I would actually actively avoid those people and not trust what they were saying, because I would assume they are trying to scam me in some way or will ask for money at the end. Being used to NYC makes you just believe that it is you versus the world when walking around.

I am going to have to go with the Chevy Spark, but not for the reason you would expect. I was letdown because it wasn’t actually as bad as I thought it would be. I thought it would just be slow and boring like most econoboxes. But the thing was so tall and narrow and the CVT was so buzzy and unpredictable that it made…

1st will not easily reach 20mph in the 6speed lol. You will be pushing between 4-5k rpm at 20, if not higher than that.

GTIs can rotate pretty well with the right tires on there. After doing some ride-alongs at an auto-x I feel like I have a much greater respect for how they handle, despite the FWD.

Shit, you can definitely get a Miata to slide around even on totally dry, perfectly formed asphalt. Doing donuts is very easy if you want it to.

Yup, very true. First time I drove my Miata in the rain (yes, a MIATA) I nearly spun it around a corner. The tires I had on the car were absolutely crap in anything wet and I was new to driving a manual so I learned the hard way how RWD + an LSD + wet = need for more caution. I did a nice little 120 degree turn…

I love the process of getting in and out of a spot like that. It takes some patience to get it done. Especially on a hill with a manual. Although a manual kinda makes it easier really since you can just use one gear and let it roll the other way.

I enjoy your use of "detainees"

No it doesn’t! By this math, Jeep would have to equal Captain Planet - Earth - Nickelodeon - person driving - winch to tree

Newark really isn’t that bad. Unless its snowing, raining, windy, or there is construction going on. But those are normally problems for all airports. Also, I always get dropped off at the arrival terminal (lower floor) instead of departure because the traffic is horrendous when trying to make an evening flight.

Well turning doesn't work all that well if your brakes are locked

This was high up there on the list of reasons why I bought my NB2 instead of an NA. Yeah I could have went aftermarket but I really wanted the interior to stay as stock as possible no matter what I did elsewhere on the car. The dumb OEM steering wheel on NA's just turned me off of so many potential cars that I looked…

Only issue is that it will likely cost nearly as much as a 2016 new sedan, due to depreciation not being a thing lol

Yeah, the engine operates more like a generator for charging the batteries. The electric motor is actually what is moving the car. Unless they have some sort of trick transmission that can take input from both, I imagine its only slightly slower when charging via generator just due to the thermal load.

Well yeah isn’t that part of the whole German thing where parts will “reliably fail” at a predetermined point in time. Sure parts might fail more often than a comparable Japanese option but you know that the part on the German car will fail on demand essentially.

Yes, I would be happy if it were all imperial or all metric. Sure Metric is arguably better but my problem is generally that both are used. I have seen mixed up unit conversions leading to expensive headaches and thanks to contracts being “unchangeable” having to deal with numbers just being wrong. It is a pain for…

Driving in Italy seems like it is going to be interesting haha. I am going on a trip there at the end of the month and will have a rental. I had heard in Florence that many streets have alternating one way directions depending on the time of the day. Wont be spending much time driving in any cities though, that will…

Well the only problem is that the use of the Imperial system and all of the freedoms you are talking about are unrelated. As an engineer, it is fairly annoying to use the imperial system for anything. I would much rather it all be Metric. I understand the extreme costs of trying to switch everything but I hope some…

Best movie I have ever found on Amazon Instant Video. Didn’t understand what was going on half the time but just the absurdity of it was excellent.

Shit if that is the case, then I will have wished I bought one of those VW diesels just for this reason!