Pluggers by Rick McKee for August 08, 2020

but he may have to worry when he gets to the mechanic’s garage {cough, cough}

Does Pennsylvania have automobile inspections?

That’s definitely dark enough to be oil. Is it getting past the valves, or the rings? One’s expensive, the other’s really expensive.

The one plugger who doesn’t act as his own mechanic. Maybe the hood can’t be opened because it’s so dented.

Cough! Cough!

A smokescreen! Secret agent plugger!

Dude how many miles do you get to a quart of Oil ?

the james bond smoke screen…..

I like to think that in Denver, that car would be grounded

I don’t worry about them anyway. I drive a standard: fun to strategically downshift on occasion ; )

on the flip side – can’t see what’s coming behind you either.

I occasionally read stories about idiots coal-rolling Teslas, not realizing that each of the cars has eight cameras that are constantly recording.

And they don’t charge for mosquito control.

And.. thanks to them we are not entering into an ice age.. but are we grateful.. NO

In many states that car would be pulled over and in some it would be taken off of the road after failing an inspection or smog test.

I saw one of those just a few days ago, first one I’ve seen in years. Couldn’t tell if it was oil or a coolant leak until I passed him and smelled the smoke. It was oil. Since it smoked constantly, and not just when he decelerated, it was probably valves.

Reminds me of a car I had in college. It burned so much oil that once when I pulled away at a stoplight, the car behind me turned on their headlights!

Tailenders perhaps.

In her memoir, Danica Patrick has a photo of her car trailing a huge plume of smoke. The caption reads, “Does this smoke make my butt look big?”

Each time there’s a strange noise coming from my car, my wallet skips a beat.