Think of it as a proto Porsche Panamera.

Is this before, or after, you bite the nose off of the guy riding in the shotgun seat? That is usually a great conversation stater.

In 1983 we had just purchased a large Sony Trinitron TV, which was kind of rare for a twenty-something roommate household in the Haight-Ashbury of San Francisco. But we figured that we had paid if off after two months of staying home watching MTV instead of going to bars. Anyway...

In 1976, even though I was a gawky undergrad from Oregon, I got invited to a New Year’s Eve party at a fancy loft in Soho.

The age old battle:

I bought a large hifi power amp in the 1990's (B&K ST-202; still have it) where the reviews claimed you could jump start a car if you ran a pure tone through it from an analog signal generator.

I bought a large hifi power amp in the 1990's (B&K ST-202; still have it) where the reviews claimed you could jump…

I live in the Haight Ashbury and I’m seeing $400 a month for an enclosed garage space. A carless friend rents out his condo parking space for that amount to a tech hipster.

My daily driver from 1984 to 1999 was a 1963 Mercedes 220SEb, one of the very first cars to have (totally mechanical) fuel injection. The Owner’s manual and shop manual repeatedly warned never to allow the car to run out of gas. Once air got into the miles of stainless steel fuel line under the hood it was a difficult…

Like the article says, there are 45,000 Ubers and Lyfts, virtually all from out of town, that each spend a few, to many, hours each day driving in circles, pulling over in odd places, waiting for the next ride request. Dumping that many vehicles into a dense city obviously has NO impact on traffic and congestion.

Reverse engineer after looking at local used car ads along your route. You want something available everywhere with a drive train available everywhere. Something sold in US/Canada with a big 8 cylinder engine might be as rare in South America as a Turbo Diesel Range Rover is here.

Some people put there car or motorcycle on a boat every day, coming and going. this isn’t exactly rocket science.

I recall that the Mercedes Benz wreaking yard in Oakland, CA, had boxes of hood ornaments from various vintages set out on the check out counter.

Thanks - I copied it to the top.

FYI - I am siting at work on California Street in San Francisco after taking one of those “Ford” Chariots to work. I have been doing so for about 2.5 years, long before Ford came into the picture.

FYI - I am siting at work on California Street in San Francisco after taking one of those “Ford” Chariots to work. I have been doing so for about 2.5 years, long before Ford came into the picture.

I have sad suspicion that 50 years from now no one would dare ride in your gasoline powered vehicle. Don’t you know their is a twenty gallon can of explosive gasoline under the back seat! Slide out slowly, friction can create a spark and it could explode.

The regular cab companies in San Francisco went and did that. Their apps look very much like the Uber or Lyft app, and the seamless online payment is the same, except a normal cab shows up.

Makes sense. It is kind of like the first Yugo after aal.

On a motorcycle you will probably spend more like a rental car or even first class air because is at least one change of tires in their somewhere. For a round trip San Francisco - NYC, more like before AND after tires with a new chain in there somewhere.

I think this must tie in directly to all of the articles about US citizens being the only first world group showing a decrease in life expectancy.