A few day ago I was driving on I465 (the multilane belt around
Indy). I  moved to the rightmost (first) lane to pass a white SUV
with smoked windows doing maybe 60 in the second lane. Note that
the rightmost was the only free lane at that point. Not far ahead of us,

Only a republican is dumb enough to vote for a man who lied america
into war.

 What do you think of transmission flushes or changing transmission fluid
more often than specified in owners masuals (usually 100,00 miles or never).
Think about it, some people do overkill by changing their engine oil every
3,000 miles, but they never even think about changing ...

Annoy a liberal: work hard and be happy!

I will be working in Northern California (outside of the Bay Area) for
about 4 or 5 months. I understand that CA is a stickler about car
registration since they insist that if you are there for more than 20
days working, you must get CA plates.

So I'm stuck behind a micro-passing LLB. Posted Speed Limit: 75 MPH;
Sloth Passer's speed: 65 MPH. Unfortunately, he's passing a line of
speed-governed semis. After many agonizing minutes, we reach a gap in
the semis where this guy could easily move right and allow the long

My girlfriend has a 1995 Mercury Sable GS with Overdrive Transmission.
We don't use overdrive around town because we have both heard people
say using it for town (stop and go) driving stresses it and to only use
it on the freeway and on long trips.

I was driving in the SF East Bay in a business park, and this side
street goes into a main street. You can ONLY turn right. Instead of a
simple STOPSIGN, they put a flashing red RIGHT Turn Arrow. Whats the
diffence?  Both mean complete stop before proceeding.

There's an interesting article in today's Seattle Times about line cutting;
focused on one particular area where it *IS* illegal (not illegal in
general).
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002192177_lanecheaters28m.html

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/THAILAND_PUZZLED_POLICE?SITE=APWEB&SECTIO
N=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\
600 Thai Cops Fail Traffic Law Test
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- More than 600 policemen in the Thai capital
have temporarily lost the right to issue tickets to motorists after

  I was driving around the other day, passed an intersection.  I slowed
down a bit because I was looking for a place on the side of the road (a gas
station, I missed it).  Traffic was picking up a bit, and I was really
trying to concentrate on the road ahead, so I couldn't pay too ...

Infinity Q-something SUV in my subdivision today. The idiot
at the wheel was slowing down dramatically for
every crack in the pavement and the most minor curve.
What a cretin.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/24/scotus.drug.dogs.ap/index.html
Seems that it's not ok to act nervous at a traffic stop anymore...

  I'd like to get a car.  Not just any car, but one that's not a gas
guzzler.  But also one that's safe.  I really like the concept of a hybrid
car.  My only beef?   There's really only 3 choices in hybrids.  The Honda
Insight is too small, not enough seats.  The Honda Civic Hybrid ...

 I am thinking about buying a smaller car to drive for a year or so until
the Prius price-gouging and shortages stop.   My criteria is I want decent
gas mileage, it MUST be a car (no SUV's or trucks), it should handle OK, and
I want side-curtain airbags or side airbags in the front ...