I guess I am misunderstanding this statement from above:

I think you could have left a note presenting the problem and offered assistance to fix it. Of course, while I would appreciate a note identifying a problem with my car, I would never contact someone offering to fix my car. Sounds like a scam. 

My argument was that the fact they planned for carriages suggests they found personal transportation to be important. I’m not sure where you are getting the rest of this.

Actually, Aaron recently wrote an article where he bashed an opinion piece largely because the person writing the piece did not have a degree in urban planning. I think it is fair to hold him to his own standards. 

It is almost like Aaron doesn’t realize airfare is already taxed, and if you travel more you already pay more tax. He seems to be getting desperate in coming up with new ways to say vehicular travel is bad on a car blog. 

I guess I can google for you.

They are the biggest shareholder for GM and a major shareholder for FCA, along with other assets. That is not counting the pension fund that they have access to and have been caught embezzling from and using to launder money for the mob in the past.

Yes, but one that was better hidden than FCAs. 

If the UAW wasn’t worth over $7B, then you might have a point. At this point, however, they are just another corporation.

Keep in mind that due to the bailout the UAW owns much of GM and FCA. They are the biggest shareholder of GM stock. The UAW may treat those companies better than ones they don’t have a huge ownership interest in, like Ford. During the last negotiations, GM pay was actually less than Ford.

Eventually they’ll have kids and realize having a dedicated vehicle is worth the extra cost.

Jay Leno got in one and said the pedals can be moved away from the seat pretty far. It sounded like it was good for tall people (not that Leno is tall, he just pointed it out as a feature).

Car shares don’t work. Nobody wants them.

Mostly comfort. I would wager a number of the SUV drivers are portly. I say this because I am portly and can’t get comfortable in a lot of modern cars. The center console takes up so much space my legs have nowhere to go. The sporty seats are modeled to give you extra support around corners, unless you are wider than…

Right. By this logic should just get a Prius, because it will handle 90% of what people ‘need.’ 

I would think that the cost of an autonomous car subscription will eventually be far less than the cost of buying/leasing a car, getting gas for it, paying for insurance

Isn’t this the argument they are making for autonomous cars? They will make the penalties so big for not having an autonomous car for safety reasons it will force everyone to give up driving all together. 

Give it a few years. Buttons will be in fashion again.

I was referring to his earlier comment on how NYC was planned.

To me it looks like he used to have a horse trailer and something happened to it. So he picked up the pieces of what is left and used it on the truck.