What were the circumstances? The writer wants us to think that she simply decided to go the wrong way up a 1 way street. I have seen emergency vehicles jump the divider, take shoulders, anything to get to where the emergency is.

And yes, go opposite traffic.

We don’t know what the emergency was.

If there was a holdup (…

I think it is in display somewhere (the Las Vegas Airport?) As for me 2 months in that thing? , no thanks.

That is how Payne Stewart died in his Learjet. The pressurization system failed - about 12,000 feet you either have to have a pressurized plane or breathw through an O2 mask (with an O2 bottle) .

I once went through an altitude chamber to see the effects of oxygen deprivation. At 25,000 feet, your mental faculties…

Any Mercedes-Benz under Bruno Sacco’s helm from the from the 80s and early 90s

No mention of hydroplaning.

I was talking about this with my neighbor, who is from the Bay Area. Rocklin is a suburb of Sacramento. He was saying that a day/2 ago on the Bayshore Freeway, there was an accident and 2 people from 2 separate cars got out and were both struck by oncoming traffic. One was hit with such force he was thrown over the…

That’ll buff right out.

This car makes me think of a George Carlin moment.

When I started driving years ago, I got a valuable lesson. The car next to me had stopped and I just drove through. There was someone crossing the street and I fortunately didn’t hit them. Lesson learned - when you see a vehicle stopped - even if there is no crosswalk, at least slow down and look around.

The lesson I…

This video reminded me of the funny trunk monkey ads a few years ago - all the offended party had to do was hit the trunk button, the trunk monkey leaps out, jumps to the jeep and beats the crap out of the lunatic.

It is nuts out there and I have asked people why? Not unusual to see people fly by you at 100+ mph.

I…

Somewhere along the line Evolution cars had to transfer the title to their name before selling it. How did they do that?

If Enzo Ferrari himself declared it to be the most beautiful car in the world, who am I to argue? From 14 to 18, I lusted for one of those. My idea of a Saturday’s entertainment would be to take the bus downtown, and sit in one of those Connelly leather beauties for a few hours. The salesmen tolerated me because I was…

I watched the fellow bring the Challanger to life last night. He is the fellow from Hagarty who rebuilds engines, I think. He said something interesting - that an engine can run 2-3 minutes without coolant. Even the old oil was black - that car was put away in the 90s with no preparation.

But it sure sounded good on…

It will be interesting to see who fails, and once bankrupt what will happen to the support owners of these orphans have? I predict there will be new companies arising to produce parts and support...

Not a bad list! I would quibblke with a couple - I had a 1st gen MR2 which was so fun to drive I had it for 27 years - as to whether it was “cheap” (as any version of MR2) well, I would dispute that. But the Mini - which was brilliant on several levels - maximum use of space being the top - the Beetle, 2cv...how about…

A popular ploy for years has been to advertise a new car at what seems a very low price, and then in the tiniest print say “1 available at this price” - which is usually “gone” when you get there.

I figured this would be on th list. My first car was a 1967 Camaro - with a 327, 275 hp. 4 speed.

Every now and then at a red light when I let out the clutch top go, the engine seemed to have a mind of its own. Full throttle, back end was fishtailing...

I rememeber to this day the owner of a new Mercedes (still had…

I had an ‘86 for 27 years. What a hoot to drive; like a big go kart. I never understood why these didn’t get a collector status. I finally sold it for $1 to a friend at the Toyota dealership who gave me good advice over the years. It needed nothing except the R134 conversion was never very good. I think the condenser…

They could tell that I was a senior senor

Usually they just like to settle. It is refreshing when they actually stand up and say “no”

Running in front of a moving car is a bit risky. Years ago, I was in a similar situation, and a man, an apparent Mexican National, literally runs into the side of my car, falling down, of course. His friend asks “Do you have insurance senior?” Fortunately I had a witness who was willing to be on record.