Like a Whale in a Vat of Vaseline

You kept me laughing, as with the whale comparison. I still think we need a company to build custom cars.

I was going to work the other day, and the car ahead of me - a Honda Odyessy, for the record. Was driving me absolutely nuts - slowly accelerating like they had a pot of scalding hot water in their lap... I was so happy when we got to my corner, and I could turn left onto 50th ave and leave this jerk behind... Then his left hand blinker went on...

I was so aggravated, I noticed that the merge lane was vacant ... So I blew past him on the right, winding the car up to 70, so that I could be past him before the merge lane abruptly ends...

My car's digital dashboard is set to display my mileage - its the modern mood ring - rank my aggravation by gas usage... It maybe the reason big cities are so polluted - everyone is so aggravated driving in the big city that they're using 3 times the gas they should be. I got to work with a rating of 7l/100km... I should normally get around a 6.5. My high score is a 29.5 - when I think back to that day, I am still surprised that I didnt kill anyone. (mostly me)

On my way.

Drove another car today. Will drive another car on Monday. Dealerships aren't open on Sunday, because I mean c'mon who would want to shop for a car on Sunday.

OK, I'll be that guy. We drove a '22 Hyundai Tucson, very nice interior exterior compact SUV, a successor to our 2014 Honda CR-V. Both were nice, practical vehicles but the four-cylinder engines are geared to save gas so their acceleration is mild and when turning slowly through an intersection, the gearing could mean pressing the gas resulted in a panic-inducing lack of response. And these cars with small engines for gas savings could mean premature wearing out. So, a friend kept pestering me to consider a Tesla, specifically model Y. We know the arguments against and dislike the governmental incentives disrupting free markets. But I finally decide to test

drive one, and the acceleration is exhilarating (0-60 under 5 seconds)--it will give you the Eclipse experience again, and more, with much more space. To quote an old car ad, "Ask the man who owns one." And yes, paying around $15,000 after Federal, new EV buyer, and Colorado rebates, and Tucson trade-in was in fact, awesome.