Yeah, Americans kinda fail at the whole situational awareness thing. They're lucky that the roads are so wide and roomy and help absorb their mistakes. Europe is much less forgiving in that respect: narrow roads, narrower streets.
I like cruise control and use it in moderation and in appropriate situation. I get leg cramps easily, so driving for a full hour usually causes some pain. Cruise control helps with that a lot. One thing I enjoyed about renting Oldsmobile Intrigues for driving to conventions was that the cockpit was very generous and I could actually stretch my legs fully, which is unusual given my height and the way most cars are designed. The Intrigue was a car I could have driven cross-country easily. I was sad when Oldsmobile bit the big one. I was hoping Buick would buy it instead. There's some ugly-ass bourgemobiles.
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Date: 2008-11-21 02:26 am (UTC)Yeah, Americans kinda fail at the whole situational awareness thing.
They're lucky that the roads are so wide and roomy and help absorb their mistakes.
Europe is much less forgiving in that respect: narrow roads, narrower streets.
I like cruise control and use it in moderation and in appropriate situation.
I get leg cramps easily, so driving for a full hour usually causes some pain.
Cruise control helps with that a lot.
One thing I enjoyed about renting Oldsmobile Intrigues for driving to conventions was that the cockpit was very generous and I could actually stretch my legs fully, which is unusual given my height and the way most cars are designed.
The Intrigue was a car I could have driven cross-country easily.
I was sad when Oldsmobile bit the big one. I was hoping Buick would buy it instead.
There's some ugly-ass bourgemobiles.