Robert Hall

Yeah, but you have an irrational hatred of America's newest car company..

I sent my buddy the link to the new Corollas dismal crash record and recommended he check out the Cruze and Focus. He used to drive American, his first new car was an '85 Buick LeSabre but then he traded that on a Corolla and never looked back...

Sounds like it ranks only 'marginal' in the latest crash tests. Weak sauce.

Back from 4 days in San Francisco for a conference..saw a bunch of interesting cars there. On the way to the office here in Tempe this morning I saw a sharp black '96 Impala SS. Nice to see one in stock form, most times I see one they are trashed or modded..

Awe, really? I will never comprehend the reference, "quiet" styling aside, but nice that you've seen one. It's a big car. It's not just 'blu who sees that. I was stuck behind one in traffic last week and it didn't take me long to think to myself that it was giving a weird last-gen-Accord-vibe from the B-Pillar back either. Actually I think the new Accord looks way better than an RLX- certainly one of the better looking midsize cars out there and the styling translates nicer to the lower trim cars than the overly bulky lines on the Fusion do. I can see that also...the Accord and RLX have similar profiles--the C-pillar shape and rear door upper, the character line through the bottom of the doors, taillight shape on the side, all very similar...I assume the RLX is badged as a Honda Legend in other markets like the RL was? http://www.acura.com/Exterior360.aspx?model=RLX&modelYear=2014 http://automobiles.honda.com/accord-sedan/exterior-360-view.aspx

Continuing w/ SF sightings, saw a white '65 Chevelle coupe in good shape behind a fence. Saw a red early 80s Dodge Rampage in good shape. Saw 4 Tesla S sedans and a couple Tesla roadsters in traffic around Union Square and SoMa..over the last 3 days I've seen the same dark brown w/ tan top '73 Fleetwood Sixty Special, in great shape..saw it last night, distinctive taillights glowing in traffic..

Saw a black Mercedes CLA--first one i've seen, looks pretty good in person. Also saw a very clean black '83 Cutlass Hurst/Olds. And a very clean early '80s Toyota Celica notchback..haven't seen one of those in years. All sorts of interesting stuff in San Francisco beyond the usual Priuses and other late model FWD generics.

Saw a sharp bright red '67 Cougar on Market street in San Francisco earlier...

Sweet.... I like the column shift, agreed that a console shifter is a waste of space...

Happy Birthday!

Maybe they will make an app so you can sit in the back seat and control the car w/ your iPhone or tablet.

On my way to airport this afternoon I got to ride in a Prius taxi...233k miles, some interior trim scuffed, some coming off..rear hatch sqeaked quite a bit..suspension noisy. Lots of room in the back, w/ the passenger front seat all the way forward. Not as hellacool as a Google self-driving Prius taxi would be, though. From SFO to my hotel tonight, I rode in a nice black Town Car..

Sue Google, I guess....what about when cars eventually are fully autonomous...I can see parents sending a car to a school to drop off/pick up the kiddies...

Isn't the 500 more in the smaller subsubcompact niche with the Spark and Mini? Or do you mean the 500L.

Fahrt (German for journey or ride)

It's pretty sweet...I think a convertible version is coming also?

Looks like it's Firefox on a Mac FTW!! Will have to install FF on my Windows laptop. Firefox didn't work either in Windows. Must be some Win 8 security settings or other nonsense.

Totally Agree with you, rather commute in an hr or two than live like a sardine in the smelly cities. Not for me...I've done rural and small towns in the past, doesn't work for me. The good jobs in my field are in the cities or suburban office parks, I like to be close to everything...I like having my Starbucks a mile from home, a good grocery, hardware store, Target, PetSmart, a large variety of restaurants close by, 15-20 min to a major airport, and keep the commute under 40 minutes...

That used to work for me, not any more..if I try that, I just end up with a link ine post, like this. chrome on Win 8 IE 10 on Win 8 Firefox on Mac Firefox on Win 8

Yeah, Phoenix and it's burbs have bus systems and light rail, but to use any of them for my typical use cases (home to office, office to client offices, home to airport, office to airport, etc) would double or triple my commute time...just not practical. Not to mention I don't want to be out walking around in the gawdawful heat we have 6 months a year. Now when I lived in Denver, I did use the light rail quite a bit, though not to go to/from work but for getting around downtown and to/from downtown from the burbs for events (baseball, hockey, concerts, etc) and nights out.. My next move (likely in 2015 if not sooner) will be likely to an area with better PT options. Back to the topic, though, I can understand the utility of self-driving cars...so many individual travel endpoints in a trip don't fit within traditional PT systems...so if a consumer is too lazy/distracted to drive themselves (and don't want to use a taxi or car service) then maybe self-driving cars fit that need...

True...though living in the middle of Phoenix I still drive everywhere. Public transportation would be inconvenient for me...there are no use cases in my current reality context where I need to use public transportation. If I were in a different metro area where I commuted from the burbs into a city downtown with really bad traffic and a good train or bus infrastructure (like Chicago or San Francisco), then I would consider using public transportation..

I'm all for public transportation---keep the non-serious drivers on buses, trains, etc. The problem is, the US is so vast with sprawling metro areas and there are people living in the sticks far from public transportation. Speaking of alternate transportation solutions, I've seen a bunch of the Lyft cars around lately, with the stupid pink hipster mustaches on the front..

Ahh...found it..what a poor UI design..weak. I never even noticed the 'more reply options'... Those post options items on the right should be in the same row as the other edit options like Link, Image, etc.

Problem is the many (most?) young drivers have no interest in actually driving..they just want to get from point A to point B with as little effort as possible without interfering with their social media consumption...the little turds have to keep up with the latest Miley Cyrus/Justin Beiber/Kardashian news, after all.. and Google wants them in Google self driving cars so they can post more advertising to them.

Hmmm....what do the buttons look like/where are you seeing them? I see two rows at the top of the editor---top row has Font, Size, etc on the left Paste options on the top right....second row has bold, italic, underline, link, image, etc. The humor of all of this is I build web applications...yet can't find a particular button on a page..(I don't design user interfaces, though--I'm more of a wiring/plumbing guy--application integration).