I mapped the address of the wreck (18 Hammock Dunes Place) and what cul-de-sac it must’ve come from and two observations: It’s maybe a 1/16th mile between the two, and boy is that a wealthy, wealthy neighborhood full of gigantic homes with pools and tennis courts - which means Tesla is about to get sued, big-time.

COTD!

Yes. NYC at least isn’t nearly as cold/wet as people think, biking is frequent throughout the year, and when we do get the two or so significant snowfalls, it’s cleared and melted within a couple days (this year was an anomaly, but people were still out biking in it.) The real problem in cities like NY are all the…

The problem is even the smaller hatchbacks are being replaced with crossovers and SUVs, and while a midsize sedan footprint may be similar, it definitely makes a difference in a country like Switzerland where low ceilinged, tight garages are the main parking in most every town and supermarket, and you’re attempting to…

Off-roading on public lands should be outright banned. The wilderness should be tranquil and quiet, and we’ve already paved enough of the country for hideous strip malls, tear them down and install for profit dirt courses.

For the most part they’re the same European vehicles they sell over here, an X5 is an X5, a Q5 is a Q5, a Land Rover is a Land Rover, they’re quite a bit larger than anything you used to see on the Continent. I spend a lot of time in Swiss parking garages and trust me, it’s becoming a real problem. Even Citroen has…

Unfortunately that’s not true anymore, Europe is succumbing to the SUV craze idiotically fast. It’s a global trend.

All trees in NorCal are dangerous, if they’re not on fire they’re giving up root and causing slides, or just for the fuck of it dying and falling on your house. And those Sequoias? Yeah, those are coming to get us all one day, you watch.

they remind us that, fundamentally, computers are absolute morons.

And when the young “lifestyle” first owners sell them on, these will become the third/fourth vehicle for empty nesters, or about to be empty nesters, driven only on weekends mainly for landscaping supply duty. I envision them all over the wealthy California suburbs hauling exotic baby fruit trees, or moving Saguaro…

Wait, is that Doug’s Honda? And why does Danny D have his pants on?!? Internets make me confused.

True, it’s actually a well known way-point when driving between Northern and Southern California, and the way you know you’re almost there is the STENCH! Hoo boy, the Central Valley has some smells, but the Harris Ranch smell tops ‘em all.

while American automakers give up on small sedans that aren’t the Chevy Spark, Honda is resolutely sticking with them.

In 1972 he went to prison in Michigan for forging license plates and registrations.

We better hope he doesn’t get wind of The Root! Imagine the horror...

I actually love the pools in NYC, I grew up near one of the best, the John Jay! Moses was a force, but he did have to bend on some things, and I’m sure he considered pools and rec centers part of the “hygene” needed by the poors. It was a complex time and he was a complex man, I hear about his legacy through the…

But they actually have more outback and mountains in California than Colorado, so go figure!

For “out of state” I’m pretty sure at least 75% of your trouble comes from Denver, as flat as Cleveland and as terrible at driving in inclement weather as Atlanta.

This is clearly just a storage bay that they threw a mattress into for the maid. Even that “hatch” looks totally jerry-rigged, and Jerry was drunk at the time. Can you imagine being down there during an accident? What’s for dinner? Meatloaf, courtesy of the maid!

To be fair, Robert Moses hated all poor people, from black to Irish to Latino to Jew, although he was born into a Jewish family. He was a singularly prejudiced and hateful man who probably would’ve aspired to command an extermination camp had he been born in different circumstances. He reminds me quite a bit of…