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Top 10 Signs Someone is a Terrible Driver
Driving is a dangerous game. There are a lot of people who think they are safe drivers because they are slow, inept, and have managed not to be in an accident for 10 years. Yay statistics. But the reality is, about 1 in 10 drivers are just freaking terrible. They can't get out of their own way, they make random decisions, they are irrationally aggressive (as opposed to rationally aggressive, which actually makes the roads more efficient, according to legitimate research) and above all, they are always in my fucking way. So here are the Top 10 Signs the person in front of you is an idiot 10. They drive a Toyota. Any Toyota, ever made. While not every Toyota driver is a bad driver, as a population, they are pretty terrible on average. 9. Brake early, brake often. If you see them hit the brakes because the car 200ft in front of them hit their brakes... avoid. This usually calls for undertaking on the highway, or praying for a passing area on a local road. 8. The...
The Sad Story of the Suzuki Kizashi
About a year and a half ago, Suzuki released a really good mid-sized car. A car that no one is buying. An interesting question to answer is, why? The Kizashi is a very competent, sporting family sedan. The reviews of the car were very good, such as this from autoblog : "By the end of our time with the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi GTS, we were totally on board with comparing this car to the Acura TSX and Audi A4. Then we started comparing prices. A base Kizashi S starts at $18,999, and while we wouldn't put anything but the GTS model up against an Acura or Audi, it's worth noting that every Kizashi model comes very well equipped and the same engine, transmissions, steering and brakes are used in the base S, SE and most expensive SLS model." But despite the fact that it handled well, was inexpensive, practical, and overall seems like a good car... it has not sold well at all. It has sold so poorly in fact that Suzuki may pull out of the US market completely. So what ...
A new #1 Smartphone maker
Quick, who is the biggest smartphone marker in the US? If you said Apple you would have been right... a month ago. Today, HTC passed Apple as the largest single seller of smartphones in the US. The aforesaid handset maker edged out Apple and Samsung by shipping 5.7 million smartphones. All told, it owned "around a quarter of the market," with Samsung (4.9 million) claiming the second spot and Apple (4.6 million) pulling in for the bronze. Conspicuously absent from the leader board? RIM, which saw its volume decline 58 percent from a year ago and its US market share sink from 24 percent in Q3 2010 to just 9 percent this quarter. Pretty damn crazy when you think that not long ago, HTC was a quirky niche phone manufacturer...
The New Saab 9-3
This is the first ultrasound of Saab's new baby Actually - it is so low res because it was pulled from an investor brochure... but lets be honest here... it looks damn good. While I really like my 2010 9-3, it has never really stood out in a crowd. This new one - it will. Here's hoping that the new model will also have the performance to match, because the current 9-3 is fun to drive, but more of a sporting compact family sedan than a true sports sedan.
Worst Car Chase Ever
So I love a good car chase. The French Connection, Ronin, The (original) Italian Job, Gone in 60 Seconds... these are classics. I just had on "The American" and... well... George Clooney chases down a bad guy while driving a Vespa. Sure, the bad guy is driving some crappy Opel or something like that, but still.. a Vespa? It's pretty easy to get away from a scooter, just put your foot on the gas pedal..