“People would rather”...? No, our municipal governments in the US are spectacularly bad at implementing infrastructure, they do not allocate funds in a way that serves the needs of the actual citizens of the cities.

Bikes sound like a great idea until you have kids. Then ... well, its public transit only if its truly safe, otherwise you’re getting a car.

^^^ This.

Yeah, well, my SF commute would involve two buses and the T-Third if I did it via public transit. It would take 45 minutes and also cost about $8.00 each way.

This is a bad take. These “New Left Urbanist” planners definitely exist - they’re the ones forcing “Transit First!” on us here in San Francisco. Like many policies implemented by people who like to control other people, this one is misnamed. What it really means is “make driving suck as much as possible” without…

Nah, there are convertibles that fit the bill. (And thanks for the compliment on the 928!)

A vehicle like this — in theory — is the preferred transport for guys like me. I don’t have kids, so I don’t need or want a fast SUV or sedan. I’ve gotten to a place in life where I don’t want to be driving a 3-series like all the community college students and SeekingArrangements.com girls. 

That’s a great idea for sidewalks. But for roads, it would just reduce the fuel efficiency of the vehicles - that energy has to come from somewhere — and it’s a net loss. 

“The special hell...”

The Palm / Motorola tie-up was the right idea, but a little too late, and they just couldn’t execute well enough to get good devices out into the marketplace.

I got my baby momma into a Matrix and it’s been perfect for her. It’s a mini-van, but sized for city living. It’s just the right thing for a lot of of the people who come to me looking for “generic car” - most of them seem to need the extra room and the fold-down seats, so a Corolla sedan doesn’t quite work.

Hell yeah!

Also a pity that the Venza is dead. It was an AWD Camry wagon, more efficiently-packaged than the small or mid-size SUVs, and drove surprisingly well.

I actually miss my Palm Pilot. It was useful as hell - nothing south of $1000 is sold today that you can write on as well or as quickly. And yes, I’m one of the dorks that learned their special heiroglyphic writing alphabet. It worked.

That’s a really attractive car. I wish it looked like that.

What, you want to ask Sarah Silverman?

Someone needs to ask Jerry Seinfeld. He’s really the #1 natural buyer of high-dollar pieces of Porsche history right now. And, as he will tell you early and often, he is very, very Jewish.

Also, that Bugatti looks a helluva lot better in person than it does in pictures. As with the Huaracan, 2-D photographs don’t capture all of the cool and complex surface curvatures. The original EB110 is mostly flat, or flat-ish planes. This new Centimille has no flat surfaces whatsoever, and every detail on it is…

Welp, I met one of the 10 owners of that Bugatti at Pebble Beach today. He also has an airplane (of course), and was wearing what I believe were Christian Louboutin spiked velvet dress loafers (MSRP $1499.99).

Yeah, I agree. I’m at Monterey Car Week, and the conversation I’ve been having over and over again with guys like me who have a couple of exotics, but aren’t Russian-oligarch rich, is that all these modern supercars are too fast and stiff to enjoy on the street. We’re all looking for comfortable and charismatic grand…