My bet is they would be much more astounded by the number of trucks and the size of those trucks. US has so much open space, the roads are big enough to land small planes, that’s why these quirky little cars never became part of our car culture. That was my automotive culture shock when I moved here as a kid.

I always wondered, why is the driver side on the left when we drive on the right. In addition to being less convenient in terms of parking by a curb it seems like overlap impact is generally much more dangerous.

Don’t feel too bad, I really wanted a celica when I was in highschool, I think you did alright

Honestly it’s because it’s electronic and not mechanical. It has two settings, the first being it only blinks like 3 times which isn’t enough. The second setting is if you push it past a little notch it will blink for ever or until you take a big enough turn. Problem is, because the switch is not mechanical the stalk…

Speaking of efficiency, it helps to think about what tools you will need ahead of time and get them out and organized instead of digging through the tool box every 5 minutes. I might have learned that from Lego first but it applies

I haven’t gotten much older but did get a little bit wiser. Wear eye protection all the time. Not that I do anything that would take an eye out but I got tired of crud falling in my eyes when I’m under the car.

Well... literally not burning a lot of that diesel

How does it stack up to LiPo in terms of weight, energy storage, power output, and degeneration from charge cycles?

Yes and no. People will drive what feels natural to a particular road. I often see people going below speed limit on narrow urban streets with cars parked on the side.

Gears. If it becomes a big enough issue their trade studies will make them gear the cars

EVs can go ahead and get gears for driving highway speeds, going way slower is not a part of technological advancement in my book.

Between 55 and 68 you might actually have more efficient aerodynamics because the higher Reynolds number flow streamlines are missing your tailgate.

Don’t forget torque ratios

I think it was meant to be a good compromise between getting somewhere fast enough and how much drag you generate. D = .5*c_d*A*rho*v^2 and the only thing you can control generally speaking is the velocity

I got your reference T-Bone

The people that buy a 320 or 328 do not want manuals, they don’t care about driving dynamics, or fun. All they want is a sound insulated metal box with with a round badge on it.

Good to see you back Terrell. This was illuminating, thanks.

Is it a Colorado thing? At my old house people would constantly cut the roundabout basically taking up both lanes. At my current house I got three that I have to navigate every day and generally people are OK because it’s a heavier used street but occasionally you see people that leave you wondering what the hell is…

This thing is cool but not so cool that I must have it. Plenty of Subarus to be had for that same price

So are they going to stick the same tired 2.5 H-4 into it or will it get a proper new motor... which will easily swap into other Subarus maybe