*ahem*

Idiocy. Sheer idiocy. Was the driver's name "mud" as well?

Yep... and to see a Sprint Blue S5 like mine get damaged by an idiot like that makes my heart shrivel up and die :(

Hrm... I would have thought that the VW Polo (be it GTI or a TDI) would be a better choice than a Golf as a city car in pretty sense cities. Still, a Golf would a nice city *and* family car in the old country. But, what do I know?

Would love it if it could be customized to put a big, fat tach display right in the center and put everything else around it. :)

Here's a cleaner shot of the Spirit of Ecstasy:

7.) Portland

I still find the "Unsolved Mysteries" theme song quite haunting and spine chilling :\

Flour factory, maybe... but only if it was an artisanal, free-range, non-GMO, vegan fertilizer, de-glutinezed flour factory :) The rest of your points stand.

Submitting evidence for the approval of the Midnight Society, I mean, for everyone to view:

Aye. Not many people understand that 4WD/AWD gets you going and can keep you from biting it when there's a bit of snow and rain on the roads; but, neither do much help when it comes to stopping or just plain driving like the idiots that they are. ;)

Keeping proper speed and distance is key in most of the area due to the hills litter a good portion of the metro area. People who try to get up a hill too slowly will fail and cause headaches for everyone behind them. Go too fast up or down Barnes/Burnside, you'll be like a turtle laying on its shell, especially if…

Indeed. Thankfully, I wasn't driving during one of the bigger snow storms back in 1996, but that shut down the metro area pretty good. The moderate snowfall of winter '03/'04 was fun as I just got my (then) new Audi and drove it to work the next workday when there was around 1/2" of snow on the ground. The people that…

I nominate the Portland, Oregon. If there's a chance of getting a dusting of snow on the ground, people start making their mad dash home, causing gridlock. 1/4-inch of snow? Minimum of 2-hour school delays, if school opens at all. Since we don't get snow often enough, we barely have any equipment to plow, de-ice and…

Heh... glad to be a life-changing thing for you ;)

Audi A6 allroad utes...

2.) Toyota 'Saved By Zero'

I think that's quite true, considering that they want that perfect, short soundbite that grab people's attention (lowest common denominator factor).

Off-topic, but one of the best Nokia non-smartphones made.

Pre-production prototype Volt (does that count?) vs Production Volt.