Early carbs were pretty terrible, but they got pretty good toward the end. A badly tuned carb was a PIA, but that tended to mostly affect people who just had to go mess with theirs vehicle without doing it right. You need special, expensive, gauges (and the right skills) to tune carbs correctly, but many people just…

Every time I see an all screen instrument pedal, all I can think of is starting that car one morning and the screen not coming on.

I've driven, but never owned a carbed car. The ones with auto chokes seems to handle temperature changes just fine. I did own a carburated motorcycle, that was my only transportation for a little over a year. No auto choke there, and it didn't seem particularly bothersome. On cold days it would bog down if you tried…

I feel you are overstating the fickleness of carbs, especially once auto choke became common. They didn't always start on the first crank, and they let out considerably more smoke out of the exhaust pipe, but aside from that it was pretty much the same, at least with a well tuned carb.

But how many drivers can feel the difference between direct and port injection? If a technology is invisible to the driver, it can't define the driving experience, no matter how awesome it is.

Why? Screens great advantage is that it is very versatile, and can display lots of different things. Meanwhile analog gauges are more robust, less glitchy, and easier to read, especially in direct sunlight. They can also do a better job of indicating changing trends (you can tell which way the needle is moving faster…

ECUs and PCMs are largely invisible to the driver. Driving a fuel injected car is mostly the same as driving a carburated one, thus its hard to claim that technology defines the driving experience.

Aren't we mostly there already? Does anyone fix a cracked tail light?

If that's the explanation, I expect to see a bear trap in the trunk.

Do cops really carry a full set of riot gear everywhere they go? If so, why?

Even if you are 100% correct, my point remains.

1. Very cool!

Are those seats and seat mounts up to the job? The backs of the seats seems to be flexing pretty dramatically.

No. 5.

The important thing is not winning, its to avoid loosing. It's also important to be able to come up with excuses as to why you can't race cars that might win.

So, no racing the mighty Chrysler crossfire then?

So is this thing truly FWD, or are the rear wheels powered by electric motors?

That isn't a redaction. As far as I know, jeep is not proposing that we alter all existing records of the song to strike out the offending lyrics and they are most likely not in the process of jailing people dare sing this rebellious song. They used a song in their advertising, and chose the lyrics they felt would…

It's a good thing they didn't need your approval.

I agree, one can certainly support public land without being a communist. However, the quote above is "He was a pretty socialist/communist kinda dude, and This Land Is Your Land is a good example of his ethos."