Weather extremes are indeed a factor. In the center of the North American continent, a 120 degree Fahrenheit seasonal temp swing is typical. It is extremely detrimental to road surfaces.

Like I said, it doesn’t exist in the U.S. The tracks are there, although not at the quality level that would accommodate a bullet train, nor like your article or states would high speed rail be available any time soon.

I was asking the guy from Australia, but, ok.

Seeing all of the truck haters coming out of the woodwork is kinda entertaining in a way.

Locally, we've had 75 inches of snow so far this year. How much snow do you have? 

Not in the U.S.

While we can speculate about the American tropes of “rugged individualism” “personal freedom” “powerful” “aggressive” etc., we also can’t discount that most of the American landscape is vastly different than that of the EU.

1983 Civic S. My first new car was an awesome little thing. Absolutely zero exist in the wild nowadays, as far as I can see. All turned to oxidized dust, I imagine.

Yep, Tom and Andy are right on. The thing about the C-5, besides it having a big old V-8, is it weighs only around 3,300 lbs.

Stellantis profits:

LOL. You can't answer the question, can you?.

Father-In-Law Sunday drive from hell:

Absolutely NP all day long.

I think its lazy design more than anything. Other vehicles meet the same safety standards and have decent outward visibility.

LOL. If you want to buy a 2008 Chevy for $28K you could also get a clean C6 Z51 with an LS3.

I’ve sat in one and the first thing I noticed was outward visibility was crap. Small greenhouse and high belt line didn’t ender me at all.

Ok. But you said “hate”. Seems a bit extreme, no?

Subaru? Ahh, nope.

Saying “I hate bikers” because you “dislike a hobby of theirs” strikes me as just a tad sociopathic, or at minimum, unnecessarily hostile.

People who are genuinely financially comfortable often just pay cash, especially at current interest rates