I mean, to those of us who enjoy smart for what it is, the news is saddening, but not surprising.

Oh believe me, you can.

I love love love my smart’s super prototype version of this idea. The base car comes with very basic radio with bluetooth connectivity, a free optional app that can hook up to some of the car’s sensors and a cradle/charger that can fit a variety of standard-sized cellphones. You can go high tech or low tech depending…

Aw that actually looks kind of adorable. It’s almost a big car! Look at it go.

I’ve been told I’m “brave” for jogging late at night and I don’t understand it. I try to make sure to wear at least a few pieces of bright clothing (and if I for whatever reason realize I didn’t do that, I dial up my awareness), I stay to the sidewalks that have a row of parked cars between me and the road. When I do…

I’ve said this elsewhere, but I do not drive to work. I take the train into the city, and walk the rest of the way (and bike in the summer). The number of dangerous/reckless drivers I encounter every morning is probably 1, maybe 2. Usually taxis. Usually the reckless behaviour is dangerous passing or too-aggressive…

What really sealed the deal for me on recognizing how fucking crazy some of these money-savers are is an article that popped up on firefox. I do read financial advice columns if they sound interesting so they come up on my feed as related once in a while, and this one was just... “If you work a job you hate but that…

I want to feel sympathetic towards the idea of people getting hit where they truly weren’t at fault, but every time I walk to work I can’t help but think that the vast majority of the time, pedestrians are such fucking morons. I watch dozens of people every day dart across the street on a red light, jaywalk, run into…

It always is the people who don’t understand how lucky they have been/how good they have it who crow on others for not having the common sense to be as lucky as them.

I’m pretty unrepentantly feminist but I cannot help but cringe any time someone attempts any of this bullshit — and it’s almost a requirement in a female-lead story at this point. WHY do female heroes ALWAYS have to confront this shit? Why does it HAVE to be a woman who always confronts a misogynist? It’s not even how…

I was taking a bus home and this young guy sits down next to me. Probably a couple years younger, looks like he’s coming home from a construction job (you know, heavy work pants covered in concrete and paint smears, etc). Sits down next to me because the seat is empty. Pulls out his phone.

So... there’s actually sort of a precedent here culturally (of sorts).

I mean you’re not wrong of course, but I find that it’s possible to be happy with what you have and also work towards goals. Because if you’re not happy with what you have, no matter how many goals you meet, you will never be happy. The goalposts will just keep moving.

Are you asking for my age? I’m actually not that much older than the 21-year-old - I’m 28. But regardless, it’s more about whether the woman cares about cars enough to a) see that you’re actually in control and aren’t just a maniac and b) find your knowledge of said thing impressive.

Same, honestly. I mean I cringe a little whenever I see yet another LOL OIL license plate but they are at least wanting to talk about positive/happy things about their car. I can empathize with wanting to talk about how happy a prized possession makes you even if I personally don’t feel that way about it.

Someone already mentioned it, but depending on how old you are, a lot of teenage girls would get fed a lot of fear about making sure they only go places with a guy who looks safe, and, well. That probably would’ve made teenage me think you wouldn’t slow down if asked, and then wrap us around a tree.

My first real “driving” was in the Altai mountain range somewhere on the border of Siberia and Mongolia. I was 7, and we were on a roadtrip into the mountains with my mom, her friends and her new boyfriend, whose car we were driving.

OH MY FUCKING GOD YES.

Honestly, the comment regarding infrastructure and/or charging times is the biggest issue for me. An electric car makes most sense to city dwellers... and city-dwellers tend to live in apartments... Which, depending on the city, may not even have garages, let alone electric charging stations. So then charging time…

Minimalism is what I look for. I don’t want any features that the car doesn’t need, including size. For specific musts, it’s