Westley Graham-Paige
@wesnotfewer.bsky.social
Wrote about cars, owned a junkyard, owned a dealer, studied engineering and psychology. Seattle via DC via Chicago via Atlanta via Milwaukee. Vehicle sold separately.
I think you’ve got it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I think you’ve got it.
Spotted in the wild, a big-bumper/big-door Mk2 Golf on collector plates. I could hear it idling from across the parking lot. Those 8Vs were a lot of things, but refined wasn't one of them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Spotted in the wild, a big-bumper/big-door Mk2 Golf on collector plates. I could hear it idling from across the parking lot. Those 8Vs were a lot of things, but refined wasn't one of them.
I know it’s not everyone’s favorite, but the Jubilee dial gives me such a rush of nineties, dot-com, techy nostalgia. I love it.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I know it’s not everyone’s favorite, but the Jubilee dial gives me such a rush of nineties, dot-com, techy nostalgia. I love it.
• The Nitro, but at least it gave us Consumer Reports' most honest review.
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
• The Nitro, but at least it gave us Consumer Reports' most honest review.
I feel like gullwings are cheating, but this gets us back to at least 1954.
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I feel like gullwings are cheating, but this gets us back to at least 1954.
It’s up-armored. Look at the cage around the window frame.
October 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It’s up-armored. Look at the cage around the window frame.
Update! I've finished running the entire Lucky Ones series through the upscaler - it gave the Mac Studio's M3 Ultra a good workout - but I'm happy with the results, and while YouTube caught some of the music, it still passes copyright validation so they're all here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Update! I've finished running the entire Lucky Ones series through the upscaler - it gave the Mac Studio's M3 Ultra a good workout - but I'm happy with the results, and while YouTube caught some of the music, it still passes copyright validation so they're all here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A wild 337 appears!
October 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A wild 337 appears!
I might have bought some tile tonight.
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I might have bought some tile tonight.
Yes, I just bought a DVD of the online miniseries “The Lucky Ones” that was made for the launch of the 2004 Mercury Mariner. Yes, I have the theme song stuck in my head. Yes, I am not normal, thanks for asking.
October 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Yes, I just bought a DVD of the online miniseries “The Lucky Ones” that was made for the launch of the 2004 Mercury Mariner. Yes, I have the theme song stuck in my head. Yes, I am not normal, thanks for asking.
At least with the FWD New Yorker, you could still plainly see the E-Class underneath, but Chrysler just skipped the step where they stamped the rear window out of the quarter panel.
October 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
At least with the FWD New Yorker, you could still plainly see the E-Class underneath, but Chrysler just skipped the step where they stamped the rear window out of the quarter panel.
Ah, Tesla, the company a thousand fanboys are quick to defend as the undisputed kings of car manufacturing technology, taking a page from (checks notes) the 1980s Chrysler Fifth Avenue, which just slapped vinyl padding over the quarter windows because it was cheaper. Note the opera-light wiring.
October 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ah, Tesla, the company a thousand fanboys are quick to defend as the undisputed kings of car manufacturing technology, taking a page from (checks notes) the 1980s Chrysler Fifth Avenue, which just slapped vinyl padding over the quarter windows because it was cheaper. Note the opera-light wiring.
Once you see the filthy, gunked-up headliner in the "Baby Driver" WRX, you'll never be able to watch this scene again without noticing it.
October 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Once you see the filthy, gunked-up headliner in the "Baby Driver" WRX, you'll never be able to watch this scene again without noticing it.
What nobody tells you about rolling out a layer of RedGard is that, for at least a brief moment, you can have your very own Barbie Dream House.
October 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
What nobody tells you about rolling out a layer of RedGard is that, for at least a brief moment, you can have your very own Barbie Dream House.
Me, when the SN95 was introduced: 😐
Me, seeing yours today:
Me, seeing yours today:
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Me, when the SN95 was introduced: 😐
Me, seeing yours today:
Me, seeing yours today:
I’ve washed my hands, like, five times and I still can’t bring myself to take it out of the sealed bag.
September 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’ve washed my hands, like, five times and I still can’t bring myself to take it out of the sealed bag.
Fun fact: I bought, new, a 2003 Vue AWD with the 2.2 Ecotec and a CVT. In 2008 I was on the launch trip for the Astra and related this fact to Jill Lajdziak - then General Manager of Saturn - and she patted me on the shoulder and looked me in the eyes and said, "Oh, my, I'm sorry."
September 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Fun fact: I bought, new, a 2003 Vue AWD with the 2.2 Ecotec and a CVT. In 2008 I was on the launch trip for the Astra and related this fact to Jill Lajdziak - then General Manager of Saturn - and she patted me on the shoulder and looked me in the eyes and said, "Oh, my, I'm sorry."
Not going to disagree that the current Washington plates are very nice, but more surprising is that the sequence of "420" isn't blocked automagically here, like '69' is on vanity plates. WA sent these for the GT350 and they must have thought I really liked weed. Or K-pop.
September 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Not going to disagree that the current Washington plates are very nice, but more surprising is that the sequence of "420" isn't blocked automagically here, like '69' is on vanity plates. WA sent these for the GT350 and they must have thought I really liked weed. Or K-pop.
Happy birthday to me.
September 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Happy birthday to me.
We interrupt *gesticulates wildly at everything* to bring you my cat and my corgi nuzzling.
September 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We interrupt *gesticulates wildly at everything* to bring you my cat and my corgi nuzzling.
Was it definitely a Plymouth?
September 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Was it definitely a Plymouth?
There is no way that article was written by an actual human person who thinks a Z4 (the article shows a 6MT M40i) is a "cheap daily driver" and that $4800 to insure it is "relatively sane".
It's the kind of car where you spend a lot of time thinking of what else you could have bought for the money.
It's the kind of car where you spend a lot of time thinking of what else you could have bought for the money.
September 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
There is no way that article was written by an actual human person who thinks a Z4 (the article shows a 6MT M40i) is a "cheap daily driver" and that $4800 to insure it is "relatively sane".
It's the kind of car where you spend a lot of time thinking of what else you could have bought for the money.
It's the kind of car where you spend a lot of time thinking of what else you could have bought for the money.
Fancy-pants gutters are up. Never mind that one screw in the corner; it’s holding the cap on until the copper rivets come in off back order.
September 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Fancy-pants gutters are up. Never mind that one screw in the corner; it’s holding the cap on until the copper rivets come in off back order.
Five years ago I bought a 1970s Weltron ball radio that the seller described as "buttercream yellow" - this weekend I decided to stick it in the ultrasonic cleaner, submerged in a 12% peroxide solution that was heated to 50F, and bombarded with UV lights. Turns out, it was actually white all along.
August 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Five years ago I bought a 1970s Weltron ball radio that the seller described as "buttercream yellow" - this weekend I decided to stick it in the ultrasonic cleaner, submerged in a 12% peroxide solution that was heated to 50F, and bombarded with UV lights. Turns out, it was actually white all along.