New (to me) car day. Guesses on what replaces the Yeti?

In case @creatinglightly.art is looking for some subtle upgrades for his TT, I’ve found some inspiration here in Leiden.

"Tell Jabba I'll get him his money..."

I would rather have an inefficient space program than a trillonaire nazi

I was hoping these would eventually flow into the pre-owned market at a price I *might* be able to afford. No chance now, these things are never going to lose value unless the battery packs give up.

I’ve been saying for a while that Tesla drivers have “tiny heads”, but I didn’t expect them to take it literally.

“I’m not a robot”

I love how much Mamdani reminds me of Kermie in the best possible way. Also, if watching Muppets ride bikes makes you as happy as it makes me, watch this and you’ll love Jim Henson just that *little bit* more. youtu.be/t86ZjhGxwAY?...

CYCLE OF HATE and then the pic is this

I have an iPhone, so the search turned up nothing. This was in my camera roll from a few weeks back though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If there’s one thing this “oil crisis” has done, it’s to highlight all the places oil is used without people knowing it. Junk food packaging going black & white to avoid using petroleum distillates? Doesn’t seem like a negative impact to me.

Also, a reminder that we need more compact station wagons in the world.

I often forget about the 304. Nice Alfa Giulia vibe to the styling in that era.

Question for the Brits in the audience: is the cellular network in London as poor as I experienced it this week, or is there maybe a roaming problem at play? I had 5G for about 6 minutes over the past 3 days in the UK and often coverage at all. 10 minutes in rural France already massively better.

Feel like Stephan Winkelmann is the pinnacle of “European man”. But is the FT stage inspired by Jason Plato’s ladies jacket? @sniffpetrol.com

It’s only a Fireside Chat if it comes from the Fireside region of Silicon Valley, otherwise it’s just Sparkling Tech Conversation.

I find it shocking that we have perfectly usable wifi in airplanes but the Eurostar still uses spotty 3G.

Gently caressing a map of the Detroit United Railroad and crying. #historic #map c.~1910 New map's by Jake Berman from reddit. #streetcars #publictransit

Heading to leafy, leafy London later today for FT: Future of the Car. If you’re around and want to grab a bite or a drink and chat weird cars, give me a shout. No guarantees, but currently the schedule isn’t too crowded.

I’d like to extend a warm welcome to Hantavirus, who is visiting Leiden this week after a long adventure cruise from Argentina. 🦠 🛳️ www.leidschdagblad.nl/regio/leiden...

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“They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us”: Alderaan Residents Reflect on Their Support for the Empire as a Large Imperial Installation Enters the System [SATIRE] www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

This building is absolutely gorgeous.

I’d be surprised if Abarth, Lancia and Maserati make it out of this alive. Same for DS and Chrysler. The rest will probably be even more badge-engineered than they are today. Opel/Citroen/Alfa will just be Peugeots with different grilles.

In case you were curious how things look in Northern Europe. I filled up the tank yesterday at a “cheap” gast station outside the major cities and this was the result. Total converts to $132 and that comes to $10.32/gallon. Down the street it was close to $11,50/g.

My personal favorite is Le Twank. Glorious thing www.instagram.com/le_twank?igs...

I’m wondering how often people fall down the stairs in Dutch soap operas. In my experience, no western country gets close to NL in terms of hard-to-negotiate staircases.

Headlines like this can be VERY dangerous. Haven’t we learned the really hard way yet that polls don’t win elections? TURNOUT wins elections. Never assume anything. #VOTE “PARIS — Emmanuel Grégoire looks primed to [win] in Sunday’s runoff election to lead the French capital, according to a poll…”

Best looking BMW on sale right now.

“The bicycle doesn’t have brakes” is very English, as here in NL you often have bikes with only coaster brakes and no hand brakes, so not visible in any way.

The Dutch MoD announced it has selected the French F21 MK2 heavyweight torpedo for its future Orka-class submarines. The initial plan was to integrate the American MK48 which is currently used by the Royal Netherlands Navy aboard the in-service Walrus-class 🇫🇷🇳🇱 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

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That’s ok Canada, it’s not like the whole world saw this game as an analogy for the global geopolitical situation and had pinned all their hopes on you. 😑

Could pretty easily follow until I hit 1100. Although Dutch helps fill in a few gaps in the oldest texts, not enough to fully make sense of it.

Forgot to post this mint Lada Riva seen a couple nights ago in Prague.

Why isn’t the right excited about technology?

TFW your dictator has the worst design agency in the history of authoritarianism.

I’m disappointed in you Prague.

Some interesting car spots in Prague today. The ID.Buzz looking delightfully pedestrian with its black bumpers and steelies!

Makes billionaires shit the bed.

Today I found the limits of my FWD Yeti with 3-peak tires at the top of a snowy mountain in Czechia. I’ll have to return to Ještěd Tower better prepared another time!

Found this Frontera suspiciously parked at the base of a mountain in Poland. 🤔@smithandsniff.bsky.social

Super cool Tron aesthetic, but just 200 bikes? Doesn’t feel like it’s going to revolutionize urban mobility.

I have officially set two times on a skeleton at Lillehammer’s luge track. If I can, anyone can.

Driving through Germany today I couldn’t help but get angry every time I saw a newer Skoda, especially the Superb. How has VW managed to let such a curated design language turn into such a hot pile of mush so quickly? They were so crisp for a generation and now they’ve lost anything distinctive.

Elke keer dat ik door Breda Station met de trein rijdt heb ik een moment van paniek dat we vertrekken in dezelfde richting dat we vandaan kwam 😅

OMG this Belgian train is heated to sub-tropical temperatures, and I’m dressed for the chilly rainy day it is. Dutch trains unheated on a 10C day. Already sweating after just 3 minutes and it’s just starting to fill up with passengers.

No better feeling than looking out the window of a train at Antwerp’s ring road rather than driving on it. #ringofhell

It’s pretty obviously one of the blades from the razor Nigel Mansell used to shave his mustache off.