Balancing ActA Sojourner's Thoughts

I owned a set of interior LED light upgrades for my previous Acura RSX. My review on those lights can be read here. Being absolutely satisfied with the output of these LED lights, I decided that the interior lights were the first thing to upgrade in my new Prius. The LED performed as expected. For [...]

Yesterday I made the jump and purchased a 2012 Winter Gray Toyota Prius Four with Dark Gray interior. It's quite a change from the Acura RSX Type S and the comfort level is so much higher than the RSX. Although I still need to acclimate myself to the no-sound ignition and the high seating level [...]

After much contemplation, I've decided to shop around for the larger Prius and drop the Prius C. The Prius C, after having closer inspection, is a bit too small for my comfort. It looks about the size of a Nissan Versa hatchback or Toyota Yaris hatchback. From a rear passenger comfort perspective, it's not much [...]

I've been car shopping for the past couple of weeks. While I enjoyed driving the Acura RSX and satisfied with its reliability and performance through the course of 7 years of ownership, I think it's time for me to move on and get into something a little more practical, 4-door and fuel efficient. A couple [...]

While cruising at approximately 80 mph on the 60-west heading towards Los Angeles, I heard a strange whirling sound. The sound sounded like an object obscuring air flow at high speed, then after a minute, a loud crunch like I ran over a muffler. When I pulled over to examine what has happened, everything look [...]

Today I received 1/2 half of the items I've ordered to complete the Russian Tortoise habitat. They are two Fluker's 5.5" ceramic dome lamp, a 24" Exo-Terra Repti-Glo 10.0 UVB fluorescent bulb and ZooMed's Aquasun Aquarium Controller. Expected delivery by Monday is the other 1/2 of the package, which consists of a 30" fluorescent strip [...]