It’s a great truck for everyone who thinks they need a truck but doesn’t have a 27' trailer, or a large boat. You can put a weekend’s worth of backyard project or building materials in it. You can get your bikes, kayaks, snowshoes or whatever in it.

Almost everyone would disagree with you about the Ridgeline. It’s the truck that most people who think they need a truck, actually need. It’s got 5000lbs towing; the cabin of a Honda Accord; a decent bed with locking, waterproof underbed storage. With the gate down and some straps you can haul plywood, bikes, etc...…

Settle down thin skin. I wasn’t talking about you.

ooh. Nice catch. I forgot about that one. Such a pretty car.

When you’re third to the party, you’re late.

Exactly. You do it every day. You climb into your car, or on a motorcycle, or a bike, or step into a bus or train. You accept that there is a small chance that you could be injured or killed while being conveyed to your destination. You tacitly accept that you’re contributing to global pollution and climate change.…

See my response to Stonz 4. We adapted by trading death, chaos, and pollution for speed, convenience, and cost. We’ll adapt again. That “three times” figure will drop to a level we can live with.

If we had the safety standards, vehicle technology, and traffic and highway systems of even the 1950s and the number of cars on the road we have today, we’d have hundreds of thousands of vehicle deaths per year. If we had the emissions controls of the 1960s today, we’d have totally unbreathable air.

Society adapted by implementing new safety technologies, new pollution control measures, new traffic systems. If the industry had stayed stagnant in terms of development, we’d have totally unbreathable air and bodies in the streets.

Every technological advancement brings challenges. When the first ICE vehicles arrived there wasn’t an efficient fuel distribution system, people hated the noise and pollution, the cars scared the ubiquitous horses, people got hit more often than they did by those horses, people in cars were injured and killed far…

It’s more accurate.

*sigh

The Fj40 with its unkillable diesel will.

Please have this conversation with my wife. She is seemingly incapable of lifting the parking brake handle. I have no idea why. 

Just make sure the City Utilities folks know. 

Depends on where those activities happen. In my case I went with the FJ40 because I camp, hike, and paddle in places that a Prius would never get to.

All good ideas. We have indoor bike parking (mine stays in my office), a shower facility and change space for people who ride/skateboard/run etc... to work. Plus, we have a mileage scale for staff who have to run work-errands or go to meetings on their bike. For those who want to ride but either don’t have a bike or…

HA! A friend of mine just messaged that exact thing. She commutes to her basement. She said she was game to try but the stairs are really narrow. 

The thing that gets me is how cheap it is to buy a Supreme Court Justice. So far this has cost an RV, some trips, a home for his mom, and some school tuition. We’re talking about maybe $1/2 million? It’s absolutely corruption, and it should be vilified.

Just a reminder fellow Canadians: It’s National Bike to Work Day.