Mine’s the same way. That is reassuring

Lol! That’s exactly where I was!!!

Would you say take Topanga or take SR-27? I think that’s a comparable example.

I grew up off Victory and Valley Circle, up the hill and my friend lives off Fallbrook by the freeway! If you see a white F30 335i or black E46 M3 both with black custom plates, it’s probably me.

Is that worse, or is the outer loop/inner loop thing up in Baltimore/Washington worse? You could drive say clockwise on 495 or 695 and the signs change from N to E to S back to W...

Except for ring roads which dependent on the number may be “North” or “South” but are actually traversing East or West for sizable enough chunks of road to matter.

Dude, there are some on ramp signs for the 101 that have two cardinal directions on them! I had to call my Grandpa (who owned a truck company in Southern California) for directions. When I told him he knew exactly where I was and was able to direct me to my grandparents house. Both him and my Dad knew every…

Except in the Northeast, where the highways frequently don’t match up to the cardinal directions. For example in Connecticut I95 North goes East West, so you can go from I91 South to I95....north and go driving from south to east.

It’s interesting to me too that in areas where you don’t say “the”, in most cases the number is preceded by “I”, as in I-90, I-5, I-15 (unless it has 3 digits, then you just say “405" or “520", but you never say “the I-90" or “the I-10". Grew up in Seattle, lived in CO, UT, TX, OK, currently in AZ. I just roll with…

Ontario, Canada does this as well. Highway 401 (and all other 400-series provincial highways) almost always have “the” in front of them.

Ah, New England. Someone once gave me a heads up that the package store closes at 8pm, so grab what you can early. I remember thinking I don’t need any boxes? Needless to say was a sobering experience.

Definitely a Long Island thing, too.

If you say the freeway in New England people will ask, “where the fuck are you from”.

It was very loud, very windy, very rough and bumpy, and the passenger seat doesn’t recline, not even a little.

7th on a Corvette is basically a gimmick to allow you to idle at highway speeds for admittedly impressive fuel economy.

Wasnt it an older season of Top Gear where they drove the C5 from a standstill to 180+ without changing gear? just started rolling in 5th and let the torque pull it along until the powerband hit?

Daily drive my C7. Can confirm. 5th does anything above ~35, 6th does anything above ~45, and you can’t touch 7th until ~55 without going below 1000rpm.

This is why I didn’t feel too bad buying a new WRX in 2016. The used, lightly modded 2015 WRX with 11k on the clock was only $3000 cheaper than a brand new one.

And yet compared to that earlier Civic Si the Fit completely and utterly sucks to drive. I don’t buy cars to crash them, I buy them to drive them. Pay attention, don’t run into shit and 99% of the problem is solved. The rest will ruin your day regardless.