It's less that California allows lane-splitting and more that it expressly has no laws about it.

That's an odd use of "walled garden". Typically, walled gardens lead to nonstandardized protocols and poor interoperability across providers/platforms. See, e.g., what has happened with "smart" phones.

That scoop is the only way for the stock TMIC to get air. Subaru likes putting that engine really far forward because it has to drive the front wheels. You'd probably want to switch to a FMIC, which is a bit of a pain, and then you get more lag.

I drove the '14 Forester CVT as a loaner. It was alright. Pretty good, in fact, as CVTs go. But I'd take the stick or a traditional auto any day.

I've been tracking my car's fuel efficiency "by hand" (i.e., recording odo miles and gallons per full fuel-up), and its EPA ratings are about right. When I drive almost nothing but highway miles, I get less than one MPG better than the highway rating. When I drive almost nothing but city miles, I get less than one MPG…

I used to work just southeast of that mall. Huge lots, and it was (is?) a popular meeting spot, for some reason.

Out of curiosity, what proportion of GT3 RS cars will be used primarily or exclusively on the track, as opposed to being garage queens or daily drivers with occasional track jaunts? That extra second or two per lap you may get from an automatic probably doesn't matter much if it's really a street car. Need to keep…

The BRZ/FR-S appears relatively impractical, so some people assume it must be pricey. They also tend to think that used German luxury cars must be expensive, too, just because they see certain badges they've been conditioned to see as status symbols.

Lol, I knew the comment section would be amazing, with all the idiot street-racers coming out of the woodwork, and it didn't let me down.

I know this is Jalopnik, and yay hatchbacks and all that, but I'm just going to say it:

Would you say, then that typical drivers of the "Chevrolet Camaro Coupe" put about as much thought into driving as the average Kia Rio owner? I mean, look at all those single-vehicle crashes.

But all things do, in fact, come from the state. Including the thing you probably refer to as the market.

That, to be fair, is kind of their point. They think certain kinds of kinks (particularly BDSM) are manifestations of oppression or oppressive thinking. In reality, though, such activities nearly always involve consenting adults.

BSDM/fetishes/kinks are still considered "bad" by certain kinds of left-leaning/civil-rights groups, so you won't see as many defenders of those.

Writers frequently use passive voice when they wish to avoid assigning agency to an action. However, passive voice can still include the agent. For example, "The car was launched over the median by me."

I have frequently driven cars with heated seats. Useless. Yes.

50K sounds low. If true, that is worrisome. I carry 250/500/100, and even then, in an accident involving, say, a Cayenne Turbo loaded with people, that still might not be enough.

This hasn't changed. 3-series are everywhere.

I occasionally ride a bike to the office in the Bay and haven't caught whiff of any weed yet.

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that — although I'm no fan of red-light cameras, to say the least — that particular report was controversial.