Smog certificate

O Lord, help us get through the smog procedure! Our engine, an American built Chevy 454, has the most complicated exhaust gas recirculation system in the entire universe. Somewhere there must be a leak but due to the complexity it will take years to find. Now we have to go to Mexico since the bassplayer´s visum is to expire in January. The Honey RV is our home. We are %$"#$ed without a home.
First we need to find a fuel gasket into the carburator and there seems to be no store that has those. Every time we drove the big beast it smells like a refinery. We went to several mechanics, and none of them has a clue as where to start getting it thru smog.

Feels like we´re trapped.....and it´s cold!

Somebody's tire just fell off.

One of my first cars was a 1969 Ford van. It was a great gig car, and always ran, no matter what. One time, I was living on top of Kingsbury Grade, in Nevada. It is a mountain road, and very steep and curvy. I was driving along, and in my rear view road, I saw a tire go bouncing down the road. I thought to myself, "Ha Ha, someone just lost their tire"....and then I made a turn to the right, and the front end just fell into the gravel, because there was no tire. It was my tire. I was the somebody whose tire just fell off. That's what I get for laughing at someone else for losing a tire.