Shawn Hogan Fan Club » Car Stuff http://www.shawnhogan.com What the hell??!? (blah, blah of a wannabe alien) Wed, 15 May 2013 06:23:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Ghost Riding The Whip http://www.shawnhogan.com/2007/03/ghost-riding-the-whip.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2007/03/ghost-riding-the-whip.html#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:53:04 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnhogan.com/2007/03/ghost-riding-the-whip.html Bahahahahahaha… stupid dumb ass. :) man, that fire hydrant goes flying. :)

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2007/03/ghost-riding-the-whip.html/feed 12 I Did Get Free Gas! http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/12/i-did-get-free-gas.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/12/i-did-get-free-gas.html#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:51:55 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/12/i-did-get-free-gas.html I think I did get free gas, because I was at the same gas station today and the pump I used before was now “out of order”. I knew I wasn’t crazy!

BTW… I just wrote this from my cellphone because I’m awesome! Haha

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My truck holds 32 gallons of gas. I was *very* empty (it would be a stretch if I had 2 gallons in the tank). Anyway, I fill it up and the pump stops at 20 gallons, so I start it again and it immediately stopped again (like the tank was full). So I check the gas gauge in the car and it shows as being full.

So either my gas tank shrunk by 10 gallons, or that gas pump just gave me ~10 gallons of free gas. Weird…

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/12/i-think-i-got-free-gas.html/feed 8 100,000 Mile Warranty http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/10/100000-mile-warranty.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/10/100000-mile-warranty.html#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:31:11 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/10/100000-mile-warranty.html I got a letter in the mail today that Hummer has put a 100,000 mile warranty on all 2007 vehicles. That’s cool… especially considering it was 36,000 miles before. I just got a free 64,000 mile extension on my warranty. :)

http://www.hummer.com/100kwarranty

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/10/100000-mile-warranty.html/feed 0 Retroencabulator http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/retroencabulator.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/retroencabulator.html#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:15:42 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/retroencabulator.html I’m not sure if this is supposed to be a joke, or what… but this guy might as well been speaking Chinese and doing backflips. I think I may be able to put one in my new car (maybe)…

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/retroencabulator.html/feed 7 I Actually Have My Car http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/i-actually-have-my-car.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/i-actually-have-my-car.html#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:34:07 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/i-actually-have-my-car.html It only took 1/3 of a year (116 days to be exact), but I actually *have* my replacement car for the one that got stolen now.

Now I get to drop it off in the morning (monday) to get some work done, so hopefully I’ll have it back on Tuesday afternoon.

Yay, I have a car. hah

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/i-actually-have-my-car.html/feed 3 They Found My Stolen Car http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/they-found-my-stolen-car.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/they-found-my-stolen-car.html#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:56:38 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/they-found-my-stolen-car.html I just got a call from the San Diego Police Department letting me know that some Federal investigators recovered my stolen car somewhere in Sonora, Mexico and that they are going to mail me something and that I can come pick it up.

Well first of all, I don’t have the keys for it anymore because my insurance company technically owns it now. Secondly, how does a US Federal something-rather have jurisdiction to recover my stolen car in another country (not that I’m complaining)?

Would be funny (and nice) if my personal stuff happened to still be in the car. hah

Only 3 months and 2 weeks after it was stolen. :)

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/they-found-my-stolen-car.html/feed 8 LoJack Early Warning Recovery System http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/lojack-early-warning-recovery-system.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/lojack-early-warning-recovery-system.html#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:35:59 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnhogan.com/?p=657 I went to pay for my new car today (the dealer doesn’t actually have it yet, but I guess there was some $2,500 Labor Day rebates that I could get if I paid for it and did all the paperwork now), and I opted for LoJack’s Early Warning Recovery System. That way if my car moves without me in it, I’ll get a phone call and text message instantly. :)

Then I can run out there and uhm… see if the thief is going to kill me or not I guess. Hopefully I can kill him first if it comes down to that (maybe I’ll just fling a stingray on him [I know that's not really funny, but if you think about it, it is kinda... and Steve Irwin would think it's funny too]). :)

Update

Oh yeah… they said I should have my car this week (hopefully).

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/lojack-early-warning-recovery-system.html/feed 11 Car Is (Almost) Here http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/car-is-almost-here.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/car-is-almost-here.html#comments Sun, 03 Sep 2006 20:35:50 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/car-is-almost-here.html I don’t think they physically have my car yet, but it’s close enough that I can go in and do all the paperwork. It’s now been 3 months and 1 week since my car was stolen, and finally it’s about to be replaced. Yay!!!

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/09/car-is-almost-here.html/feed 7 Dude, Where’s My Car? http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/08/dude-wheres-my-car.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/08/dude-wheres-my-car.html#comments Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:09:09 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/08/dude-wheres-my-car.html I’m not really one to complain (that often), but why in the hell does it take so long to build an f’ing car??? It’s now been over 3 months since my car was stolen, and I ordered a new one 1 week after it was stolen (before the insurance company considered it a loss since I knew it wasn’t going to be recovered), and I *still* don’t have a new car. I finally called the dealer to make sure they didn’t get it and sold mine to someone else or something. Nope, it’s still “in route”… My vehicle was finally built on August 10th, so the dealer’s best guess is that it was somewhere on a train to be delivered to them in the next week.

I’m infinitely thankful to Stefan for letting me use his sweet Nissan Pathfinder (and more recently his BMW X5), but enough is enough… Can I please get my own car now? Please?

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/08/dude-wheres-my-car.html/feed 5 Have You Hugged A Hummer Today? http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/07/have-you-hugged-a-hummer-today.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/07/have-you-hugged-a-hummer-today.html#comments Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:05:19 +0000 Shawn http://www.digitalpoint.com/~shawn/2006/07/have-you-hugged-a-hummer-today.html Not sure how accurate this article is, or what their methodology is for calculating the “dust-to-dust energy cost” (I only skimmed it), but it’s interesting…

http://www.reason.org/commentaries/dalmia_20060719.shtml

Comparing this data, the study concludes that overall hybrids cost more in terms of overall energy consumed than comparable non-hybrid vehicles. But even more surprising, smaller hybrids’ energy costs are greater than many large, non-hybrid SUVs.

For instance, the dust-to-dust energy cost of the bunny-sized Honda Civic hybrid is $3.238 per mile. This is quite a bit more than the $1.949 per mile that the elephantine Hummer costs. The energy cots of SUVs such as the Tahoe, Escalade, and Navigator are similarly far less than the Civic hybrid.

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I think the car I’m driving now kind of smells like pee (heh, just kidding.. thankfully). :)

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/07/still-no-car.html/feed 4 My Car Is Gone http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/05/my-car-is-gone.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/05/my-car-is-gone.html#comments Wed, 24 May 2006 21:12:55 +0000 Shawn http://www.digitalpoint.com/~shawn/2006/05/my-car-is-gone.html Well awesome… came home from playing poker last night at around 12:30 am, parked in my “secure” gated parking structure, and went to run some errands at 11:00 am this morning, and my car is gone.

That’s rad.

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/05/my-car-is-gone.html/feed 46 Ferrari Enzo Crash In Malibu http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/04/ferrari-enzo-crash-in-malibu.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/04/ferrari-enzo-crash-in-malibu.html#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:34:57 +0000 Shawn http://www.digitalpoint.com/~shawn/2006/04/ferrari-enzo-crash-in-malibu.html I heard about this yesterday, but apparently it’s been an ongoing saga the last few months…

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/special/enzo/

The driver hit a telephone pole going 162 miles per hour and only suffered a bloody lip.

The amazing part to me is that the Enzo (a $1,000,000 car) can be repaired by Ferrari to be “good as new” for $250,000 (1/4 the cost of the car), because from the looks of it, it uhm… got cut in half, and the engine ripped out. :)

]]> http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/04/ferrari-enzo-crash-in-malibu.html/feed 8 Alpine KCA-100BT & PMD-DOK1 Not Shipping http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/04/alpine-kca-100bt-pmd-dok1-not-shipping.html http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/04/alpine-kca-100bt-pmd-dok1-not-shipping.html#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:51:31 +0000 Shawn http://www.digitalpoint.com/~shawn/2006/04/alpine-kca-100bt-pmd-dok1-not-shipping.html Well, now that the IVA-W200 is available for people to actually get, I thought I would see about getting everything together for my new car stereo. Unfortunately Alpine’s bluetooth module (KCA-100BT) isn’t shipping yet, nor is the docking station (PMD-DOK1) for their Blackbird portable GPS (PMD-B100).

Oh well… what’s another month in what seems like the eternal wait for the perfect car stereo? :)


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