“Cars today are designed to get their best mileage at 70mph” Pretty sure this is true for zero cars.

I don’t know if this counts as “advice”, but whoever told GM and other companies that auto start-stop systems are a good way to save fuel can pound sand. I’m sure the numbers looked good in EPA and CAFE paperwork they submitted, but in the real world it just means excess engine and starter wear.

Why yes, let’s…

Vote Democrat.

Driving in hilly terrain, this definitely works. And the effect is even more pronounced if you’re towing something. Your speed will vary a lot when doing this and it can be annoying in heavy traffic. Cruise control only wants to make sure you are going the same speed all the time with no thought about minimizing use…

All I’ve ever said is do the math.

Pulse-and-gliding can get appreciably better gas mileage than holding a steady speed, but will also drive anyone driving behind you nuts.

“I don’t think anyone with any measure of intelligence is recommending ditching a perfectly good car for an expensive EV to save money”

I used your numbers, from your post, my man.

I don’t think anyone with any measure of intelligence is recommending ditching a perfectly good car for an expensive EV to save money.

Even using your close to ideal case, including buying used vs new, you are saving $0.13/mile and paid $22,000, meaning you need to drive ~170,000 miles to break even. That calculation is also assuming gas never goes down and electricity never goes up.

The “buy a new Civic because gas is expensive and your $4k Suburban is bankrupting you” always cracked me up.

Buy a $60,000 EV to save $100/month in gas.

So why is breathalyzer an answer, but not “better education and treating driving like a privilege rather than a right”?

Agree with you. No mention of distracted driving which is where I think all the new deaths are coming from. 

We put sex offenders in a permanent sex offender registry and restrict their lives quite significantly. I say we create a “drunk driver” registry and have a special rider which requires them to blow a Breathalyzer to drive maybe for 10 years. You get a new license, make it red or some other noticeable color. When you…

The US has 300% more vehicle deaths per capita than Germany. How does Germany do that? Not with any of that BS you wrote about. They have strict licensing requirements and good transit infrastructure.

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I bet we could save some more lives with a licensing process that requires people actually know how to operate a vehicle instead of passing a sign test and driving around the block...

I can state without any hesitation that I would never, ever buy a car with even ONE of these features installed.