I HAVE actually wondered about this, but came up with a satisfying answer for myself: “Technological advancements”.

Hello, future self!

I’d take the crying baby.  Babies don’t choose to cry.

Yeah, I don’t believe it really overheated, but $ was so tight I couldn’t afford to take the chance.  And the car I bought instead was a VW type 3 fastback, so I’m happy with how it turned out.  I actually got a ride in a legit Renault 5 a few years ago whilst visiting some friends in Nice.  They’ve got an ‘84 (I…

Thanks, we got lucky. It was bought by an retired couple and kept garaged for years. Marge made custom covers for everything (I know her name was Marge because it was monogrammed on the toilet paper cover). We bought it from the woman who they sold it to; she’d used it for 9 months and then needed cash. We redid the…

I reaaallly wanted a Le Car. I test drove a used one even, but half way through the test drive it died with steam coming from the engine. Looking back it probably ran out of gas and the steam was just whatever they used to clean the engine. I’ll never know if I missed an opportunity or dodged a bullet.

The only pics I could find are of the exterior. Let’s revisit this after I go camping again.

No good pics of the interior for some reason.  dug_deep in IG, but only a few van pics

Here’s my 1990. Even the carpets look new.

The shark screaming in pain after getting clubbed by a scooter?  Nice touch!

Interior designed by Ed Gein 

Only compare the price of diesel to premium, because if you weren’t driving a diesel VW it would be a GTI.  

The Ark II...I came here for this!

They’re getting closer to using my idea for a car name: ⁀⊙﹏☉⁀

Yeah, not a single mountain in Portland.  To get all the way to the mountains, you’d need...what, a car?

Since I’m the last person in the world who loves the Infiniti, I guess its up to me to say it.  She could get a low mile QX 30 that would be twice the car as the HR-V

People won’t bike without a safe infrastructure, and that safe infrastructure won’t be built with nobody riding. So I guess we gotta ride our bikes. Wear a helmet, use a little flashing light, try to make eye contact with drivers, expect the unexpected, and stop doing shit that makes drivers blame you.  

I like your watch analogy because I’ve used it myself. And I live in the desert and hate swimming. But I know why you have that watch...I went through a long stretch where I’d buy a car based on ‘paper’. Meaning I’d narrow the search to one vehicle that had exactly what I need and nothing more. The perfect combination…

My wife cared NOTHING about performance until we got passed going up a mountain pass...by an RV.  The Impreza is gone, she now drives a Forester XT and passes every RV and Impreza she comes across.