It’s perfectly possible to drive something else in Portland. I lived in the burbs and drove a Saturn, to the beaches, mountains and dozens of bicycle events. I live in Bend now which is equally overrun by Subarus and drive a Mazda. I do like IPA but prefer brown ale, and have 3 bicycles and a kayak. 

This is a logical and expected consequence of building on sand while bribing the inspectors to overlook your inadequate piling plan.

I hope this goes down better than the 1974 ignition interlock regulations.  Everyone who could immediately disabled them and it was repealed for 1975. 

While helium eliminates the whole perish in an inferno problem, there’s still a host of reasons why lighter than air fell out of favor and I don’t think HAV fixed any of them.

I look forward to seeing an “invincible” Cybertruck tackle the dirt road to Todd Lake and Broken Top that even the lifted Tacomas drive slowly.  The road to Sparks Lake is also a test. The Forest Service really needs to regarded these, but I want broke Cybertrucks first

Slingshot dragsters have following but it needs to track ready at that price. If it just looks pretty and makes noise it’s worthless to me.

The worst mileage I’ve had was 8.7 mpg towing a 6000lb camper with my 2002 F150 with a 5.4 Triton.  This truck does 15-17mpg on the highway without a trailer 

That’s normal for a 454. My son’s 99 K2500 Suburban with a 350 gets 10-12 running light but 6-7 towing 

I'm just surprised he didn't arrest the Amtrak engineer for destroying government property. 

I'm guessing the Scorpion helmets with communicators are in similar place as your Icon. I  know they have pop off panel and routing but only work with Scorpions.  The only kit I've ever used was an old Collett 900 Mhz set that used a binder clip to mount the electronics and a box of AA batteries in your pocket. They…

Colin Chapman's "add lightness" line is always right.  A lighter car can use smaller brakes and smaller wheels for less unsprung weight and so on. A heavier car is a vicious circle, bigger brakes, bigger, heavier wheels and more horsepower and so on

These stories make me feel better about just getting by because these car payments approach my mortgage payment and my house has a ton of equity and my car loan is almost paid off

Here in the PNW Subarus are everywhere despite an unremarkable driving experience and several reliability issues.  The Toyonda is also a go to car because of perceived reliability and durability. 

Yeah the only front drum brake I've ridden is a CM250C and I swear my MTB has more powerful brakes

The Guardian article has a picture of Goodson sporting several facial tattoos, permanent clown makeup. It also notes that she had to remove extensive jewelry at sentencing.

It's cool but I feel like it needs more brakes.  My bike is 46 years old and has triple disk brakes and a seriously loud horn

I just read a Curbside Classic COAL feature about how terrible the author's brand new 94 Dakota was so I was preset to dislike and asking way more than I paid for my low mileage 2002 F150 cemented my ND vote.

This immediately popped into my mind

I've ridden in a snowstorm but I usually park the bike in the winter. Fairings help immensely and BMW flat twins offer built in toe warmers,  although I would usually end up warming my hands on the cylinder heads at every stop light.  Ironic since BMW pioneered factory heated grips. 

sacrifice ride quality and use a foam filled tire