Saw a tan Volkswagen Thing yesterday on Marine Drive. The top and the doors were off.
Waymo uses them.
A few weeks ago I mentioned a semi-truck towing a camper that I’d occasionally see parked in the neighborhood. It’s back, so I got some pictures.
The side of the truck says, “RV - PRIVATE COACH” and “NOT FOR HIRE OR REWARD.” It does have an “RTK” (recreational truck) plate, so not a sovereign citizen claim, but a real statement and designation. Just don’t ask him to help you move a surplus shipping container.
Freightliner makes an RV based off of a tractor-trailer. I know someone who owns one
I saw a truck with a snowplow this morning in the greater Boston area. That’s jumping the gun just a bit.
I saw one yesterday, too. This one was near the CalTrain commuter railway tracks that run up and down the San Francisco peninsula.
Unless they’re taking it in for some preseason maintenance
Meh. I’m in Wisconsin and I’ll put the blade back on our plow truck in the next week or two. If mice ate through some wires or a brake line rusted out or whatever, I’d rather know now, not when there’s 6 inches of snow on the ground.
I expect to start seeing the municipal plows out and about soon as well.
Saw two small sportscars painted exactly like this https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d0/f7/0f/d0f70ff0ad908afe9059ee956e98cc6b.jpg
I saw an old Jeep on the road this morning, a CJ-5, I think. I’m saying CJ-5 because it looked very short, with barely any room for a back seat behind the driver and passenger. No idea what year it was, although the blue California license plate narrows it down a little bit. It was the most basic, stripped down version of a Jeep you can imagine – no roof, no doors.
When I lived in the mountains, I never took my blade off. But it was not in anyway a daily driver.
TR3 while on my way home from a grocery store, bags in both hands. Virtually identical to this one from Arizona.
An adhesive front license plate, and a pinkish-red wrap on this Tesla
Adhesive front plates have been legal in California since 2022 via a DMV test program authorized with the passage of California Assembly Bill 984, Alternative Registration Products
➜ Bill Text - AB-984 Vehicle identification and registration: alternative devices. ■
With car designs becoming more streamlined, mounting a traditional front plate becomes more clunky. An adhesive front plate that follows the car’s contours is an idea worth trying. More and more Californians have not been mounting a front plate. I haven’t had one in over 12 years. That said, be careful in San Francisco because you’ll often get ticketed; it’s a quick way for The City to raise a little money.
I had an adhesive front plate for my Jeep (never installed), and I’ll likely order one for my Outback OBW. But I won’t install it until I get a fix-it ticket
I saw a Thing today as well. This one was white and actually had a hardtop (which I assume is removable). It was a little unusual to see one with the top fitted, normally when I see them they have the top removed.
I saw a vehicle that used to be quite common but are going the way of the dodo bird; especially in Greater Suburbia…a taxi!
I saw two today. We followed a Ford Model A (I think) through town.
Shortly before, I saw some sort of roadster with a long hood that I’d never seen before. Unfortunately, it was going in the opposite direction.
I spotted a blue 2nd generation (1968-72) Pontiac GTO convertible, looking very much like this photo but in fair condition
A mid-70s Chevy Malibu Classic.
And I saw this Accord with this weird over-the-top spoiler a few weeks ago.
And a year and a half ago I posted about this Mitsubishi Delica that lives next door to our grandchildren.
What I didn’t notice at the time is that it is right-hand drive. (Harder to see here than I expected.) Are they all?
Here’s a close-up that shows the steering wheel on the right side.
Either an authentic A or a replica. I don’t know the production numbers but Shay licensed the design from Ford and was in business for a few years from the late Seventies to the early Eighties. A few of them were offered as prizes on “The Price Is Right” during that period.
Many people here in California import cars from Japan. Those are, of course, RHD. I still have never seen a Delica. Per wiki its name is a contraction of Delivery Car.