education is less than half of it. there are a lot of barriers to entry for vehicle ownership in most European countries. not to mention the penalties are far more severe for breaking the rules.

meh. it’s not hard to avoid things if you don’t want to be spoiled before watching. it is no one’s fault but your own that you have circumstances that disallow you from watching the race live. first world problems. news gonna news.

Vet is a douche when doing his job, but that doesn’t make him a bad driver. the first half of the season he was the better team mate, the second half, not so much. when things don’t go his way, he whines, but that doesn’t make him a bad driver.

I mean, what are the chances that people that brush their teeth care more about their overall health and take steps that would naturally reduce their risks of heart disease? sure they factored for BMI, age and smoking, but that’s only part of the story.

if you’re still arguing about whether climate change is real or not, you’re being stupid. make change. follow the first 2 ‘R’s of conservation, reduce and reuse. if you are in the market for a new car, get a smaller one, better yet, buy used. if you are in the market for a new house, get a smaller one, better yet, but…

catalytic converters are part of the problem, not the solution. these devices specifically catalyze gases that can kill humans (NOx, CO, etc) into CO2, so we are deferring our immediate health and wellness for the death of a lot of people and animals as a part of climate change.

the reality is, as long as this country is producing nearly 20% of all the oil consumed no one in a position to do something significant cares.

I am insane, but I am not crazy. 

the opening measures of this song are unmistakably awesome 80s.

first/neutral, cars are far too safe already for the occupants. it leads to distracted driving and higher incidents of collisions based upon the driver not paying attention.

having fewer people pay insurance is not the goal of insurance companies that are interested in increased profits, they want the highest volume of people paying insurance as possible, and they want them paying higher insurance costs.

needlessly complex is what I was going with.

I mean, the only reason a driver from a not top 3 team got on the podium was because of Lec and Vet. if they didn’t come together, Gas was in 6th and fading away from the front runners and Ham wasn’t going to get fresh tires with 5 laps left if there wasn’t that safety car.

lots of rideshare horror stories. hope I never have to deal with it. the worst I’ve had was waiting almost 45 minutes at USGP last year. did that first day, second day (race day) we decided to take the bus downtown, then uber back from there.

that article was kind of unclear, what do you do the year after you’ve bought your $6200 vehicle? do you buy another $6200 vehicle? if I drive the $6200 vehicle for 3 years and my income over that 3 years was $186,000, do I get to buy a car valued at $18,600? Now we’re talking about what people already do. Someone…

I swoon over the FB personally. so light! I bet it is as delightful to drive as it is to look at. and accessing the engine to replace the seals every weekend is probably easier in this one than the others.

OMG that Panoz. to hear it at full race tilt was a truly amazing thing. Of all the race cars I’ve heard, it’s the most amazing sound.

I guess what I’m imagining is a ground effect vehicle that is used over land, rather than over water. it should still drag a single wheel so it can claim to be a unicycle.

it would only be dumb if I had suggested the use of a treadmill in some fashion.

at what point does it cease being a car?