I’d love to read the comments if this story were posted on Jezebel.

My local Trader Joe’s is located in the downtown of a snobby wealthy suburb. Watching A-type housewives whose husbands are out conquering the world of finance trying to park their Escalades out front is always good for a few laughs.

These comments have completely put me out of my Element.

I’ve opined here many times that Threads was the most depressing, disturbing film I’ve even watched. It haunted the hell out of me when I first viewed it as a teenager during the Cold War and when I rewatched in a few years ago on YouTube, those awful feelings of dread and doom flared back up.

I think Obama was the guy who smashed Laura’s side mirror.

I’ve seen Carfax reports that list dates of oil changes.

When I was hit by a driver who failed to stop last year, my insurer (Norfolk & Dedham) told me “sorry you don’t have collision insurance so you need to go through the at-fault’s insurer.” I contacted the other motorist’s insurer ASAP and I had a rental car that afternoon and a check for my totaled vehicle within a…

Oh darn...there goes that dust getting in my eyes again after reading your story....

I try and travel between CT and NJ outside of rush hour...often well outside of rush hour.

And the Merritt Parkway is often just as backed up as the Conn. Tpk. during that time.

Most of the NYC area’s transportation infrastructure was built before WWII so the “expressways” were designed with no shoulders and dangerously little room to merge. I agree with your point that traffic moves quite well when things are working, but one little fender-bender could result in a gigantic mess of gridlock.

I would think that fuel costs, wear and tear on your vehicle and your general sanity would cancel out any savings.

Exactly. It’s hard to tell the difference between most CUV’s and sedans on the road these days, especially the Asian ones. Kudos to Toyota for some gutsy design work here.

The FJ Cruiser had tiny windows that made it hard to see, especially out of the back. This thing looks like it has much larger windows, which is a good thing. 

+1 bagged milk. Nice one.

Do the eye gouge you turkeynecks!

You’ve never tried buying a used medium-sized pickup in the US have you?

Our was surprisingly reliable, even for a VW. Never really had a problem with it.

I see thousands of plastic bottles along highways. It taught me that people are selfish assholes.