Well. No. Not enough demand over the whole net. The only way this would work would be to tax the tar out of inter-city driving (and Jalopniks would like that, yes?). Moving tons of freight slowly is a good use of fuel/energy - moving a few people at high speed is not. Economics rules , as always.

BUT WHAT IS THE YELLOW RINGY THINGY?

Well, two. I put the flywheel back on a '50's Chevy pickup without using the locator pin—-just the bolts at some random location- so the timing mark was nowhere near where it was 'spozed to be. My dad ( a USFS Mechanic) turned the engine over by hand, watching the valves and with a screwdriver in the plug hole to…