One of the main obstacles I faced when looking for a new ride was that I wanted a car with a manual transmission. I would venture to say that about 98% of the cars on the lots had an automatic transmission. “Just drive it and you’ll like it,” was the hope of the salepeople. These [...]

I’d been driving the same car for the past 11 years. A 1993 Toyota Paseo. I loved that car. She and I had so many memories. A couple of months ago she died — in a big way. She’d been getting sick, but I was in denial. I was hoping I could just keep patching [...]