in 1899 fully 90 percent of the taxis in New York City were electric

from Steve at http://serviside.blogspot.com/ in an informative comment about electric vehicles

Why can you find neighborhoods without garages? Steve at Servicide knew, and it's just one good reason to admire historians!

The neighborhoods without garages were built by developers before the car became common enough to necessitate a garage per house.

Learn what this had to do with the comic Gasoline Alley at http://www.shorpy.com/node/11178#comment-124395 where Shorpy posted a representative photo, and Steve commented and told us what the situation was

To get a full brain of cool auto enthusiast and historical info read lots of great well researched articles at http://serviside.blogspot.com/

Badillac

Chevrolet and Hot Wheels made this chrome green Camaro a stunning presentation

Bots dots.. .. did you know they come in 4 colors?

the blue ones are to indicate fire hydrants so the fire department can find them in the dark, yellow ones indicate the center of the road, white indicate the lane divisions, and red... red are what you'll see if you shine a light up the wrong direction in a one way street

Botts' dots are rarely used in regions with substantial snowfall because snow plows destroy them

wheelbarrow bench, cool idea

thanks Randy!

Do Audi's park with their ears pinned back? Or did this owner just try to save them from clods that break off innocent side mirrors (it's happened to me)