my coworkers this afternoon, I somehow managed to slam the tip of my left middle finger in the car door. It happened so quickly and hurt so much that I can’t recall the details of how I managed to do it. It severed most of the fingernail [...]