Carbs/choke can be a hassle, especially if it’s a commuter bike. Weekend hooning is a different story, as you can dink around all you want with no pressure. 

Yeah, I mean, is 2011 REALLY all that old? Granted, this individual might be located in the rust belt, where one would typically replace a car sooner. In S.F. we experience some oceanside rust, though he did say it was pretty much fine as a daily driver.

And with that the opportunity for educating the buying public goes out the window.

Can confirm. That whole line of pedals was for case queens and bedroom jammers.

This is the best take.

The service manager at my local Hyundai dealership had previously managed a GM dealership. He related to me that every time a Hummer drove in, the techs would run to the back of the shop; the H2s and H3s had heater core problems, and nobody wanted to work on those dogs which were, in his words, a complete “joke.”

Yeah, one of my yoga teachers drives a Cayenne because, as down-to-earth and zero-B.S. as she really is (really!), people throw money at her for her 20+ years of experience, and this car is well within her means. This is San Francisco, so that explains everything.

That screenshot cracked me up because... this is anyone who has spent a lot of time on the road (touring bands, in my case); after a while, it’s just tedious, tiring, and trying.

So that’s the wagon version? Good thing I’m not the only “that guy” asking about it.

That quote was from an article in the dearly departed periodical Musician Magazine, in which Crowe discussed at length how music makes or breaks a scene. For example, he wanted the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” for the closing shot of “Singles.” It failed miserably in context. Fortunately, after a lot of pavement…

It was “Turn the Other Way,” and/or “Party At Ground Zero.” Mild quibble, but Cameron Crowe’s statement that “it looked like Ione Skye was being serenaded by a crazed Fishbone fan” made me chuckle.

Many moons ago, my band’s van broke down on the eve of an S.F.-to-Seattle tour, so we dispatched my ‘73 Volvo 145, pared down our luggage and equipment, and off we went after a quick tire and oil change.

They used to: I bought the Elantra Touring, a station wagon that makes so much sense that they had to stop selling it in the U.S. /s

Rep. Lee, please do this to her next:

OMG same! Then he would go inside for an indeterminable amount of time, leaving me to bleed the brakes/clutch SOMEhow...

I got this sudden flashback to 1980's San Francisco and my grandmother’s Pontiac Phoenix, which she used to bump other cars while parallel parking. Side bonus: it was maroon, which meant that the inevitable rust (oceanside, and they always parked outside our tiny garage) was mercifully concealed. What was my point?…

“Simulated wood grain.”

Yes. This is the best one I’ve seen yet, IMHO. It’s very heartening to hear an industry expert reassure us that electric powertrains will be a relatively inexpensive, obtainable thing for us reg’lar hobbyist folk in the not too distant future.

The Black Sabbath shirt threw me for a loop. I’d LIKE to think she actually listens to them. Howsabout bestowing THAT influence on her followers?