I wasn’t familiar with San Bernardino (I’m not American) so I took your advice and looked it up on a map. What a strangely shaped city. Normally they are blobs with the down town in the middle or along the waters edge. This one has tendrils and enclaves.

I was in that elective group you mentioned where I chose to bike but had access to a car when it rained/snowed or I didn’t feel like riding.

I used U-Save once in Myrtle Beach. I remember waiting in line for like 40 minutes for the desk guy to show up. There was a Hertz booth next to it and one of their employees got a friendly chuckle when he told us “U-Save after you wait”.

For every high end bike I pass, there are 3 people on low end hybrids and another 5 people on old clunkers, just heading to work or whenever. While the high end crowd spends most the money and are the most visible I think they are the minority of the total population.

I would agree that the people who choose to cycle tend to be a little more liberal and certainly more civically engaged. There is still a large group of cyclists who are not able to drive. This would include the DUI crew, poorer folks and those who simply weren’t capable enough to get licenced. The person riding a 30…

Thanks for that. I was wondering what the penalty was for loosing all your lives. But not so curious that I was going to let it happen.

I’ve met a few sovereign citizens in Canada. I find it amusing that they seem to latch onto US laws for their justifications and reasoning. The reason it is funny is, we have a specifically defined “mobility rights” in Canada. They are a wonderful source of rights to cherry picked quotes from (assuming you aren’t the…

I know 2 people who lost fingers from sticking them in the inside hinge. I also saw/gave a few concussions from people who were hit with minivan sliders or car trunks. Though those were all human powered closures. The newer electronic ones are much gentler.

I know it’s been 5 years. But you need to know those were some solid negotiating ideas. Win/win options. Too bad you weren’t involved in the deal.

I’ve seen this story on several media sites now despite it happening 2,300 miles from me. It is certainly being reported, and here we are discussing it. The media is a for profit enterprise, events are reported and if people click on them then you get a dozen more reports on the subject.

9 years ago I chose a Frontier over a Tacoma. I’m in Canada where the crew cab Tacoma only comes in 4x4. The Frontier came in RWD which was fine with me since its flat where I live. I saved 25% (or around $12k) over a 4X4 Tacoma that was otherwise similarly equipped. I’m sure the Tacoma is more reliable, but that…

My first almost new car was a 2 year old G6. I paid $13k Canadian for it. Seemed like a great deal. I sold it 2 years later for $14k because someone offered me more than I thought it was worth. Not my favourite car, but it was a good deal for me.

I like your house design a lot better. My biggest issue with the shout nose is the inset front door. The big inset means you have a very narrow field of view from the front door since your garage blocks your view in one direction and the neighbours garage blocks the other. Your house design looks to be only slightly…

“promote isolation amount neighbors” I personally don’t like them and wouldn’t buy a house of this design for that reason. The garage being forward means that you can’t see any neighbours from the front door. The limited sightlines means you never really see anyone until you are in your car. (This is assuming they are…

Another perspective. There’s about 40 houses on my street and every house has a garage. About 60% single garages and 40% double. As far as I can tell, only 3 people have a car in the garage and in all cases that car is a convertible or classic car, not a daily driver.

I don’t understand why we haven’t just banned poor people from entering society. They are always being an inconvenience walking around, taking up space, wearing old clothes. If you can’t afford to drive I don’t think you should be allowed outside your house. Or maybe we could just make them live at work and they have…

Having thought about it the, “V” part of the Prius V might be a lot better for height. Both front and read seats can recline which helps a lot with head room. Additionally the roofline not dropping the back helps too. Lastly, I don’t have a sun roof, those can cut into needed headspace.

The Prius one gave me pause. I have a Prius V and it regularly hauls 4 people ranging from 6'2" to 6'5" in comfort. It gets a little slow with nearly 900 pounds of human cargo, but so does any economy engine car.

Love your concluding sentence.

Oh the poor cavalier. I’m from a town that use to have several GM factories, and in the 80's and 90's their cars dominated our roads. I think half the people I knew had a Sunfire as their first vehicle. They weren’t nearly as reliable as a Civic but the purchase price was also a notable discount compared to the Civic.