Exactly. There is no other choice for the elderly outside a of very few cities with public transport.

the saddest thing is that what a 80 yo person is supposed to do when there are no alternatives to driving, it’s basically impossible to live an autonomous life without a car for most of the country

Manufacturers, is it really that hard to make car paint that isnt just shades of grey, red and blue? Where are the greens? The Oranges?

That would be apropos for an AV Club article.

Y’all are missing the joke - the entire article refuses to refer to him as the ex president and instead focuses on the “tech” aspect so people can’t do the normal “what does this have to do with technology” response - I think it’s pretty clever

“Left wing Commies” You don’t know what any of those words mean.

Something tells me someone interested in moving into a building with no parking plans to walk, bike, or use public transit instead of driving everywhere. 

BuT maH FreDDUmmbssS!!

I just wasted a whole morning getting a safety inspection done (my usual place was unexpectedly closed) and I’ve had nonsense in the past from shady shops (NY), but overall I still support it for the same reason you said.  There needs to be some standard of road worthiness.  Maybe the German TUV is overkill, but…

To me the videos are proof that comprehensive state inspections are a good thing. None of the cars in those videos have Massachusetts plates and there is a reason. If I have a wheel bearing with even a little bit of wobble it’ll get an reject. Check engine light anytime in the last 100 miles? Reject. extensive rust on…

If anyone else is interested, Freakonomics did an excellent 3-part series on US airlines, and the second episode was about the evolution of airline safety.  

Still waiting for the day they announce it for the US market.

Ah, Norwegians. They really like tunnels and anyho putting some of the oil gazillions they have into infrastructure (even in most remote locations, like Lyngen area) really benefits the nation in general. But man they put expensive few km long tunnels to places where there’s like 50 people :D.

3rd gen Grand Caravan.

The ‘90s was such a transitional time in the automotive industry, between the bare-bones, smog-restricted, square-bodied ‘70s-80s and the tech-filled retro-futuristic and “angry kitchen appliance” designs of the 2000s. It’s also a time where there were still clear differences in approach based on what continent each…

The minivan. Dodge Grand Caravan and Plymouth Voyager. The rise of Honda Odyssey and Toyota Previa & Sienna. The fading GM options.

Ford Explorer. Eddie Bauer edition of course.

This thing. Sure, SUVs existed before this, but I put the SUV craze we still haven’t recovered from mostly on the shoulders of the first-gen Ford Explorer. Bonus points for the Eddie Bauer co-branding , which also kicked off another super 90's fad of marrying clothing lines with cars (L.L. Bean Subaru Outback, Mercury…

Ever seen that meme with the pixelated DeLorean 80's contrasted against the woodpanelled basement 80's that most people lived through? Likewise, teal is not the true colour of the 90's, it’s hunter green. If you lived through the mid-90's, you remember there was a stint where literally everything was painted dark…

Ford Taurus and 5th/6th gen Honda Civic. Those are the only answers.