Living near work is key. A person's commute is typically the single largest component to how much they drive.

They are taking the facebook & microsoft approach of taking things that aren't broken and f*cking them up until they are.

Ford trucks for decades had a minimalist three knob setup that used "MAX" as identical to AC+recirculate. In those vehicles, there is no way to turn on recirculate without also turning on the AC compressor. I hate those systems because I need recirculate at times when the AC is not on.

Not every culture associates "green" with the environment like the US does. In Japan, it's blue. (I wouldn't be suprised if it relates to the clear sky or open ocean water). They probably wish we'd stop with the whole green is the new blue nonsense.

Mega-hyper-super-turbo-charged.

Rule of thumb: You never get more than you pay for.

"Shouldn't highway mpg be better than city mpg? Am I missing something?"

This whole conversation is very disappointing.
A few observations:
- The US & Europe have very different development histories and infrastructure. Many European cities are older than cars and frankly are not built for them. The opposite is true in the US. That makes a big difference in how people get around and how they…

There is a perhaps more significant reason - business lobbying. High speed train routes have been proposed many times, but airline companies threaten to pull service if they are built. They don't want the competition, and that affects policy decisions.

As an RX-8 owner, I've give you my take:

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Automatic seat belts weren't a late 70's thing - they were a late 80's/early 90's thing

Or rev match, or double-clutch, or proper preemptive shifts for turns, or gear selection for going up/down hills, or ...

He still has his brake pedal, but that doesn't mean he'd use it.

The author could have just put that last section first, then I could have stopped reading.

Reminds me of instructions given by an armored truck company to its drivers: if attacked, shoot the guy, and then pretend to give aid. It looks good to witnesses, but increases the likelihood that the attacker dies.

Don't assume it has anything to do with what lane he's driving in. More likely it was a case of cutting him off, flipping him off, or some other actively dangerous action.

Just sayin' ...

I have no problem with this.

Those were common when I was growing up. I haven't seen any in a long, long time. I thought it had gone away, too.