This past Sunday saw the “Check Engine” light come on as I drove down the Vanier Parkway. (more…)

Below is a sometimes useful, sometimes funny, but always frustrating list of things I learned through the ordeal with Dax. Some of this might be common knowledge, but neither ped, nor I are prolific travelers, particularly by air. Our typical trip involves long drives in our own vehicle so much of this was news to us… (more…)

I spoke to the service manager, Tony Mantegna, today and he agreed to increase Heritage Honda’s payment by $80, as I proposed last week. While I don’t think the errors made on my car are entirely forgivable, I am reassured to see Heritage Honda do the right thing and address the situation.

All we had in mind was a fun-filled visit with our friends Alec & Michele just after the roll over to 2008, but we got way more than we bargained for…

It all started on January 1, 2008, when we loaded ourselves into Dax, our faithful Pearl Black 1999 Honda Civic SiR, and headed for Bethesda, Maryland to visit Alec, Michele and the kids, all of whom moved down there in August for Alec’s new job at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The trip down got off to a rocky start as we battled a mild blizzard all the way from Ottawa to Syracuse, NY. The only vehicles exhibiting any confidence were those with some mass and all-wheel drive. All others were tippy-toeing and trying to maintain traction. (more…)

To take our minds off our recent car troubles, N and I picked up our good friend Francis and went to see The Kite Runner. (more…)