Housekeeping: Happy Fourth, 2019

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey
Hey y’all out there — incoming message from the Big Giant Head here (if you get that reference, you’re probably an old). We’re shuttin’ her down early today so we can get nice and patriotic here south of the 49th parallel.Over the weekend, some of us are going to take a page from The Simpsons and celebrate the birth of our nation while blowing up a small part of it. Yes, I just slightly tweaked one of the best lines in the shows’ history in order to make a silly joke. That’s freedom, baby!Don’t @ me about how the real birthday of our nation is July 2 or August 2. We celebrate it on the fourth of July, and that’s that. Now go forth ye car-lovin’ commenters, readers, and lurkers, and take the long weekend and have fun. Don’t drive drunk, don’t blow yourself or anyone else (or any animals) up, don’t blow up any property, tone down the fireworks after 1 a.m. or so, and come back after the holiday for more full-steam fun.[Image: rozbyshaka/Shutterstock]
Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • Arthur Dailey Arthur Dailey on Jul 03, 2019

    Excellent William Shatner/3rd Rock reference. But you should have included a picture of Sally Solomon.

  • -Nate -Nate on Jul 03, 2019

    Also ; Remember to hoist one in memory of my mother who's birthday it is..... -Nate

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