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The Accord has arrived, forcing me to stop referring to the Passport as 'the Honda', and I can't just call it 'the green one' as that would cause confusion ...

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You will, of course, recognize this license plate frame. It wasn't exactly an easy installation. The Jaguar does not have a rear bracket; the plate is literally ...

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The last drive in the VW on the way to be traded in on the Accord took it over the 50K mark. It was a good car, and I held onto longer than most cars I have ...

Thanks to the input and thanks to the fact that I was finding the new shift knob too tall, I did some research and ordered a beige leather refinishing kit. It came with three shades. The medium one ...

I installed a new shift knob. The original tan leather one is really degraded on top. I tried to clean it up, but the finish is gone. The view from the driver's seat was ugly and annoying. There are ...

I don't seem to be very good at pulling cars into the garage to a reasonable and consistent depth. I always seem to have too much room behind the cars and they intrude unnecessarily into my work area ...

Basement Paul wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2026 11:01 am Where did you get them? Seems like a good idea.

-BP

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We took another road trip in the Passport, down to Asheville, up to Cleveland, and back. So far this year we have travelled over 10K miles through 21 states and spent 41 days away from home. I am ...

Today's project was installing some brackets for hanging my Craftsman power tools and batteries under the cabinets. This frees up a lot of cabinet space and a little bit of drawer space, which should ...

I’m not certain that I’ve ever put that much thought into the purchase of a vehicle.


That was the condensed version. I could go on for hours. I don't think you understand how obsessed I am with ...

It will be interesting to see if you end up bored with this...


It won't likely be a matter of if I become bored, rather a question of how soon something else catches my attention. I am wondering ...

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I present to you the modern equivalent of the Grand Marquis. In the old days when reaching the age at which life had finally crushed anything remotely ...

On 3/31 (exactly one year after purchase), the Passport went in for its second oil change at 15,937. I had the dealer rotate the tires, too. Their multi-point inspection didn't identify any issues.

On 3/31 at about 49,600 miles, I switched back to the 'summer' tires and wheels. They really are about done, but that will be someone else's problem now. This was the first time I used the jack on my ...

The Passport mileage jumped up dramatically since January's oil change at 8792 miles. Right now, the odometer reads 15859, a gain of over 7000 miles in just a couple months. Our first road trip was a ...