And every single one says "Hispano-Suiza", in case you forgot what you were driving!

I bought a new 2017 VW AllTrak. I had no idea of what its Monroney sticker said, and I still don’t. I honestly don’t care. It gets ‘decent’ MPG but I’ve never attempted to calculate it. 25-ish, maybe? 30? 22?

+10000 to this.

I prefer a good automatic to a stick shift.

In Kings Beach in North Lake Tahoe, they installed two mini-roundabouts a few years ago, but forgot that they needed to be usable by snowplows. Once they fixed that, they put in pedestrian crosswalks about 10 feet from either side of the roundabouts. So every time some tourist crosses the street, it doesn’t just stop…

I turned down the chance to buy a Lotus Esprit Turbo for $10K two years ago. Running. Only requirement was that I never took it back to be repaired by the guy who was selling it...

To be fair, both traffic and roads in the Bay Area suck. Like, REALLY suck. Too many cars, too many shitty drivers, roads that are literally crumbling... It’s a fucking hellscape. And we’re apparently already back up to 85% of pre-Covid traffic...

If it’s evening (after the meter maids go home) and you’ll be leaving that night or early the next morning, park in front of a fire hydrant. Worst case they’ll smash your windows or push your car out of the way if there IS a fire, which is pretty unlikely.

Thanks for writing this. I'll wager a lot of us riders have done something similar-ish, and it’s nice to hear that even the best can fuck it up sometimes. Like a Chris Harris crash.

That last one of the two trucks side by side just FREAKS ME OUT.

I agree 100%. I’ve ridden a Honda CBR 1100XX Super Blackbird (the bike that the Hayabusa was built to beat, speed-wise) and THAT is both a beautiful bike AND a comfortable one. Plus it comes with side cases and it’s a legit sport tourer that will do 175mph. What’s not to love?

BTW, I saw French Exit in an online New York Film Festival preview, and it’s...AWESOME. Pfeiffer, in particular, is awesome.

Contra: it is not good.

Many years ago, junkies broke into my apartment building garage, smashed a window on my 2002 Outback Sport and used the valet key in the glove box to drive it away, crashing into an inside wall on the way.

Hey, I didn’t get my LICENSE until I was 23. Shortly afterwards I bought my first car (a 1981 Mini 850) from my sister... Mind you, this was England in the early 90's.

Several years ago, I was riding my motorcycle from Marin down towards the Golden Gate Bridge, and I could see it was all backed up, and the bridge was closed. I filtered through the traffic and there was a CHP bike at the entrance to the bridge doing figure-eights - basically running a traffic break while some stuff…

Really Bradley? I mean, you’re a bike guy (as well as a Leaf guy).

So you need your $200M entry fee PLUS another $200M to pay for your cars and people for the season. Is that also plus that $500K entry fee?

“The [specific car you love] is the kind of car every Jalop want but would never buy.”