Posts Tagged ‘bmw’
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Boy, it was touch and go for a few years there, but news comes today that our beloved NIMBYs have managed to preserve the Great Northern Parking Lot of San Francisco.
See it? 700 spaces, free of charge. It’s historic, you know. When the U.S. Army wasn’t out there killing a million or so Filipinos it managed to create the GNPLoSF. Therefore, these parking spaces are sacrosanct:
Now that that pesky modern art has been gotten rid of, a question remains over what to do with the upper end of the Main Post. You know the Burger King corporation had an outlet that served as an Army Mess on the Presidio for so many years, it would be only fitting to give it the right of first refusal to get a chance to replace the famous itty bitty bowling alley that’s up there now.
An artist’s conception, avec just one installation of evil modern art thrown in to see if the NIMBYs can tolerate it.
You see, that old, historic Presidio BK was a place “where a simple guy serving his country could get an inexpensive meal with a stunning view.” Wouldn’t it be nice to honor those memories with the biggest Burger King in the world? Put it right where the museum was supposed to go.
Either that, or a Jollibee. Your choice.
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Now you’ve already seen at least one German car on the slopes above Haight Ashbury, here’s the rest of the hood. Start at the landmark Ben & Jerry’s at the intersection of Haight and Ashbury by heading uphill.
See how many small German cars you can spot one after the other parked on the street. My record is nine in a row. Here’s six altogether:
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To fit in, you’ll need a Volkswagen Jetta, Cabriolet, Passat, New Beetle, Rabbit or an Audi A4, A3 or a BMW 1-series, 3-series.
Zoom zoom.
Tags: ashbury, audi, bmw, cars, german, Germany, San Francisco, street, urbanm professional, volkswagen, VW, young, yuppie
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
As promised, the Presidio Trust Main Post Planning Transportation Workshop went off on April 22, 2009. Look here later on to see when and if two more similar meetings will occur in the very merry month of May. (The first should deal with historic resources and the other is slated to be a kind of catch-all open-mike night.)
122 souls sat through a presentation of answers to a dozen key questions that people have been asking about concerning transportation – signalization, fees for parking, traffic loads, etc. I vowed to leave as soon as the public speakers veered off-topic – that took about ten seconds, so oh well. Regardless, this appeared to be a more-productive-than-average public yammer session. Assemblymember Tom Ammiano sent a representative (the well-informed Noriko Shinzato) as did Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier, so it appears that interest in the plans for the Main Post remains strong.
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Fully eleven Mercedes-Benzeses were out front, or in the lot up the hill, or in the overflow lot even further up the hill near the chapel. BMW was also well-repped, and there were a least three Porsches, including two expensive Porsche Cayenne minivans and one hepped-up Neunelfer.A richer group of parking-hungry NIMBYs would be hard to find. One bicycle.
All this Powerpoint stuff should be online in the near future, or maybe it already is.
Presidi-Go is already up to 300,000 trips per year.
Should the NIMBY’s, the people of means, be given more votes on this matter than tourists from Tempe? Only Time Will Tell.
So there you have it, To Be Continued.
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
The owner of this BMW laments, “MY DAUGHTER AND MY MONEY GO TO UCSB.” Oh well.
Tuition is going up another 9.3% at University of California campuses, such as Santa Barbara, just in time for summer session. Oh well.
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Tags: bmw, california, college, education, fees, holder, license plate, my money and my daughter go to ucsb, red. golden gate park, San Francisco, tuition, UC, ucsb, university
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Now take a look at this full-size Chevrolet Silverado work truck parked on the Streets of San Francisco (a Quinn Martin Production). The driver literally had about one inch of maneuvering space fore and aft, so it was fairly obvious he wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
Whose fault is it? Either the driver of the Subaru wagon on the left or the 3-series BMW on the right. The onus is on you, the parker, to make sure others can get out, right?
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In this case, the Chevy owner gave up and the BMW left a few hours later. It was replaced by a MINI Cooper, whose owner actually checked to see if he left enough space.
That’s your transportation-related Lesson of the Day.
¡Bienvenido a San Francisco!
Tags: auto, automobile, blocked, bmw, cars, Chevrolet, chevy, cooper, fail, mini, parallel, park, parker, parking, San Francisco, space, subaru, truck
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Sunday, March 8th, 2009
These cops of the 100-year old Motor Division of the San Francisco Police Department waited all morning for a recent Roe v. Wade abortion demonstration / counter-demonstration to get started and then were, once again, left in the lurch by an obsolete-when-built Harley Davidson motorcycle.
So all they could do is push it onto the sidewalk and worry about it later - unreliable equipment is no picnic, of course. That must be why they get paid the big bucks to ladle out bowls of rich, creamy justice, with the average officer pulling down a six-figure income.
Harley David/ son of a bitch, not again! Click to expand:
Even if you maintain these old-school Harleys correctly, they are hard to keep on the road. The biggest selling point they have are tradition and heritage, it seems. Vendors of reliable models from Honda, Kawasaki, and BMW must be frustrated… Oh well.
Happy Centennial, SFPD Motor Division!
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
An agitated SFPD police officer invited the driver of this BMW to get out on the freeway if he was in such a hurry. It seems there’s a crackdown on speedy drivers using the park as a shortcut to get across town.
The dog in the passenger seat appeared to sense the tension.
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The driver wasn’t at freeway speeds of course, but he might have “California stopped” (or Oklahoma stopped, either way) through a stop sign.
Let off with a warning, we should all be so lucky…
Tags: bmw, california stop, department, dog, drive, golden gate park, jfk, Jr, officer, oklahoma stop, police, San Francisco, SFPD
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Or a Smart Car. Either way.
Seen on Market Street. Click to expand:
Tags: bmw, california, cooper, market, mini, San Francisco, street
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
When you want to dress up and go fishing on a dreaded sunny day in San Francisco and you want to take along your German Shepherd, leave the two-seat BMW / Izetta Bubble Car in the garage and take the much larger VW Beetle convertible instead.
Of course. Click to enlarge:
An excellent capture from Jenner8675309, via flickr.
Tags: beetle, bmw, california, convertible, fishing, german shepherd, San Francisco, volkswagen, VW
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Now, now. Whom are you trying to impress with your high-aspect-ratio Euro-style faux license plates?
Europe has long been thought of as a center of culture and sophistication, with good reason. The area is steeped in history. Among the many things Europe is known for are the cars. The thought of a European sports car makes any car enthusiast’s heart beat a little faster. Now you can give your own vehicle a touch of Old World flair with a Euro License Plate.
Or maybe you kept authentic European plates on your Beemer to remind you of your Autobahn-storming days back on the Continent?
Either way, You Might Just Be Eurotrash.
Just saying.
Tags: bmw, california, car, ec, europe, european, eurotrash, german, license, plates, San Francisco
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