Wow, I never knew about this neighborhood’s history. It makes me wonder why the US could round up Japanese US citizens, force them into concentration camps but didn’t bother to do this with German folks in the US?

Lower pressure under the car = a vacuum effect

It looks like on the passenger side front grill there is a little plastic cap which might be covering the tow hook attachment port. That’s where I’d mount the plate if this is the case.

I seem to recall local radio stations announcing DUI checkpoints in NYC during traffic segments since they sometimes create heavy traffic jams. That's basically the same thing Waze is doing.

If using Android I recommend Business Calendar 2 by Appgenix to achieve what you’re asking. I use it to sync to my Exchange Server, various Gmail calendars, my Mint apps financial reminders calendar and F1 Grand Prix season calendar. I use it to see all of these different calendars at any given time individually or…

I HATE fake vents too but I thought that Tada-san had already mentioned that the vents are simply capped off & can indeed be made functional by the owner depending on their needs. Some folks might want to track the car in different specific scenarios and don’t need each and every vent to be functional. Basically “roll…

Call me odd but I LOVE commuting in my Focus RS. I love the road feedback I get from it even though it has some serious nannies to save bad drivers. After biting a curb while going into the Battery Tunnel one time in my old Isuzu pickup truck back in the 90's I became focused on getting a car with great road feedback…

I live in Northern NJ but park in Manhattan a fair amount and if it’s during the day I usually opt for a garage via one of the discount apps if I’m in midtown. I’ve noticed a decline in bumper rash for street parkers I think due to rearview cameras becoming gradually more common.

That makes sense. Thanks for pointing that out.

It doesn’t have to necessarily come off the grid. I don’t own a Tesla vehicle but I do have Solar City (now owned by Tesla) panels on my roof and a Tesla PowerWall 2 battery storage system in my garage.

NAILED it. Thank you for your clarity and insightfulness.

My parents had a 929 back in my college days in the early 90s. For its time that car felt like a spaceship and relative to mom’s previous car, a mid 80s 626, the 929 seemed like a luxury vehicle. I recall the interior being very nice. Man, I miss that car...

Reading it is funny enough but singing it out loud adds an extra layer of hilarity. Thanks for helping start my day with laughter! 

Would that be the base model of a used Toyota Matrix or the XRS variant they’d have to suffice with while waiting for the AMG One? I had a good 15 years of fun with my XRS... The poor deserve their fun too...

I don’t understand why Toyota hasn’t just added Android Auto to its cars as another draw considering that Android is the planet’s most popular mobile phone OS. It makes no sense as they’re just shooting themselves in the foot. After getting my Focus RS and using the included AA I wouldn’t ever want a car without that…

I think it looks great and would be considerably more practical while retaining a lower center of gravity than the car-trucks that most folks favor in the US. I know I’m in the minority but I actually feel safer in a lower to the ground car/hatchback/wagon than a SUV.

I feel like I might have encountered this exact same car Thursday night heading north on the NJ Turnpike somewhere between New Brunswick and Newark. If it is the same car it certainly seemed peppy. 

Somehow I seem to have heard this before...

I’ve never seen Keep as a tool to schedule tasks. I’ve always used Keep as a notes app. Google will have to add Assistant capabilities to Google Tasks though if it wants this new app to be successful. Without Assistant Tasks is not even a beta version.

Last October I switched from a 2003 Toyota Matrix XRS, that I drove for 15 years, to a 2017 Focus RS. That Matrix, while smaller than the RS, definitely had considerably more leg room in the rear and WAY more storage in the hatch.