What do you do to supplement your driving enjoyment?

"Who needs sway bars anyway" (Astonman)
11/22/2013 at 10:12 • Filed to: None

So, Jalopjeeps article got me thinking about how much I miss driving my jeep (More than normal) and how getting to enjoy that ride to and from work made my day. It also got me thinking about the little things that I used to supplement the experience. I know most people add music. but is there anything else you guys do? My personal routine involved my Cherokee, A Tobacco Pipe some McClelland Tobacco and some Old jazz like Ray Charles or Errol Garner. The combination of the three would just make anything that could have happened during the day seem that much less stress full and revitalize me for job 2 or job 3. So what do you guys do to make that daily drive that much better?

DISCUSSION (68)

Jagvar > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:14

I flip on the massaging seats and get all cozy. I like to be coddled, what's wrong with that?

Nibby > Jagvar
11/22/2013 at 10:15

dat Phaeton...

I've done that a few times, it kinda makes me sleepy.

oldirtybootz > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:18

I may have to don the flame suit for this, but I do miss smoking a bowl or cigarette in my car. Absolutely no smoking in the Dart, but all my other cars I used to smoke in.

Dubblewhopper > oldirtybootz
11/22/2013 at 10:22

Smoke a bowl b4 driving and put in some ol Hendrix and relax......or any Black Sabbath album, preferably Sabotage or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.

Who needs sway bars anyway > oldirtybootz
11/22/2013 at 10:23

Fuck it, enjoy your ride the best you can while you can because Life is too short. I am usually really anal about some things but smoking in my car has never been one of those things. I guess its because I grew up with two smokers. That and Pipe tobacco smells fantastic, you cant hate on that.

WhyRovers > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:25

Podcasts. Everytime I am in the car. I have three that I listen to the most.

Walking the Room: Comedy podcast with Greg Berhendt and Dave Anthony. Released every monday morning, it's gets me to and from work every Monday. These guys just sit down and talk for an hour every week and it is usually hilarious. And sad, and gross, and a few other things

Dan Carlin's Harcode History: he doesn't really follow a release schedule, but he is consistently the best history podcast out there. Each release from him is several hours long and in audiobook format, so sometimes it'll take me a week or a bit more. Love this podcast, it's like every time I get in the car I get a history lesson. His Muli part series on the downfall of Rome and another on the Mongols is just fantastic.

Joe Rogan Experience: This one varies depending on the guest. But he still set the bar for podcasts.

These podcast make me want to drive more when I am alone. IT is nice and quite and I can have a laugh or learn something.

ttyymmnn > oldirtybootz
11/22/2013 at 10:27

Haven't blown a bowl in my car in over 20 years. But before then.....

Nibbles > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:28

I listen to NPR. It's soothing enough not to take my attention off of driving, yet keeps me informed of things and makes me smarter. Also SciFri is the best day.

ttyymmnn > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:29

I am very much a cigar-in-the-car guy. It relaxes me during difficult drives in Austin traffic, and gives me something to do on long road trips by myself. I also use the opportunity of long drives to dig deeply into my music collection and listen to entire albums that I wouldn't otherwise take the time to listen to. And for late night drives when I need to stay awake, there's no substitute for Car Talk podcasts.

Tom McParland > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:29

I'm boring...so my Pandora stations are what enhance my driving experience.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:30

When I really wanna have fun. Radio off, third gear and nothing else

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:34

I usually play music on my way to work, usually some black metal or similar. On my way home I usually listen to videos of this guy who plays Minecraft (yes, listen to videos, plug the iPad into my stereo and flip it upside down so I can't see the screen), well it's really one of thwo guys, either Paul Soares Jr. or Guude boulderfist. I know that may sound strange, but these guys are really great, Paul has this incredible soothing voice, and he talks about life and what not while he plays, Guude on the other hand is just damn funny and he's got the most infectious laugh I've ever heard.

Oh and Pipes ROCK.. I never smoke in my car though.

Earnest The Betrayer > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:34

Nothing like smoking A bowl amongst friends and driving. Fucking eh.

thebigbossyboss > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:34

I love listening to old radio programs like the shadow, x-1 etc etc.

Leadbull > oldirtybootz
11/22/2013 at 10:34

Yeah, you're probably gonna get flack for smoking pot and driving. It slows your reflexes. Smoke all you want, I don't care. Just don't alter your mind before driving, please.

Burrito de EJ25 > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:37

Pop in a buttplug before a cruise down the canyons.

ttyymmnn > thebigbossyboss
11/22/2013 at 10:40

I need to look into this. When I was younger (early 80's, mind you) there was a radio program on the local rock station at midnight called "Alien Worlds." I don't remember much of it, but I do recall staying up late and getting under the blanket with my clock radio to listen to it. I would imagine that many of these sorts of programs are available in podcast form. I also wonder if my boys would be interested in something like this, or a radio play version of Star Wars.

maximillious > oldirtybootz
11/22/2013 at 10:45

I like It!

There is however no fckin WAY anyone is smokin anything other than a vape pen in my new ST.

maximillious > Burrito de EJ25
11/22/2013 at 10:46

I like to use the inflatable kind... I put the pump under the gas pedal so as I accelerate it expands, its a tactile feedback unlike any other.

thebigbossyboss > ttyymmnn
11/22/2013 at 10:47

A rock station used to do it where I used to live. Alas, since moving 3 time zones the start time (of 10pm their time) is now 1 am my time, so it's a lot less convenient.

505Turbeaux > maximillious
11/22/2013 at 10:52

hahahaha

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:55

Bad ass lighter! I smoke a pipe on longer drives, it's the best. I use one of my three ashtrays. If that's your photo, where do you get that tobacco? I was just down near the Blue Ridge, and wish I bought more local tobacco.

thebigbossyboss > ttyymmnn
11/22/2013 at 10:55

Gift: http://www.otr.net/

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 10:55

ttyymmnn > thebigbossyboss
11/22/2013 at 10:58

I think my mom sent me this link a few years ago, and I had vague recollections of it as I was typing my reply. Thanks for the refresher! We've got a 3.5 hour family drive coming up in a couple of weeks, and I'll see if my boys will listen to some of these. Of course, they'll likely be more interested in their DS.

Cixelsyd > WhyRovers
11/22/2013 at 11:00

I enjoy Dan Carlin, but those podcasts could easily be 1/3rd their length and just as informative. He loves to wander. Sometimes he spends an hour or more before I can even figure out what the hell the latest episode is about.

The other podcasts on my regular rotation are "Judge John Hodgman," "Jordan, Jesse, Go," "Smodcast," and "Fringe Average" (non-baseball nerds need not apply for that last one, admittedly).

Who needs sway bars anyway > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
11/22/2013 at 11:03

I drive about 100 miles daily so there is usually plenty of time for a smoke. The Photo is mine, There are a couple places that I go for tobacco, There are two local shops Watch city cigar in Framingham Ma has a great selection and the guy there really knows his tobacco and L.J. Peretti in Boston which has been around for 140 years. If I can't make it to either I use Pipesandcigars.com. The one shown above is Blue mountain made my McClelland. Its in my top 3 favorites.

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 11:10

Nice. I usually will get one of a stores house blends, mostly from Habana Cigars in Albany. I'll keep that brand in mind, thanks.

Who needs sway bars anyway > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
11/22/2013 at 11:19

Yeah, Usually if I go to a shop and they blend here own I will get at least one house blend. The one in Boston has house blend called Midnight which is a dark black mixture with a TON of Latakia. It has an amazing smell.

joemcm > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 11:50

Every time I drive, there's copenhagen in my lip

xx45xx > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 11:55

stupid fucking hippies smoke a joint somewhere else not the road.

Who needs sway bars anyway > xx45xx
11/22/2013 at 12:03

Hey well fuck you too, If you used your fucking brain you would see that it is Pipe Tobacco, not weed. Fucking Dumbass.

oldirtybootz > Dubblewhopper
11/22/2013 at 12:06

Well now I'm stuck doing it before driving.

oldirtybootz > Leadbull
11/22/2013 at 12:08

Yeah I'm expecting some flack but I've literally never had an issue with it. When you smoke every day it has much less of an effect on you. I've cut down on that considerably anyway.

oldirtybootz > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 12:10

Eh, my girlfriend doesn't smoke so I always felt bad subjecting her to that anyway. It's not the smell in the car that bothers me, but the burn marks. Be as careful as you want with a cigarette, it's bound to happen eventually, be it you or a passenger. I want to keep the Dart fresh.

WhyRovers > Cixelsyd
11/22/2013 at 13:32

Haha, you're not wrong about Carlin. I enjoy listening to him speak, so it doesn't bother me too much, but you are definitely right.

I didn't know Hodgman had a podcast, and haven't heard of Jordan, Jesse, Go. I'll give them both a try. I was super into Smodcast for the longest time, then just kinda got bored of it. Still a fan of Smith though.

xx45xx > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 13:33

my remarks were directed towards the commentators in general, not this post. chilling out smoking a tobacco pipe and letting the miles roll by is badass, and a great stress reliever. now all the 420 blaze it fags have went all bob marley in the comments and i hate that shit so smoke a fat one and please excuse my mistake in not making that apparent in my initial post.

Cixelsyd > WhyRovers
11/22/2013 at 14:01

Hodgman is hilarious. He poses as a "fake internet judge" (his words) and has people bring random disputes to him. He then explores the problem with them (while looking for ways to mock them) and then renders a decision on who is right and who is wrong. It's pretty hilarious and always one of the highlights of my week.

I discovered Jordan, Jesse, Go through Hodgman, actually. Jesse Thorn is the "bailiff" on Judge John Hodgman and also owns the podcast network that puts out the Hodgman show. He also hosts a show called Bullseye on NPR each week and is generally very funny and a great interviewer. Jordan, Jesse, Go is a show he does with his friend and comedian Jordan Morris and a guest each week. There is no set topic or anything, its just 3 people generally bullshitting and being funny.

I know what you mean on Smodcast. It's pretty hit and miss these days since Smith went full pothead. I generally skip any show that Mosier isn't on now, as I find him to be the saving grace usually. That being said, it is still occasionally hilarious.

Hindered23 > oldirtybootz
11/22/2013 at 14:15

I'm 18, but I smoked pretty heavily for 2 years now. (not so much in college because I actually need to apply myself). and the only time I ever fucked up driving a lil stoned was backing up into a snow bank. relatively harmless id say

Hindered23 > xx45xx
11/22/2013 at 14:18

haha people that call weed smokers hippies need to go back to the ignorant hole from whence they crawled

Cixelsyd > Hindered23
11/22/2013 at 14:21

That being said, his point was still accurate.

Weed and cars should never mix.

xx45xx > Hindered23
11/22/2013 at 14:22

i do and you are a dirty hippy if you smoke weed. its for losers.

Hindered23 > xx45xx
11/22/2013 at 14:32

hahahaha alcohol is for losers far more than weed is. people like you are the reason there's a stigma attached to it and that it's illegal

Hindered23 > xx45xx
11/22/2013 at 14:32

hahahaha alcohol is for losers far more than weed is. people like you are the reason there's a stigma attached to it and that it's illegal

Hindered23 > xx45xx
11/22/2013 at 14:42

what exactly qualified you to determine the winners and the losers

Hindered23 > joemcm
11/22/2013 at 14:46

grizzly wintergreen here señor

joemcm > Hindered23
11/22/2013 at 14:55

Always good every once in a while, but I never buy it since it was my first dip and made me puke. I had at least 6 pieces of pizza and decided to try dipping at football camp my sophomore year of high school. A friend of mine always dipped and threw in some straight monster lips, so I asked for some and took about half of what he did...

After feeling almost drunk for a while, I had to head to the restroom and puke up that pizza. I kept swallowing that little frog you get in the back of your throat when you're a little stuffed up and dipping and wasn't expirenced so I lost it. What did you try first?

xx45xx > Hindered23
11/22/2013 at 14:58

it just so happened that every single person who has advocated the recreational use of weed in my personal life is narcissistic, self serving, lazy, and a complete douchebag. weed just makes you want to get high all the time. sure it might have medicinal properties but for every bob marley poster having, rasta beanie buying, dreadlock growing moron out there, i will fight on forever. i will fight them in the pac-suns, i will fight them in the chip isle at walmart, i will fight them in the handicapped spots, i will fight them in the college campus lounge, i will never surrender!

Hindered23 > joemcm
11/22/2013 at 14:58

a bunch of my baseball playing buddies always had grizzly wintergreen (pouches) and made me throw one in one day. I didn't throw up because pouches are definitely the way to start. since then I've decided grizzlys wintergreen is just my favorite flavor, and stepped it up to long cut once my hockey playing dip mentor taunted me haha

Hindered23 > xx45xx
11/22/2013 at 15:00

hahahaha well. most of my weed smoking friends that were ever going to make something of themselves are now in real colleges (including myself) and have their priorities figured out.

xx45xx > Hindered23
11/22/2013 at 15:01

never done drugs

dont drink at all

people like me is why there is a stigma

YFW

Hindered23 > xx45xx
11/22/2013 at 15:01

hahahaha well. most of my weed smoking friends that were ever going to make something of themselves are now in real colleges (including myself) and have their priorities figured out.

Hindered23 > xx45xx
11/22/2013 at 15:03

well, what you don't know about you shouldn't preach. not everyone has such shitty experiences with alcohol/marijuana

joemcm > Hindered23
11/22/2013 at 15:04

That's the truth. Next dip after my first was Griz pouches, but I stepped it back up to long cut, then I got real "committed." But I'm young, I'm gonna do some dumb shit. Dip has to be more harmless than most alternative stupid things I can do.

xx45xx > Hindered23
11/22/2013 at 15:10

its shit. Youre shit. quit preaching to me you dirty hippy!

"what you don't know about you shouldn't preach."

do you have any fucking idea how grating, condescending, and annoying that particular phrase is?

both of them shorten your lifespan, wake up and smell the morning coffee, fuckface, whatever artful, spiritual, or friend-making experience you get from partaking of the bud, or of the hops is straight goddamn bullshit!!! GET THAT FUCKING STRAIGHT! HIPPY SHIT! AHAHAHAHHAAAA!!!!

oldirtybootz > Hindered23
11/22/2013 at 15:11

I'm 22 but I've been smoking since I was 13 or 14. The worst I've ever done is miss a turn or zone out at a red light. I really don't get all that high anymore, not without taking a break for a week or two.

The handful of accidents and mishaps I've been in I was totally sober.

911e46z06 > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 16:13

Windows down, Music up. If you need anything else, you're driving the wrong car.

Simplify, then add beer > Who needs sway bars anyway
11/22/2013 at 17:58

It's not about what you add, it's about what you take away:

Kinja'd!!!

Hindered23 > xx45xx
11/22/2013 at 18:13

oh my goodness. the last thing someone if your stupidity needs us condescending words directed towards them. go fuck yourself you ignorant Amish fuck. while you're at it familiarize yourself with the world all around you. I know tons of people much more intelligent than you and successful to boot that participate in one substance or the other. you may be the most ignorant fuck ever. how's community college?

Hindered23 > oldirtybootz
11/22/2013 at 18:14

the only accidents I have been in were caused by 16 year old females haha. both times, one was a hit and run and I chased her until she crashed her car. it was awesome

Hindered23 > joemcm
11/22/2013 at 18:15

my plan is to only dip during football season. I've heard some scary stories from my hockey playing friends and am not particularly interested in being the subject of one

Hindered23 > joemcm
11/22/2013 at 18:16

I am also young, a spritely 18 in fact

Who needs sway bars anyway > Simplify, then add beer
11/22/2013 at 18:16

tell me about it, I did it the hard way!

Kinja'd!!!

yes , this is my jeep

xx45xx > Hindered23
11/22/2013 at 18:51

a pretentious hippy artsy motherfucking douche. hey you entitled piece of shit hows having no real skill in life treating you? hows going to sleep at night knowing your life is a vat of vapid, pretentious bullshit that has no real intrinsic value? if my opinion is worth as little as you claim, than why is a response necessary? I think theres a bit of fear in your comments. a fear that if you don't respond to an ignorant fuck like me than i'll somehow win..God your so blind. your prideful worthless existence will blissfully come sooner than mine, i pray. Keep smoking those blunts you dirty fucking hippy shit, because your diminished lung capacity will hopefully suck the few years of empty life that you have remaining away! blaze on 420fag!

joemcm > Hindered23
11/22/2013 at 22:18

I'm 19, sophomore in college. I'll just give you a little advice nugget assuming you're still in high school: COLLEGE IS FUCKING HARD. It's fun, but it's hard. If you don't try in school, do now and learn how to because you have to study more in college than you ever thought necessary.

Hindered23 > xx45xx
11/23/2013 at 00:22

your ostentatious use of words beyond your capacity, asinine insults, and impeccable grammer will never cease to bewilder me. enjoy being a pugnacious asshole and overall douche.

Hindered23 > joemcm
11/23/2013 at 00:24

my first semester grades have shown me this already. I haz a sad.

joemcm > Hindered23
11/23/2013 at 01:26

It's tough for sure. But, Cs get degrees baby haha