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Ford Mustang GT500KR priced at $79,995 {Autoblog}
May 1st 2008 2:44PM Ford with it's horse buggy rear suspension wouln't have a chance to even get close to the GTR on the ring. $80,000 for a yestertech Mustang? They are insane.
SPOILER ALERT: Crashes aplenty at the Spanish Grand Prix {Autoblog}
Apr 28th 2008 10:33AM You must be some Bubba who thinks NASCAR is the ultimate in racing. If you don't like it here, go away. We would all be better off for it.
Alpina ends 20-year racing respite with B6 GT3 {Autoblog}
Apr 24th 2008 3:51PM With the emphasis on the peee.
Beijing 2008: Volkswagen Lavida meets its home audience {Autoblog}
Apr 21st 2008 5:23PM The MkV Jetta we have is leaps and bounds better than this POS!
This car has barely been introduced and you know already that it is a POS. Do you even realize how ridiculous you sound?
Ford releases specs on new FPV Falcons {Autoblog}
Apr 14th 2008 11:58AM So why not take the design of Australian or German Ford products and manufacture them in the US?
German state adopts Autobahn speed limit {Autoblog}
Apr 11th 2008 9:27AM Where in Germany did you live? The fact is that over 50% of the Autobahn have no speed limits at all.
German state adopts Autobahn speed limit {Autoblog}
Apr 11th 2008 8:50AM I am German and I am not too worried about speed limits on the autobahn any time soon. This issue is in a way comparable to gun control in the US. Most people in Germany are totally against speed limits. Politicians in Germany in general are just as much concerned about being reelected as in the US. Subsequently, their political well being is definitely connected to this issue. Currently over 50% of the autobahn are still without speed limits at all. To that add several more stretches which are only under speed limit if adverse traffic conditions exist, like rain, high crosswinds, fog etc. These are controlled by electronic, variable traffic signs. The speed limits put into effect then will vary, again depending on conditions. As far as speed differences are concerned, they obviously exist. However, traffic laws are such that they have less of an impact than in the US. A large percentage of the autobahn has 3 lanes instead of the customary two. The center and left lanes are for passing only, meaning that if no passing is necessary, cars must drive in the right lane. That effectively results in the slow traffic being on the right, the faster traffic in the middle and the really fast cars on the left. In addition, it is illegal to pass on the right. Those traffic laws sort things out quite nicely. But there is no question that one must be much more concentrated on driving than when going no faster than 70 or 80 mph. Especially at speeds faster than 100 0r 120 mph, things come at you in a real hurry. You simply have no time carrying on any in depth conversations. I drive a lot on the A3 between Frankfurt and Cologne and I regularly go between 120 and 140 mph. Unfortunately, my car won't go any faster.
AAA: Teen crashes cost society $34 billion per year {Autoblog}
Apr 10th 2008 11:58AM I don't know what happened to my other post.
Where did I say anything about not being willing to pay for it? I have a German driver license which currently costs about €2,000 ($3,000) to make. Yes it's a ton of money, but you learn more than just how to parallel park.
Your remark regarding living in a democracy and people wanting their kids to drive at 16 is a totally invalid argument. There are a lot of things that people want, yet cannot because they are illegal. If the driving age were to be raised to 18, there wouldn't be any great uproar just as there wasn't when the drinking age was raised to 21. The fact remains that the teenage driving problem is increased by having uneducated 16 and 17 year old drivers operating vehicles that they are too immature to do so. The two easily available measures to lessen accidents and fatalities is by better education, meaning real driver training, and raising the age at which one is allowed to drive. There is a reason why the traffic fatalities per 100,000 miles driven are substantially higher in the US than in Germany where over 50% of the Autobahn is without speed limits.
AAA: Teen crashes cost society $34 billion per year {Autoblog}
Apr 10th 2008 11:36AM >>> If you don't like the driving laws, the poor test scores, the lack of police, the crumbling bridges, etc. then be willing to pay for. Otherwise just sit back and cork it.
Ford to offer new blind spot and hazard detection in 2009 {Autoblog}
Apr 10th 2008 8:08AM >>>Or you could aim your side mirrors differently. You don't need to see your fenders in the side mirror. Minimize the overlap between all your mirrors and you do as well as any stick-on.
