And if you bring cash, they (towing companies) will often invent excuses to decline it or impose random extra fees or documents to keep your car for more days. Even if you manage to retrieve your car, calling AAA or your insurance for a tow might be futile as towing companies often have contracts with them and might…

Exactly. And pinch protection has been around in minivans since the 90s.

Just guessing, maybe the arrest happened outside of their normal schedule so they all can claim overtime.

Sad to see no one has mentioned Mazda RX7's Competition Yellow.

I don’t know. It looked weird when it debuted, it still look weird today. I’d say it didn’t age at all.

I had a few but forgot what they are.

Keeping non-monochrome cars rare is another opportunity to mark up prices.

Should have bought a squirrel.

The cops were on foot so I’m not sure if this one can count as the result of a police chase. But given the number of incidents in the past few years due to improper chase I can see why it gives that impression.

The body proportion actually looks better than Tesla, although it’s front seems to borrow a bit too much from McLaren.

Contrary to popular belief, typeface typically are not protected by copyright laws in the U.S. But yeah the combination of business name with the font and the whole cosplay thing for commercial gain is what got them in trouble. The car wash place might claim it as parody in attempt to qualify as fair use but I doubt…

Not specific car models or drivetrain types but rather the combination of both, such as Miata or GT86/BRZ/FR-S with automatic transmission.

Left turn arrow makes the time needed to make a successful left turn more deterministic for areas with inconsistent traffic flow, and that’s enough reason for me to keep the left turn arrow. (Especially if it’s triggered by sensor)

Feels like a toss-up. The guy could carry too, and given his temper he would have been the one who shot first. Agree with not counting on the police, though.

The accessibility would be tricky. LA county is huge so you’re gonna need more than a few of these places to make it accessible. Most people would not want to sit in LA traffic for 40 minutes just to get a few minutes or less of hoon time. Given that the county is also very developed it would be difficult to find…

Exactly. People pass others all the time. Sometimes it’s an emergency. Sometimes they’re just being jerks. We don’t know. It’s not my place to “teach them a lesson”.

Many states are already requiring psych eval as part of hiring process for peace officers, but it only solve part of the problem. You can reduce the number of psychos joining the force, but that’s still an uphill battle if the organization itself continues to attract psychos. On top of that, it’s even more difficult…

Yeah I think it’s more of that. I supposed this can be a common knowledge for places that have both dry and wet seasons, but not for places where it rains frequently either. I used to live in a place where it rains about 150 days a year and we never have that kind of buildup on road, or even aware of it.

Tax on tire sales.

Pontiac made some of the best looking cars in the 80s. Fiero comes to mind when thinking about bad cars that I liked.