Driving in NYC, even when I have the green, I’ve learned to let off the accelerator and downshift 1-2 gears to slow don and give myself more reaction time when these guys run the intersecting red lights without stopping without any illumination. I feel bad that people trying to make money are getting hurt but I’m also…

The speed limit city-wide is just 25mph, though, so that injury rate is already with cars speed super restricted

Maybe the original or even the 1st gen modern ones, but the current 4th gen isn’t in the city car class - its 153" length puts it closer to other subcompacts like a Honda Fit or Kia Rio (both 160") than the Fiat’s 143" - that’s why I called it sub-subcompact.

I forget where I read it, but apparently the US was the only place that was actually buying manuals on the Golf - approx 50-50 take rate. The issue there is that Americans just weren’t buying enough Golfs to justify two transmissions: VW sold 19,484 Golfs in 2020, killed the eGolf, wagon, and base Golf hatch, and then…

Not only do I like that this shows that modern normal cars are plenty fast, it’s also important to realize that most people never drive their cars at the 100% that it would take to pull these times off. If my 130HP CRZ is catching you on the onramp, you can go faster!

What I wouldn’t understand is how someone looking for a particular car wouldn’t also check the license plate?

6 of the top 10 best-selling SUVs in 2023, - totaling 1,876,083 sales, or 12% of all cars sold in the US, are not only shorter than the Equinox EV, but most of these brands also offer an even smaller SUV:

This particular lease is for a 500e with an MSRP of $34,095

Chevrolet

Imagine being angry/scared about colors.

Airlines are hoping to offer commuter services from city centers to airports to passengers within a few years. Those plans center around semi-autonomous eVTOL aircraft

I don’t check my bags not because of the fees or how long it takes to get them from baggage claim at the end of the trip, I don’t check a bag because I just don’t need to take that much stuff with me. I’m sure there might be differences for folks bringing tons of makeup or multiple pairs of shoes, but for 5-7 days? A ~…

BMW 330i - Rented a one on Turo in 2022 and was surprised how incredibly tail heavy and unwilling to change direction it was. It was OK, but not as fast in overtaking on the highway as I expected the “ultimate driving machine” to be. Honestly that singular experience put me off BMW as a brand ever since.

he had to store his boat behind a 6-foot-high fence so it wouldn’t be visible from the street.

Even so, looking just at the worst scores in that chart, assuming a normal distribution of braking distances, the 149ft of the Lebaron isn’t a statistically significant outlier from the rest; it’s right on the line of μ + 2σ

For anyone looking for other numbers for comparison, here’s some comparison Consumer Reports did between hybrids vs. non-hybrids of the same models. These are 60-0 rather than the Lebaron’s 55-0, but close enough. Honestly a stopping distance of 149ft doesn’t seem that far off from what a bunch of modern cars that…

I cannot understand how anyone who gets their gun stolen is ever allowed to buy another one. That seems like a failure of even the most basic interpretation of “be a responsible gun owner”

I sat in one of these at an auto show. While it could pass as acceptable for a $40-50K van, the styling look and interior (not to mention likely terrible range) cannot be justified above $60k.

the most stereotypical LA car was basically any nice, leased luxury European car with paper dealer plates on, advertising the dealership name. Looking back, it was a very LA thing to want other people to think your car is brand new all the time.

Given how people seem to drive these days, I know I’m not going to hit the car in front, but I usually under-brake hoping it buys the car behind me a few more moments to put down their phone and stop.