I bought a new full suspension bike after quiting for about 15 years, and I can tell you the top of the line bikes when I was a kid are not nearly as good as the lowest models right now are. I’m very happy with my budget LaPierre, buying a full XTR bike doesn’t make sense to me anymore now that I’m a bit older.

Good thing it has a cage then. :)

I like that skateboard mount, sort of like they put wakeboards on a boat rack. Now I will have to make something like that for snowboards on ye olde suv.

This is true. I did a pretty serious trail down some mountians to reach a lake in the French Alps. I have a slightly lifted Grand Cherokee with bigger tires, and had to take it really easy because a lot of the trail was washed out by massive rain and pretty steep.

My very first driving lesson was about as bad as it gets. It’s also a prelude to the rest of my automotive life.

To be fair, even my Jeep doesn’t survive a few years on the trail without some kind of repair or fix. A few days more like it.

This is impossible, everybody knows there are always huge traffic jams near the beach. And there’s no way they’d find a parking spot.

Can you run a car on lava though?

Would you like your letter handwritten and delivered, or would you prefer to have Michael Horn read it to you in person?

I just finished reading two 250 page books on Isis, iraq and Syria and I'm still almost as confused as you. Why are we doing this again?

No, but we get a little mad when it’s a hybrid and it’s a fast charging station on the highway. They have an IC engine, and can get home no matter what, I have to now wait for him to finish his lunch before I can charge to get home!

This is dumb, how can you even unplug someone’s car? There are electronic locks on both ends here in Amsterdam. But we have thousands of charging stations here too, so I never have to walk more that 2 minutes to the next one.

Did you know Toyota even makes a minivan called the Isis? I swear this is true.

Here in the Netherlands they have an unmarked golf R, but they actually rebuild it to look like a regular golf. It's like the ultimate sleeper here as a Golf is probably the most common car on our road. It's mean, but you have to give them some credit for thinking of this.

Yeah, that doesn’t look fake at all.

It’s a Jeep thing, you wouldn’t understand...

Hummer

Most of our country is well below sea-level, including our airport and Amsterdam. Unless you want to live among farmers, you have no choice in the Netherlands (where this thing is build).

Needs more Orlove

Now would be a good time for my country (the Netherlands) to pull out of this mission. Just say, “poutine has this covered, we’re out. “