Big plans are being made for the impending trip to California. A friend of Annette’s is getting married, and, as is our style, we’re making a mini-vacation out of the occasion.
We fly out Thursday, pick up the rental car, then head down the coast for the first night at a state park on the [...]
Well, the clutch shudder is not actually fixed. It is MUCH improved, but it is still there on occasion. I’m not complaining, just sticking to the facts.
Annette and i went out to dinner with the daughter of a friend on Saturday night. After dinner we drove all around downtown Minneapolis and i worked the clutch [...]
Picked up my van from Mike’s Import Auto Repair. So far the clutch shuddering seems to be fixed. The symptom was when starting from zero or, worse, starting from zero in reverse, there would be a horrible shudder, or chatter, when starting off.
If i carefully, oh-so-carefully, mixed the clutch and power there would be virtually [...]
I took my beloved VW Westy to a new mechanic today. Don’t get me wrong, Brian B. out in Cokato has been great, but the 53 mile ride each way to his shop has become a bit of an issue.
So i’m trying a local guy who was recommended most highly by several Vanagon owners i’ve [...]
Egads, i’m closing in on my 40th year on this planet and i just learned that i need a crown on a molar. I’ve already lost most of my hair, my gums are receding, now a molar has developed two cracks and requires a rebuild.
The procedure, if performed without anesthesia, would probably serve well as [...]
Look at that number… 1277! I find it hard to believe. That’s 3.5 years of my life spent in Minnesota.
I still work at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, which, despite the best efforts of the marketing department, is almost universally referred to as “The Ordway.”
I now drive a 1989 VW Vanagon Westfalia camper in [...]
