This.

Care to elaborate?

Come again?

Use the octane rating your owner's manual says to use.

I believe the cause for the lack of smoke is called Catalytic Converter.
And the cause for the lack of oil is burning.

Unfortunately there is no definitive answer to this question, but each has it's pros and cons. FWD provides good traction in inclement weather because the weight of the engine is on the front wheels and is often cheaper. Generally, FWD cars don't handle well because the front wheels are tasked with all the engines…

I know diesels are different than gas engines, but how are they different? They essentially do the same thing, but instead of using spark plugs to ignite the fuel as in a gasoline engine, diesel uses compression to do it.

I'm up for a Royale with cheese ;)

I may have misunderstood your comment, but what struck me as really wrong was this: "As far as I know outside the cities in western Europe the standard of living is much the same as outside the major cities in the US."
And I cant grasp how could you say this. Even outside main cities, you really can't compare the…

C'mon man, do you even know what are you talking about?
I live in Portugal (most western European country).
Here in the capital city, Lisboa (or Lisbon as you say in English), the average 2 bedroom apartment, is around €350.000 with average trim levels on city center. On the suburbs it can go from €100000 to €250000…

Here in Lisbon, Portugal, Europe, the fuel prices are the following:

Since I'm from Portugal and we only get the Fit (Honda calls it Jazz, here), with the 1.2 i-VTEC (90hp), the 1.4 i-VTEC (100hp) and the 1.3 IMA Hybrid, I don't know anything about the over-hyped 1.5l engine you guys are talking about.

1987-1990 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 BTCC is an obvious poster car.

we all love the F40, it's been our poster car since we were little kids. But man, you can't beat the sound of that glorious V10.

Anything with a Diesel engine that comes from Germany.

That's not Lego.

RS Turbo.

Here in Europe, flying easyJet is a bliss.
The last 3 times I flown with them (and from the experience of some of my friends), the flight departed more than 30 minutes late, and arrived 5 minutes earlier or exactly on time.
I have no hard data to prove my point, but I guess they post the departure and arrival times…

Legendary idiot

Think Corvette Daytona Prototype