Husband Math and the Journeys life takes you on because of it. If you've ever rationalized a purchase because it makes sense on paper, then after the hope of Happy Ever After fades, you realize you maybe shouldn't have done such a thing...you're in the right place.
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Husband finds wife her dream car.Husband drives dream car and engine begins making noise.Husband sources cheap replacement engine, doesn't work.Husband sources alternate replacement engine.Husband blows up alternate replacement engine.Husband is in the market for another other alternate replacement engine.What are Husband's options?
7 Dec 2023
Episode 16 - Your Parents Ask You What To Get
In time, you'll become the person your parents go to for vehicle advice. For us, our considerations are:What is most reliable?What can our 70 yr old father get into and out of easily with a surgically repaired back?What is most reliable?What can accommodate his dog that goes everywhere he goes?What is most reliable?European, American, Asian...which of these make the cut for consideration?
4 Dec 2023
Episode 14 - Stephen Sells The Tundra
As a harebrained, red blooded American, you might develop a fondness during your ownership of a vehicle.Sometimes, this makes the selling of said vehicle all that more difficult to part with.After Steve received his 2023 Ford Maverick, he listed the 2008 Toyota Tundra and all to soon, she had new ownership.A bit of a surprise for the ol' girl...She has completed the circuit, returning to her place where she began.
30 Nov 2023
Episode 13 - Stephen Gets His Maverick
He ordered. He waited. He saw something that looked very familiar as he drove past the dealership on the way home...But, the story before that, when Stephen shares with us the story of his wifey listening to the first episode and reliving her loss of Bruce, the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu, had us in tears.
1 Nov 2023
Second Favorite Car
It's easy to name your first favorite car...but what about that other one?Maybe there's more than one second favorite car, if that's even a thing?Stephen and Evan talk the new Maverick in transit along with the rides they rank as Number 2.
25 Oct 2023
TDG-The One That Got Away
You found the vehicle you wanted. You made a plan.You missed out.Stephen's CTS-V that didn't come to be, Evan's '77 280Z that disappeared...and a couple of other mentions that may get us into trouble with the 'Fam'.Why is it that some types of cars just latch on to our attention and won't let it go?
4 Oct 2023
TDG-EP 10 Fleet Update 1
How much closer is Stephen's Maverick? How long ago did he order it? How long should you expect it to be if you order a vehicle?How many sisters do Stephen and Evan have? Spoiler Alert, it's more than you can count on one hand.And, a minor detail in the Ionic that Stephen wouldn't have expected.
29 Sept 2023
TDG-Episode 9 Sleepy Sleepers
If you have dollars burning a hole in your pocket, you're in the right place. Join in for Sleepy Sleepers, a list of unsuspecting rockets that will give your buddy's Mustang a dose of taillights while you laugh with your foot to the floor.From $5K to $35K, the list gets better and better as we recall, and probably forgot, many of the unsung delights from days gone past.
20 Sept 2023
Mazdaspeed3 and Double Secret BBL Site
You travel down a backroad and notice a 263 horsepower hot hatch sitting on the side of the road with a bright pink sign in the windshield. Then, over the next few months, the hot hatch is still sitting there, for sale, not going anywhere. Something is clearly wrong.You decide to call the number, take the car for a drive and realize the alternator is not alternating. Easy fix, right? But, you keep your cool and reserve your dollars for something else. Yet, several months later, Hus...
20 Sept 2023
Husband Math - The Cartastrophe Part I
Let's go back to Once Upon a Time, when you decided to get married, and you're very happy, and you have an internal itch that tells you that your spouse would be very happy if you surprised them with a different vehicle.The keyword there is 'Surprise'...and that's where all your Husband Math goes begins to breakdown, just like the new to you car did just five minutes from the dealership.Then, things get worse.With all the good intentions in the world, Stephen managed to begin an 11 mont...
20 Sept 2023
Favorite Car Owned
Maybe it was your first car.Maybe it's the daily driver you're using now.Maybe it's an impulsive purchase with 400+ hp that you would buy back if you could find it.Maybe it's just another brick in the wall, but it's your brick and that's what made it special.Your favorite vehicle was more than just your transport from Point A to Point B. You loved it, and for some reason you felt that it loved you.
20 Sept 2023
First Car Shenanigans
Whether you loved or hated your first vehicle, it will always be that first taste of freedom.Sometimes you did Dukes of Hazard style driving and jumping, sometimes you drop your fire poker shifter out the bottom of the hole in your floorboard, and sometimes you unintentionally cause it to rain gravel on everybody else's car in the truck stop parking lot where you were the dishwasher to support your vehicle addiction.The stories of your first vehicle are legend and you somehow managed to survive.
20 Sept 2023
Husband Math - The Cartastrophe Part III Conclusion
So, you purchase one used vehicle, a hybrid, and it craps out. Then, you purchase another used vehicle, a turbo, and it craps out. You're determined to make things better for your spouse, and the formula of buying a used vehicle around $15,000 seems to be a recipe for disaster.What's the answer?Husband Math would suggest that you rinse and repeat. And, that's where we catch up with Stephen in Part III of his 11 month journey that began with a Surprise hybrid vehicle that replaced her bel...
20 Sept 2023
Stephen's Fleet Update Aug 2023
If you missed The Cartastrophe Series, a three part burner, you'll probably want to catch up on those to make sense of what's in Stephen's current stable.And, there's one on the way. It's a non-gender reveal party at Casa De Chance in Georgia.
20 Sept 2023
Evan's Fleet Update
You have a friend with a ridiculous collection of vehicles. Some run. Some even run well.Stephen has a brother just like your friend. Evan's collection of vehicles include: 1964 Chevrolet C10 (Charlie, in the shop), 1994 Toyota Pickup 4x4, 2002 VW Beetle Turbo S, 2005 Mazdaspeed Miata (starts), 2006 Toyota 4Runner V8, 2011 Mazdaspeed 3, 2012 Lexus GX460, and the recent sale of a 1989 Ford Probe GT Turbo.That's the road going vehicles. The dirt vehicles will be listed in another episode.
20 Sept 2023
Husband Math - The Cartastrophe Part II
If buying one surprise car for your spouse doesn't make sense, then certainly, the answer is to....buy another.In Part II of The Cartastrophe, the logic of Husband Math continues to go in the opposite direction that Stephen had intended...even without a hybrid.POP! BANG! Check Engine Light!What's worse than having a used hybrid with a battery pack that junks out on you? Having a completely different vehicle with an unknown issue that very few people in the world actually know about.
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