I understand your concern, but the reality is that there is something that can come between the rider and the road, if the rider chooses to wear it:

well, at least 6 stars

Kia says the AWD naturally aspirated engine can do 22 mpg in combined driving while the turbo does 21.

Not any more...

From the heavens, even.

A Fit Si would be awesome.

The only problem is that there are often no smaller cars slotted in below the ever-growing ones. Or if there are, they’re base economical ones like the Honda Fit. There’s no Fit Si to replace the old Civic Si now that the new Civic is the size of the old Accord. 

The price/tax credit thing isn’t the biggest issue with EV’s. The inconvenience of recharging is what prevents them from being used as much more than a commuter car. 

I was on there a few months ago - no light painting involved :-)

This type of work (compositing) is typically done in advertising, so yes in that respect, it is much closer to graphic design. You won’t see stuff like this at Speedhunters for instance.

Imagine what we could do with the size of today's grills...Honda Civic could single handedly solve the Earth's issues

I’m getting to the same point honestly dude. I shoot so many cars in a day, I’m basically just going through the motions, instead of trying to take good photos. I’m working on a career change that either A: lets me write and shoot for a company that encourages creativity, or B: a regular-ass job that gives me free…

They wanted me to produce commercials in house at one point, and I had to tell them “Ok, that’ll be a drone, pilot, steadicam, new lenses, another camera body, a computer that can run real edit software, and I need full run of the dealership for an entire day with no interruptions.” Needless to say, they didn’t move…

My boss almost had a heart attack when I told him I needed a *gasp* $300 reman DSLR at minimum for my job.

Agreed with this.  I do light-painting shots with a single exposure.  Granted your exposure will be longer than mentioned in the article, BUT you don’t need nearly as much post-processing, or any at all if you set everything up right.

I’ve recently taken to light-painting diecast. Granted I do everything in one long exposure like 25-30 seconds. Also my ISO is around 300. Lower and I’d be increasing the exposure time even more... you can only light paint for so long.

There’s a pretty sweet f31 black optioned out cpo at BMW Bakersfield that’s just out of my price range. Somebody here should get it

It doesn’t even need to be that complicated.

I have basically zero experience with studio shooting, but I can’t help but like the halfway done process photo more than the final result. It feels more real, and I don’t mind much of the car falling away in shadow, if only to draw my eye more to the scoops and strakes of the front.

My boss used to have an airplane, which he flew out of a small California airport in the late eighties through the early nineties. Every now and again, planes from that and other small strips would disappear, then come back a couple weeks later cleaned impeccably and ready to fly. Everyone knew not to ask too many…