Nah this is cool. The new Prius demonstrated that you can have low-drag, efficient design in a 4-door hatchback while still making it look good. I see this as Honda’s move into the same territory.

While I don’t think the feature is worth the cost of admission, there IS value here, as long as you are a competent “driving instructor” as you very well put it.

Very good point that probably isn’t brought up often enough.  I know what I’m going to do before I do it.  I can only react to a self-drive system *after* it starts to fuck something up.

> if you have to remain as vigilant as if you were yourself driving the car

Still trusts self-driving software that almost got him killed, and would have if he didn’t stay alert, stay engaged, stay driving

I’m sorry I know this, BUT

Eew.  Then I’d have to make a Hertz rental and own a Tesla.  That’s a dookie double dose.

Right? I was going to say, I sure miss the Fiesta, Golf, Fit, Focus, Mirage, etc.

Maybe not the immediate generation prior, but a Civic in 2000 was about the same size as a 2018 Honda Fit (164" vs 160"), and an Accord in 2000 (186") is about the same as the Civic today (184").

Did American consumers abandon sedans/smaller cars, or did American manufacturers do that?  

This is a cycle that repeats itself. Remember when fuel prices started driving people out of SUVs into small cars, and thefts of small cars went through the roof? Yeah, it wasn’t that long ago. Then people started buying mega trucks and SUVs again. And now the cycle is repeating itself.

Some of us just want small cars. I always have. I always will. 

It doesn’t hurt that “small” cars aren’t that small anymore.

Dear Ford: Can we have the Fiesta back now? Even as a hybrid or something, I don’t care. I just miss my American sub-compact hatchbacks!

“Fastest lap” and “quickest lap” are essentially the same thing, there is no practical distinction between the two terms in this context. Both refer to the lap with the shortest time recorded, meaning the lap completed at the highest average speed.

I didn’t think the leopard would eat *MY* face!

Womp womp. Work for a fickle billionaire known for cutting staff at end of year to inflate productivity numbers... win stupid prizes. 

No pitty for them at this stage. I won’t cry a tear for people working to produce weapons for Russia either when the war stops and they are laid off.

This will change in about 6 weeks, when suddenly the US Gov’t will mandate Cybertrucks for the US Postal fleet, the USGS fleet, NOAA, EPA, and probably another two dozen agencies. Hand feeds the mouth(piece) of the Admin, and boy is it going to be corrupt as all hell.

“If there are no HOA-less houses in desirable areas of where you live, move to a better part of the country where that isn’t the case.”