After I ran the Chicago Marathon all gimpy after a bike accident a week earlier, I wanted to run a fast race. The normal recovery time after a marathon is about six weeks but the Canyon City Marathon in the eastern LA suburb of Azusa seemed like a good idea. I would run back-to-back marathons […]
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Tesla and the Tri Bike

The windshield on the Tesla has been replaced. Fortunately, my insurance company covered it (of course they only covered it because I pay for glass coverage). I picked up my car this afternoon only to realize that the airbag issue has also not been resolved. I have to take the car back in to the […]
Tesla issues in the first week!

I thought that my Tesla (aka Chetak) would be a perfect car. It is not. There is a problem with the airbag sensor. The windshield was struck by a tiny pebble and now there is a 9-inch crack on it. The car is in the shop. It has about 100 miles on it and it […]
A rainbow to welcome a Tesla named Chetak

I have never been a car person. I have driven pretty ordinary cars like a Mazda, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, etc. I did drive a used Mercedes SUV for a while but it was somewhat of a lemon. The nicest car I have driven was a Honda S2000 convertible. That changed today. I took delivery of […]
Tesla is a fine automobile

It was a pretty ho-hum day with not much excitement at work or at the gym. Basically, all I did today was work (stress-free of course), went to the gym for a 30-minute abs workout (kicked my ass of course), and then went to dinner with Don, Debbie, B and Amit (who is in town […]