...Can I get a PDF of this to print up and put on my wall?

If you can’t operate all three pedals with your two feet then you should not be racing.

I had a FAR greater chance at stopping by locking up the rear wheels.

But, there’s a difference between enabling and encouraging better transportation choices and outright BANNING the choice you don’t want them to make. I’m all for cities improving public transportation. I wish DC had a metro system that ran 24-7 and covered the suburbs and offered free parking and had light rail or a…

This. As a privileged white hipster living in a big city, I can attest to the inability of my peers to understand that not everyone grew up in the suburbs where mom took you everywhere you needed to go in the household Honda Odyssey until they went to college. They can’t understand that if they walk every day to the…

I drive about 30,000 miles a year, and am entirely comfortable with the choices I’ve made. Commuting is not only a fixed part of my human experience, I wouldn’t want to live without it. My commute is my sanctuary, my therapy, my 45 minutes, twice a day, where I can just relax and enjoy being alone. Just me and NPR. I…

Everything about it reeks of a privileged girl sitting in a trendy hipster coffee shop in NYC, staring out the window at a line of cars, thinking “I know what will solve everything! Just ban cars! I don’t need a car, I walk to my vegan yogurt store! Why can’t everyone just live in NYC and not own cars!?”

Alyssa,

Great idea! Let me just go to my local smartphone farmer.

It’s because *in best Mr. Regular voice* HNNNGH MY PENIS RRRGH I HATE INTELLECTUALISM AAAGH PRIUSESESES ARE FOR HOMOS *real fart*

I don’t get the coal roller thing. Even when I stomp on the throttle, the exhaust on my truck is clean. The more powerful diesels, i.e. freight locomotives (and semis in good running order), seem to run clean despite having a massive engine running under a heavy load.

Great points, ConLawHero. There is no doubt that renting can be better, especially for short time horizons and/or certain financial situations — everyone should run the numbers for his or her own situation. But overall I think you clearly have a better understanding of this subject and am glad you added…

Renters don’t pay property taxes. Renters don’t pay for homeowner’s insurance (which is considerably more expensive than renter’s insurance). Renters don’t pay for repairs.

It seems you’ve oversimplified your analysis. Let’s take that same example of $1,500 in mortgage and $1,500 in rent.

The saying “torque wins races” really needs to die.

“In the past, transmissions were things you could count on, but that’s no longer true,”

Real luxury car, what with the glass.

All he needs is a spray bottle and a dirty squeegee to complete the look.

Everything wrong with Torch’s pants in one picture.

No. 3D printing leaves distinct layers of material and every one of those layers becomes a possible failure point. Vibration and impact will slowly cause those bonded layers to fatigue and fail and the part will leak, causing VW more headache. Plus, the layers will have to be oriented to keep the flow stable,…