As somebody who is a biker in New York City, a big fan of your articles, and by all measures the target demographic of this piece...I don’t know if this is it. The mayor’s failure to expend any energy in the direction of bike safety has been infuriating, but I don’t find it particularly useful to pretend that the…

I see a lot of drivers doing exactly the same things. 

This.

Hell yeah.

it’s also why a 400 lb, 600cc motorcycle gets worse gas mileage than a 2,000 lb, 1000cc Geo Metro. Drag is a killer.

Still better than Spirit Airlines. 

Used to be perfect for smoking cigarettes. Hold cig in your left hand, crack window... smoke gets whisked right out. Very little wind inside the cabin.

Bea Arthur in a bikini?  You say that like it's a bad thing...

Great post. To add to this, the cars should bright neon or some other high-visibility color. The Police need to be seen as a beacon of light and safety that citizens should feel protected by, not as something dark that skulks in the shadows trying to catch you.

I’m down with this. Plus you could fit a lot more weapons and suspects in the back of a Transit.

why a police vehicle should be held responsible for running over someone

Perception by association. Enough news clips showing Fords being driven by police running over protesters and the association between the two is made. Regardless of internal politics or the human factor, it’s effectively negative marketing and Ford’s only real control over this message is to stop supplying the prop.

I mean it’s clear to anyone with an ounce of gray matter that the police is essential to any society, and police will need cars to do their jobs. There should be no controversy at this.

If police can destroy private property because it could be used as a weapon, then they can destroy pretty much anything they want. Th argument is absurd on its face. Hopefully Minneapolis will be paying to have these tires replaced and identifying and firing these officers.

I live and breathe camper vans, and have a van life consultancy side hustle. Given your specific requirements (the key one is that you’ll be full-timing and probably boondocking quite a bit) here is an exhaustive (as far as my brain goes) list of rational options to consider. While the suggestions above are…

Retired school bus.  All the space you’ll ever need, stupidly strong, and dirt cheap.

But isn't that like, every Wish package?

Maybe it was a box full of these?