Stuff We Use: Gasoline-Powered Generators

In our never-ending quest to improve this place by listening to feedback from the B&B, we are taking a new tack with these product posts, choosing instead to focus on items we have actually used or purchased with our own meagre income. After all, if we’re giving you the truth about cars, we ought to give you the truth about car accessories and tools.


This instalment of Stuff We Use tackles a product which is a mite more expensive than the shop rags and ratchet sets we’ve covered in the past. While a gasoline-powered generator is definitely an investment, there have been more than a few times in which it has made the lives of gearheads infinitely easier – and saved their bacon.

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