Category Archives: Cars

Deal Alert

By | August 6, 2018

For the 13 of you who 1) still use RSS feeds and 2) haven’t unsubscribed yet, boy have I got a deal for you. Last week, I got a mailer from Midway and one of those items in there was the Hornady AR Gunlocker for $239. I have always been interested in vehicle mounted AR… Read More »

Does your Cherokee suddenly overheat?

By | September 17, 2017

I see that question a lot. The story basically goes something like this: I was out on the interstate today, going about 75mph in 90 degree heat with the AC on full blast (probably with a lift, bigger tires, and stock gearing), and I noticed that my temp gauge was a little over 210. Close… Read More »

Elio’s having problems. This is my shocked face.

By | May 4, 2017

Recently, I read that Elio was saying that it needed more money to make some prototypes, do testing, and actually start producing their nifty little car. A lot more money. Somewhere around the lines of $376 million. For those of you that haven’t heard of Elio, they’re a company that was created in 2009 to produce… Read More »

A 3D printed 6 switch panel for Jeep XJs

By | January 2, 2016

Alternate title: What I’ve been doing instead of blogging. We mentioned on last week’s episode of the GunBlog VarietyCast that I have designed a new lower switch panel for 1997-2001 Jeep Cherokees, known in JeepSpeak as the newer XJ. As of right now, I have seven different models for sale in my Shapeways store. So here’s… Read More »

Okay, Google. Start the Jeep!

By | August 15, 2015

So this happened: Now let me tell you how I got all that to work. Hardware: Raspberry Pi 2 w/Case 16GB Micro SD Card TP-LINK TL-WN722N Wireless N150 High Gain USB Adapter 5db Antenna SainSMart 4 Channel Relay Module Wire Jumpers 2A Car Charger Avital 5103L Remote Start Car Alarm Software: Tasker AutoVoice and the… Read More »

Weekend Drive

By | August 24, 2014

Mrs. wizardpc got me a slot driving one of the cars from Gotham Dream Cars when they rolled into Nashville Mmm…Lamborghini…

A lot has happened

By | May 24, 2014

I went almost a month between my last two posts. Hopefully that won’t happen again (although I’m two sentences in to this and have already had to stop a half dozen times to deal with either the tactical dog or lilwizard, or both). Mostly I’ve been chasing down a problem at work that had a… Read More »

New Jeep!

By | April 10, 2014

Ever since I sold my last one, I’ve regretted it. I’ve owned two cherokees (a 93 police package and a 99) and loved them both dearly. They both developed electrical problems and due to time, money, and storage limits they had to go. For about 6 months I’ve been looking for another one. Jeep stopped… Read More »