Seva didn't ask to be surprised for his birthday, he asked for a ride in a G-D DeLorean.

how about using a bow & arrow to span the gap at first with a fishing line, then incrementally passing back and forth to each side larger string / ropes / wires until at last they were able to pull the final cable across (all 450 lbs of it)?

The documentary is superb. And the feat: palm-sweatifying.

my dream garage list begins and ends with this car.

Philippe Petit, tightrope

soon enough. once people get comfortable with the idea that you don't need to test drive your exact car before taking the plunge.

last tank was a road trip with 6 hours of highway driving @ 85mph. best tank ever was about 54mpg (25% were commuting miles with amazing MPG, 75% were road trip miles with terrible MPG).

$35.78 - 440 miles on that tank. prius.

The Toyota Prius makes me furious. People aren't entitled to convenient and efficient cars. Driving has to be "hard" for it to count.

When a transportation project results in reduced congestion and improved travel times, thank your nearest City Planner. When a project results in a net zero or increased congestion and travel times blame your nearest Traffic Engineer.

Thanks for ruining my childhood dreams. Actually, thanks for preventing me from ruining my retirement income.

It's a sad day when I'm more excited this picture of the future than all the nice shots you're sending us from Paris

Beige pants with a beige shirt. This must be a joke right?

I prefer a backpack and tent to an RV, but if I had money to shell out I'd go big.

if you're able to spend stupid money on a stupid RV that gets stupid fuel economy, why not get something with some style? 1948 Flexible Motorcoach Conversion $50,000 http://www.bargainbusnews.com/Buses/4012-1948FlxibleFlxible/

Does anyone know how HopStop sources it's transit data? I produce a feed for my transit agency; that's the data they have - just want to know what avenue they're taking to get the data and if there's any way to make sure they're using the most recent update. They're certainly not emailing me - although that's not…

car of future = bike of past

It's commonly known that the EPA mileage estimates for the Prius are higher than what the average person will see off the bat in the car. You can significantly beat the 50MPG EPA total mpg rating but it takes a steady foot, driving slower than you normally would, higher tire pressures and drawing from an arsenal of…

The route I used to ride terminated at a park & ride located in a very large parking lot (think amusement park size - lots and lots of room for donuts). A few winters ago we had snow on the ground for a solid week or so. Monday evening, as the bus driver was dropping us off you could tell he was trying to break the…

No. we have youtube and sim racers these days. absolutely no reason to give up biological tissue just for a car. And besides,you'd have to give up the entire ballzak to cover insurance.