The Accident

It never fails. I get to a point in my life where I think I can actually relax for a bit and then something happens to set me back again.

This week it's an accident. Fortunately, it was not a serious accident. No one got hurt and no one got killed. In fact, my car was the only vehicle that was damaged in the accident.

However, it does not look like my vehicle will be fixed right away and when it is, it will most likely turn out be very expensive. Which is something I really don't need right now.

So far things have fared well. I have managed to get a free tow from AAA to my local mechanic. But I have the feeling things will get complicated as time goes on.

We'll see.

Hey, I Remember This Show: Knight Rider

The first season intro from the closest equivalent to Supercar we Yanks have come up with thus far.

Hey, I Don't Remember This Show: Supercar

This show first came out the year I was born so if I ever saw an episode, I was obviously too young to appreciate it. Why it never caught on in syndication, I'll never know.

Hey, I Don't Remember This Show: Stingray

Granted, I had a lot going on in 1986, what with my school and my full-time job and my having to fly out of state to attend one of my cousins' graduation ceremonies but I honestly do not remember this show being on TV that year -- or any other year for that matter. Apparently it proves that even the late Stephen J. Cannell did not always hit it big with his TV shows.

So Where the Hell Are the Flying Cars?

Yes, it's nice to be living in the year 2008. However, when I was a teenager back in the 1970s, I kinda imagined it to be quite different than it is today.

On the other hand, a lot of people expected World War III to have happened by now.

So perhaps I should not be too disappointed....

Who Killed the American Car?

I suppose this should be the point where my inner Monty Python fan notes that it's not quite dead. However, given the inroads made by foreign car manufacturers in the last half-century, one can't but wonder if the demise of the American car is likely to happen in the near-future.

In any event, the announcement Toyota made a few weeks ago about its goal to become the world's largest car manufacturer in 2007 makes me a tad worried. What makes me even more worried is the fact that no one in the press is ridiculing such a goal.

Oh, well. If the torch is indeed passing from GM to Toyota, does that mean we'll be seeing an influx of Japanese electric cars? Or will Japanese car manufacturers show the same disinterest in such technology that American car manufacturers display?