They like it! And they quoted Foucault.
Monday, May 16, 2022
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Facelifted Audi S8
The suspension is amazing. It's also cool that the car's body will rise 2.5" when the door opens for easy ingress/egress.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Central California Coast trip
I had to make a quick work trip down to San Luis Obispo this week. On the way back, I decided to take the scenic route-- Pacific Coast Highway. It was quite eventful.
I took Highway 101 down. It's semi-scenic, mixed in with farm land. When I got to my hotel, there were three '32 Roadsters parked in front of the lobby.
For dinner, I decided to check out nearby Avila Beach. You may recall that in the 1990s, Unocal destroyed the small coastal town with a massive oil spill. I went to Mersea, which was near the end of a pier. The meal was excellent. The old man sitting next to me at the bar hitting on the young bartender was not so excellent.
There is still a little bit of seafood processing done on the pier.
We have been watching Stanley Tucci's Italy food show on CNN and the scenery reminded me of Sicily.
The next morning, while I was checking out, I bumped into the owners of the three roadsters. I asked them what they thought of Plymouth Prowlers. They said that people are free to like whatever car they like, but a Prowler would not be invited to a '32 Roadster show.
This red example does not have a single part from the original 1932 model car. It has 700+ horsepower. 75 fellow Roadster are expected at the hotel that day for a meetup.
Instead of driving back up 101, I took Pacific Coast Highway. I stopped to see these sea elephants near Hearst Castle. The California sea elephants were hunted to extinction. A few animals from Mexico showed up here in the 1990s and the population fortunately exploded. It was cool to watch them with a bunch of amazed European tourists.
Near Big Sur, I grabbed lunch. The seafood platter was all frozen and out of a bag, and expensive. The gas wasn't cheap either. I saw a Bentayga and couldn't imagine how much a fill up would cost. At least the view was nice.
There were a few construction zones where everyone had to stop for long periods of time, and this is what the roadside looked like.
It's looking likely that I'll be getting the Alfa this summer. So this may be my last road trip with the Acura. At 90,000 miles, it drives like new.
Once I got back to civilization in Carmel, I came upon a broken down 240Z Scarab. The clutch had gone kaput. I offered the driver a ride but a tow truck was already on its way. I had never heard of a Scarab before. They have V8s. It looked like this:
And finally, I almost got hit by a taxi being chased by cops.
Friday, May 13, 2022
Two car chases in two weeks
The Bay Area is wild with crazy drivers. In the past two weeks, I was a "part" of two chases.
1. Two weeks go, this carjacked Porsche 911 Turbo was going over 100 mph and crashed and hit four cars. I was stuck right behind it just as over a dozen officers ran up to it.
1/2: Suspect in armed carjacking of Porsche 911 Turbo busted after he goes 100+mph on San Leandro streets, crashes - losing a tire in process - and tries to run away while being watched by @ACSOSheriffs plane pic.twitter.com/XTZVm6aoZM
— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) April 29, 2022
2. Yesterday, I was at a red light when I saw a red minivan taxi about to rear end my car at a high speed, followed by five police cars. I decided to floor it and enter the interaction to avoid the hit. The chase continued and this was the result.
This is the aftermath of a police chase that ended at Front St and Moranda in Soledad, officers on scene say this was the car they were chasing but wouldn’t give more information. We saw another car hit off the side of 101 @KION546 pic.twitter.com/IMLcBcjmhL
— Lisa Principi (@Lisa_KION) May 13, 2022
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Another way to capture rockets
There's more than one way to skin a cat. This company shoots smaller (than SpaceX) rockets into space and lets a helicopter catch it on the way down. It semi-successfully did this recently. The helicopter caught the rocket but had to let it fall into the ocean because it was making the helicopter too unstable.
Monday, May 09, 2022
Eating the Globe update
I've got three countries lined up.
1. Moldova: I ordered Moldovan honey online months ago but have yet to receive it.
2. Vanuatu: A Berkeley kava place serves kava from there. I'm going to try it out with Chris.
3. Eswatini: A friend is going to share some Eswatini strain marijuana with me. Thanks, friend!
If you Bay Area people know of any ultra exotic new restaurants, please let me know. I've eaten food from the following countries:
Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vatican City
North America: Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, Trinidad & Tobago, USA
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga
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