I had a 98 Maxima and was going to college in Rochester, NY (I'm from Boston). One spring break I decided I would take my winter tires off and throw the summer tires on while I was home, so I could take advantage of some country roads I knew about during the last quarter. Horrible idea. In Rochester, unlike Boston,…

I want to hear the car jumping story :)

Similar story (kind of).

A friend of a friend has a pretty tasty Supra. Had never been in one before so he agrees to give my buddy and I a ride. I wind up in the "back seat" I'm 6'2" with no seatbelt on and my body smashed against various parts of the car.

I contained my fury at your suggestions and tried to listen and read. I think that attention to nuanced arguments is something our political discourse sorely lacks right now, and it is doing enormous harm to us as a country.

That said, there are serious flaws in your argument.

In terms of car buying habits, the problem…

Yes, but since maybe 1% of the population actually does those things, its a pretty useful article!

An article on thinking critically and confirming information you read online. Now, THAT is something people could really use. Our society would change very much for the better if people started following these guidelines even 5% of the time.

This is the US is reaping what it has sown with its foreign policy. Whether or not this and future actions are directly, "reactionary" they are absolutely the result of our own imperialistic and militant foreign policy. The US has validated, and continues to validate, the invasion of sovereign countries for no other…

Some guys did this on Rt 2 west coming from Cambridge (MA) the other day and they, like these assholes, spread out across the entire highway to do it. Not only were these guys doing stunts, but they weren't even remotely good at them. At least the guys in this video can actually do something somewhat impressive…

Um, guys, there's something coming this way and it sounds *really* pissed off. We'd better get out of here.

Semis were everywhere and visibility was poor...right...which is why you don't change lanes until you have some visibility into the lane you're changing in to. You should be able to see ahead panic-stop distance, at an absolute minimum, or "swerve back into the original lane because we're about to die" distance if…

Finally. Not that it will fix Acura's horrible styling or distinguish them, but every car that's not RWD should be AWD. Its surprising that this hasn't happened sooner, since FWD is the wrong answer to every single question you can ask about a car. I get that AWD is heavier and more complex, but since it's also…

At the core this is an information security problem and a consumer problem. Pretending that there will never be malicious people in the world is naive, so you need to protect yourself when you consume products and services. We will live in a world where what she wants is possible when the technology makes it…

Everyone views moving slower and stopping more as automatically safer. Someone wants to turn left and you're coming the other way? Why not just stop in the middle of the street to let them, amirite? Never mind that there is no one behind you and it took more time and created more confusion to stop than it would…

Don't love the styling...its sort of sitting in the middle ground between Ferrari and Lambo. The roofline and area behind the door seems awkward. That said...you can never judge Lambroghini styling until you see the car in person, so I'll refrain from judging.

The question of how much hype these should generate is definitely tough. Y2K was probably the first instance where we had widespread mainstream media attention to a computer security issue. Everyone regards that as kind of a punchline now, but the truth is that it was a pretty serious problem that warranted (most of)…

Of course US armored vehicles have saved many soldiers' lives, but its also not as though we cruised into Afghanistan with our tanks and steamrolled all the opposition leaving a free and democratic country behind. The same is true in Syria...the government has some fancy Russian tanks, but the various opposing…

Great, now I need to jump a tank while simultaneously firing its gun.

Calling BS...the spoiler on that car is at least +1000HP!

None of this is incorrect at all, but we buy and do lots of things that aren't financially advantageous. Driving new cars is awesome and people pay a premium for it...it's not surprising. I rent a vacation house every year, which makes absolutely no financial sense whatsoever, but I don't want to wait until I can…

Every answer that is not, "Chew with your mouth closed" is an incorrect answer and can be safely disregarded. Nothing is more disgusting than hearing (and, incidentally, watching) someone smacking away on their food. Its the most annoying habit anyone can have...I find it very difficult to get through a meal with…