“Very few parts of America can be redesigned easily or quickly to be walkable.”

Not really. I have been told that Toyota builds whatever they’re going to build. Once they happen to build something that matches what you ordered, you may be allowed to buy it (unless the dealer chooses to use their allowance for a higher profit vehicle).

I am not sure that this is more than I would spend on maintenance for an ICE car, it just comes in a lump sum. Does anyone offer some sort of (meaningful) battery warranty?

That’s kind of cool. My wife has been wanting to make sourdough bread for a while (no one told her the epidemic has finally fizzled out) and this sounds like an interesting start.

That’s a lot to digest in one sentence. Thank you, Jedi insult master.

I don’t drive much, but I own two JDM cars and we have a 2003 Ford Focus Wagon as a backup or for transporting large and dirty objects. We moved house with the Focus. It’s wildly rusty, rattles and shakes, but it remains useful, even though I look like a methhead in it.

Questlove only bought his first car at 33, and it was a Scion xB (love it). He got pulled over ALL THE TIME as cops said that it looked like he had “stolen some college student’s car.”

But am I really expected to go and update my policy when my child turns 14 or whatever? If they got their license I would, but any unlicensed driver ought to be excluded as a matter of form.

I never “stole” my dad’s car in my pre-license days. Judging by the number of times he told me about how he stole his dad’s car when he was nine and up (wearing his dad’s hat, sitting on a phone book) I am pretty certain that he was always disappointed about that.

This! It’s why I always take my pegleg off before we do smash-and-grabs.

Hur dur, there is dirt there and some stuff growing on top, so it’s “restored.”

I’m sure a SovCit could tell you.

In Europe, car buyer’s guides include projected costs-per-mile for all new cars, usually in two columns - with or without depreciation. People actually do math before buying, rather than just asking the dealer to “keep the payment at $800 per month, how much car can I get?”

Add three photos, call this an article. All the thumbs up.

Who is that, Hitchcock?

While I agree that something has to be done about stoned drivers (and people do need to think about where they are when they smoke), I must say I am impressed by your ability to swing to such an extreme.

I wouldn’t worry about doing anything to the brakes; if you find yourself hurtling towards a corner with no brakes you could just turn on the AC and stop in no time.

That interior is worth the price, if you are into old Datsuns (and who isn’t!?)

Would you even try to hit apexes in this, or would you just try to find the shortest possible path between the tangents? It is more of a geometry (and endurance) problem than a driving test.

My grandfather lapped Nürburgring in a 44-horsepower, 1953 Volvo PV444 with a family of five and all of their vacation luggage (much of it on a roof rack). The car threatened to topple over in the banked corners, but the whole way around grandpa was muttering/chanting “Targa Florio” according to my dad. Sadly this…