That's a clever hack, using trailers as piers. Around me you see a lot of small bridges made from railroad flat cars

I remember this effect from "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" and their deep water habitat 

Tesla Full Self Crashing,  coming soon to a Robotaxi near you, as if !

At least he's not as underwater as the guy with the Ferrari last week,  I think that was $200k negative equity and $10,000 monthly payments.  I  do feel sorry for the Mazda guy. his loan terms were terrible and I guess he didn't have gap coverage.  Gap saved us when our car got totaled in 2017. We came out with a down…

I think the problem is you live in Brooklyn. I live in Bend Oregon and the town is full of ADV bikes, often with British Columbia plates. I'm surrounded by twisty mountain roads, Forest Service and BLM roads and OHV areas. I'm still more interested in a small bike in the 400cc range since I can ride dirt and sleep in…

The first two cars I bought were first generation Volkswagen Sciroccos which were decently quick by late 80s standards,  especially the second one with a 16V engine swap. So far that is my only modified car, but after I bought a BMW R100S I sold it and got a bone stock 84 Jetta 

Going straight to the source is logical, just like the storage lot thefts in the US. The cars were destined for either a chop shop or export to no questions asked country 

No car at all. I do my leaf peeping from the saddle of my mountain bike.  Granted most.of Central Oregon is evergreens but there's quite a few trees along the Deschutes and the Metolius Preserve has the Larch Trail.

Autonomous cars, transport pods and most other gadget bahns don’t solve transit problems. They either clutter the streets even worse that they or cost a bomb. Busses ttrolley busses,, trams and trains are efficient,  proven and the first two are cheap.  The problem is having to rub elbows with the commoners. In a low…

I put Michelin Defenders on my Mazda CX-5 last year when the OE Yokohamas wore out. They do handle a little better but freak out the indirect TPMS on gravel. My father in law put a set on his Audi Q3 and raved about them. Admittedly we both bought Defenders because Costco had a good  deal. I  also run Blizzaks in the…

I’m not surprised, some rail signal systems are even older. The Victoria line in London ran automatically on analog hardware from the late 60s until 2011 when they were retired and digital signaling was introduced. Building something on 5.25" floppies was surprising but DOS wasn’t a bad choice in 1998 since it was…

The air cooled Chevrolet from the 20s that was so bad they bought them back and scrapped them comes to mind.

Yet another reason to avoid California.  I suppose it could be worse LA doesn't have as many chokepoints as Seattle 

but do you get gas there

4Runners aren't as overpriced as Landcruisers but this still too much ND

I might be interested if there were BP stations locally and Costco hadn't opened a new gas station Saturday.  That should save because they are among the cheapest and the rest of the time I can cash in Safeway rewards at Chevron. 

This has been a big deal in IT everywhere.  This is a nefarious version of the guy who hired a consultant in India to do his coding job. 

The Ford 500's crossover cousin the Ford Freestyle also used a CVT. These cars share the Volvo P2 platform with the S80 and XC90 but Volvo had the good sense not to use a CVT.

A separate AC control to turn the compressor on and off was normal for the time. My 74 Volvo had a rocker switch for AC separate from the rest of the heater controls. Most of my older cars had a separate AC button, but it was on the HVAC panel. Even my most modern car has that. AC is a button in the temp knob.

I did say send extra people,  just not in a fire engine.  Bariatric stretchers, wheelchairs and ambulances exist and are an unfortunate necessity