Thought: I’ve long felt that the American multi-tasking driving culture evolved from the unreasonably low speed limits that we have had to deal with for decades. With those limits making drivers *think* they don’t need to pay full attention. I know when I get up to 100, 110 that thoughts of multitasking quickly…

You're thinking LA. SF proper has no smog problem as the winds off the Pacific keep the air very clean. It does have a FOG problem, but that's part of the charm!

He has never been to SF.

“We don’t want to be smog infested like San Fransisco.”

Let me tell you something. I’ve worked for two different dealerships, and I’ve worked in sales operations at a corporate level for a major automaker. If I found out that a dealer wasn’t allowing test drives on a car that cost the same as a base 3 Series, I would be absolutely livid.