World Leaders Cars (20)

181. Liechtenstein: Audi Q5. 2008 car: Audi A8.

182. Monaco: Lexus LS500h. 2007 car: Daimler.

183. Mongolia: Mercedes S-Class. 2007 car: Toyota Land Cruiser.

184. Mozambique: Toyota Land Cruiser. 2008 car: Toyota Land Cruiser.

185. San Marino: Audi A6. 2008 car: Lancia Thesis.

186. Sao Tome e Principe: Toyota Land Cruiser. 2008 car: BMW 7-Series.

187. Saudi Arabia: Mercedes-Maybach S600 Pullman. 2007 car: Maybach 62.

188. Tuvalu: Nissan Note. 2008 car: Mazda truck.

189. Tonga: Humber Super Snipe Pullman. 2007 car: London taxi.

Tally
Mercedes S-Class: 46
Toyota/Lexus Land Cruiser: 39
BMW 7-Series: 16
Lexus LS: 11

Audi A8: 10
Toyota/Lexus Land Cruiser Prado: 10
Mercedes Gelandewagen: 8

Chevy Suburban/GMC Yukon: 7
Audi A6: 2

BMW X5: 2

Jaguar: 2
Land Rover Discovery: 2

Mercedes-Maybach: 2
Range Rover: 2

Toyota Sequoia: 2

Audi Q5: 1Aurus Senat: 1
Cadillac: 1
Chevy: 1
Citroen DS7 Crossback: 1
Hongqi: 1
Honda Accord: 1

Humber Super Snipe Pullman: 1Hyundai Equus: 1
Hyundai Genesis: 1
Hyundai Santa Fe: 1
Isuzu MU-X: 1
Lancia Thema: 1

Land Rover Freelander: 1
Lincoln Navigator: 1
Lincoln Town Car: 1
Mercedes E-Class (old): 1
Mercedes E-Class convertible: 1
Mercedes GL: 1
Mercedes ML/GLE: 1

Nissan Note: 1Proton: 1
Rolls-Royce: 2
Skoda: 1
Toyota 4Runner: 1
Toyota RAV4: 1
VW Touareg: 1
VW Transporter: 1

Going out with Rich

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Had lunch with my car nerd friend @rchen as we celebrated ten years of friendship. #Bromance

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On February 8, 2009, Rich first commented on my blog. It was about a Peugeot 604 that I spotted and photographed with my Motorola Razr.

We met for lunch soon thereafter and the rest is history. Yesterday, we went out to lunch to celebrate ten years of friendship, in his Honda Beat!

Highlights of my 10 yrs of friendship with @rchen:
✅ Mario Andretti/Aaron Rodgers ate all of our shrimp at Indy
✅ Radwood/TSA/bag of sugar-gate
✅ Accidentally signed up to drive an Aventador at the Quail
✅ Drove Citroen XM down from PDX
✅ Together pushed Vijay Mallya’s car pic.twitter.com/vu2pI9bkV6

— Tamerlane's Thoughts (@TamerlaneBlog) November 21, 2019

And here's a retrospective of co-piloting with Rich during all those Anti-Football Runs on January 1.

2011(?): Modified BMW E9

2012: Alfa GTV6

2013: M5

2014: 1981 Honda Accord

2015: 1988 Porsche 911

2016: Citroen XM

Thanks, man!

My kidney stone medical bill

American healthcare system, documented. 7-hour stay at an emergency room for a kidney stone. One CT scan, four doses of pain meds, a plastic container to catch the stone.

$17,687.48.

My insurance paid $7,868.33. The hospital wrote off $9,494.15. I paid $325.00 out of pocket. pic.twitter.com/cLKCwfmkQe

— Tamerlane's Thoughts (@TamerlaneBlog) November 17, 2019

2019 Japanese police parade

Breathtaking. H/t @rchen.

Ed's 1983 Mercedes 300D

This is a wonderful video by KBB's Micah Muzio, going over Ed's fast diesel.

Two top tweets from this week

Both regarding Acuras!

The ZDX was ahead of its time. pic.twitter.com/7rh7HMegZO

— Tamerlane's Thoughts (@TamerlaneBlog) November 11, 2019

Breaking: We spent 7 hours yesterday in a non-minivan/SUV and it was totally fine. pic.twitter.com/Xo0jWMv8Lj

— Tamerlane's Thoughts (@TamerlaneBlog) November 11, 2019

Eating the Globe: East Timor

Before I bought this coffee, I double checked that the coffee was indeed from East Timor rather than the Indonesian part of Timor.

This coffee, unlike other Teasia's offerings, was actually pretty tasty!

Countries tried so far:
Africa: Algeria, Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, 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: 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, Uruguay, Venezuela
Oceania: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga

1929 stock market crash

I need a 100 Series Land Cruiser badly!

My lease ends in March 2020.

Riding in a Waymo AV

Article here.

Documentary on driving in Papua New Guinea

This series is amazing. I've watched PNG, Congo, and Philippines already today.

Let's see what's going on in Hong Kong

A fireman got mad at the police for firing a tear gas canister at his truck.