I don't think electric windows are much more expensive to buy than manual windows, which is why you don't really see them anymore. However, they're vastly less likely to break, and much cheaper to repair when they do.

I bet I could crash a Juke R in less time than that.

In modern cars, side and rear windows use tempered glass, which crumbles into tiny little bits so you can break it relatively safely if you need to in an emergency. Windshields use "regular" glass, held together with plastic, so that it won't all fall apart when it gets hit by a pebble kicked up by the car ahead of…

When I was like 12, I went to a space-themed summer camp at Wallop's Island.

This will be the first time the Wallops Island launch facility will send anything beyond Earth's orbit

Chernobyl?

I'm with you there. I think it would look great if they just made it one solid color.

Sump pumps are great, but I've found that there's sometimes a correlation between when the basement floods and when the power's out, so a non-electric alternative has some appeal.

2012 Impreza driver here, I usually beat the EPA fuel economy by 1-2 mpg. I don't drive with economy as a goal, so I guess it's my car.

Some idiots think it looks cool.

Flip those handlebars around the right way, get some tires that fit in the frame, and you'll have a decent cheap city bike.

Well, that's certainly a disturbing image.

Edit: responded to wrong post.

I heard about this study on NPR during my commute to work this morning. During the segment, the person behind me in an SUV was driving aggressively, not using their signals, and talking on a cell phone. But it was a BWM, so I don't know if it was the SUV factor or the BWM factor causing their asshole driving.

Dammit, you beat me.

W12 Golf?

Also, alphabetically speaking, Model S is a whole lot closer to Model T than Model E is.

Re. Tranny: There was an article on Jalopnik a while back about a company that makes electric beetles with manual transmissions. Lower gears get you better acceleration, higher gears increase your top speed. Apparently leaving it in 2nd or 3rd all the time generally works.

I've had bears cross the street in front of me a few times, but I've always had enough time to stop. Also I've always been in a car, so I probably would've been okay anyway.

I didn't even have to squint to think they were flying saucers.