Two years ago I purchased a Chevy Silverado and now I can say it was a great decision. I am German and came to the USA because of a very good job at a finance consulting company in San Diego. When I look back to my first days here in San Diego, I have to admit that I spent the most time watching ... more >>

My fascination with traveling all began two years ago. I was at a Barnes and Noble and came across Kerouacs legendary novel, On the Road. I figured enough people have recommended it; I might as well see what all the hype is about. Sure enough, they were rightthe book is awesome! The plot is based ... more >>

Since 1995 I have been searching for a way to combine style and safety concerning the selection of the Tonneau Cover. I know it is a long time but you cant imagine how creative people can be, when they have a goal. I started creating Tonneau Covers by myself. The first one was made of the skin of a ... more >>

I am 31 and father of three kids: Mike, Andrew and Trevor. I love them more than everything else so I want to spend my time with them as often as possible. I am a Finance Manger at a very big company in California, so it is not easy for me to get free time. That means that each second with them is ... more >>

I am a 24 year old student and live in San Diego. And like the most guys here I have just one passion: Surfing. I started surfing when I was 10 and when I think back to my earlier years, I have to admit that it was not fun. I broke my arm twice, my right leg once and hundreds of stomach injuries ... more >>

There are few things more dispiriting than seeing your car after an accident and trying to assess what the damage will cost you. It is likely that you have a place in mind that you would take your car, if you've ever had to have body work done in the past, and assuming the work was finished to your ... more >>

Installing your own auto parts is a lot like baking a cake. It isnt necessarily difficult, but is nearly impossible if you dont have the right recipe and ingredients. Equipping yourself with the right tools and parts is crucial for a quality outcome. Im not saying you shouldnt improvise, but dont ... more >>

Sitting in a meadow at dawn. Huddling around a fire roasting marsh mellows. Gazing into galaxies far far away, pondering lifes deepest questions. For me, camping is a tranquil escape from the hustle-bustle of everyday life. Living in a city has it advantages, but it also means dealing with traffic, ... more >>

I am 21 and come from Germany. Now I have to do an internship in the U.S. for 6 months that takes place in San Diego. I love this city! Everything is so different from my home in Germany and everyone knows that different things are better things. And to be honest this saying is true in my case. I ... more >>

Its Friday night in a small Oregon town. We are well into winter; currently trapped in the hellish purgatory of this month called February. The temperature has been in the single digits for longer than I can remember. Night comes before I leave work, my gas bill resembles a phone number, and an icy ... more >>

I am 21 and come from Germany. Now I have to do an internship in the U.S. for 6 months that takes place in San Diego. I love this city! Everything is so different from my home in Germany and everyone knows that different things are better things. And to be honest this saying is true in my case. I ... more >>

I have lived in the wonderful state of New Jersey for twenty two glorious years. This meant spending summers at the shore, drinking cawfee, and considering Italian food its own food group. This armpit of a state is the home of bad hair cuts and even worse accents. I can usually stomach the ... more >>

Let me start by saying that cold air intakes and short ram intakes both have their pros and cons. That being said, they are also very similar. The Short Air Intake System, AKA as a Ram Air Intake or Cold Air Induction, is a system that will utilize some type of external scoop that faces forward on ... more >>

Adding performance modifications to your car can be a pretty daunting exercise. With so many parts available and so many levels of performance on the market, its hard to even define what people consider performance. For instance, a Corvette pretty much screams performance right out of the box. Then ... more >>

The time had finally come when I had graduated college and it was time to enter the cruel working world. I have always been under the financial umbrella of my parents so naturally I was freaked out. A man can live on Ramen and Peanut Butter and Jelly for only so long. Well, I figured that if Im ... more >>

More flair Jimmy, more flair. This exact phrase emanates from my stupid managers pie hole every morning. You see, hes the manager of the restaurant where I wait tables. You may have heard of it; Jollys Cantina. Anyway, Jollys is one of those restaurants that they fill with kitsch in an attempt to ... more >>

Well, I finally did it. I saved up enough money to buy a brand new Ford F-150. Oh man, shes a beauty. I got the SuperCrew cab, 5.4L Triton V8, Lariat editionbasically all the bells and whistles youd want in a truck. Shes a comely bright red, so I call her the Red Rocker, my little Red Rocker. In ... more >>

Standing in the sweltering, wet-wool-blanket air of DFW on a Friday morning in July, I began to panic at the mostly empty state of my pockets. Fearing that my car keys were wedged in a grimy seatback pocket or nestled in a weathered bowl next to some security checkpoint, I started to scramble. Some ... more >>

My name is Leslie, and I am a wrestle-aholic. The first step to recovery is acknowledging that you have a problem, but frankly, I dont care. I love wrestling, wrestlers and everything that goes along with this fantastic sport. If watching a wrestling match is a disease, I hope they never find a ... more >>

These days, finding a quality tonneau cover for your rig can be a down-right tragedy. One search on the internet delivers a venerable cornucopia of choices. Hard, soft, roll, fold, snap, tri, bi, retract, hingethere are enough choices to scare off the ghost of King Hamlet himself. The amount of ... more >>

Last Sunday, I took my new Airstream trailer on her maiden voyagea simple test runand ended up getting more than I bargained for. Before I get into the story of my weekend from hell, let me brag about my new unit. This thing is a true beauty, Airstream really had their stuff together when they ... more >>

There are so many products out there that seem to be just too good to be true and there are too many people out there that are more than willing to take advantage of anothers lack of knowledge. There are also sooo many out there that are willing to play on peoples emotions, you know, the whole you ... more >>

When people ask me how I first became interested in the Cosa Nostra, I can pinpoint the exact moment. It was August 11th, a muggy Sunday afternoon with no games on TV. HBO was running a recap of Saturday nights big premier, What Women Want, so I treated the pay channel like it had crabs and avoided ... more >>

Things used to be different. Back when I was in my early thirties, I collected a windfall inheritance from my parents. Rather than blowing that load right away on a Ferrari or a brick of cocaine as my scuzzy neighbor suggested, I invested it in my own company. I opened a small hardware store down ... more >>

As a young lad growing up in Flushing Meadows, New Jersey, I was sick a lot. It wasnt like I had something exotic or exciting like flesh-eating bacteria or Groats Syndrome. I just seemed to get the stomach flu once or twice a month. My mother shuttled me all over the Garden State to see ... more >>