As a 7 year PDX resident I have to disagree. The PNW is awd Subaru country, yet most of the crappy drivers seem to be Californian transplants that aren't used to rain or snow. Portland also suffers from tight narrow roads, bad signage, poor lighting, and generally crappier road infrastructure compared to Raleigh NC,…

I test drove the SX4 but bought a Fit Sport instead. 4wd is fun, but not a concern for the city. As a true "city car" the Honda Fit is way more valid. Small footprint but tons of interior room, better on gas, more reliable, smooth stick shift, super tight turning radius, and very toss-able in the corners. Every major…

Honda and Toyota engineers laugh at those cute little wings...

Carrot is kinda like Obi Wan - If you strike me down I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine...

If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

I had always seen em at Dollar Tree and I guess it's nice to know they work...

I always knew trans-dimensional aliens were involved with the internets!!!

Kinda looks like a "Chevy Accord" to me...

The hamster would disagree

This wood thing makes sense. As a sea kayaker, I had grown tired of heavy plastic and fiberglass hulls, but carbon/kevlar ones cost a fortune. I found a cheap alternative in building a wood/fiberglass one. It's just as strong and light as the carbon/kevlar ones, yet 1/4th the price and with a warm beautiful grain.

Yeah, I'm sure they'll just format and sell it, but with Truecrypt being so popular, I just wonder if there was some easy to use Black Hat decryption tools out there...

No! don't steal my cat. Well yeah, I'm sure they'll just format it and sell it...

I once had an entire portable hard drive encrypted with TrueCrypt, which got stolen when my car was broken into. It contained sensitive passwords, tax docs, and financial info. I'm gonna assume the typical meth-head car prowler doesn't have a lot of heavy duty encryption cracking resources, but how worried should I…

Ok, "snubbed" is a little harsh. Japanese car makers have increased competition (S.Korea) and higher cost of labor (resulting in outsourced production), so in these lean times they can't risk development on just the tiny enthusiast crowd. They have to focus on their profitable bread-n-butter, which is all those boring…

Agreed, Honda has lost it's way and snubbed enthusiasts over the years. I'm glad to still daily drive my old Prelude SH in addition to the Fit Sport MT, which I feel is the only new Honda that stays true to it's roots of simple, efficient, affordable, small cars that lasts forever. They've offered the US Fit/Jazz in…

Agreed. There are idiots all around, but I'm talking about Frequency and Potential. The idiot in the Miata/motorcycle poses far less danger to anyone but himself. Because of it's size, weight, and poor handling the POTENTIAL for massive damage to others will be higher in the SUV (or big car, truck, van, etc...) Also…

I bet most would back up my generalizations, but yes, there are all kinds of drivers in all kinds of vehicles. My point is that reckless/inattentive drivers in large vehicles are gonna be way more dangerous to those around them. You should be the only one that pays for your bad driving. Personal responsibility has…

I recently saw a documentary about the Autobahn and it showed driver's tests with having to recover from a wet skid in a RWD car. I'm just glad my Dad taught me to drive stick, clean a carburetor, and recover from a skid, in addition to the parallel parking skills which was the single hardest test to get my US…

I don't know if you've noticed, but the typical motorcycle rider (not the young stupid ones) is very attentive and aware of their surroundings, due to easily being killed by any other vehicle around them. On the other end of the spectrum, I routinely observe the average large SUV driver texting, speeding, cutting off…