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Statistics say that a typical driver will crash every 17.9 years, and every 3-4 years. Some people have 10 crashes, and are essentially outliers that skew the averages much more than the person who has 0 accidents. Therefore the median appears to be significantly less than the average.

If an older vehicle is safely operational (brakes, tires, suspension, lights, etc) but doesn’t have any of the new active systems, or say even stability or traction control, would it past muster to drive alongside your children on the road? I live in Indiana (no inspections of any kind) and see some really scary stuff as far as tires down down to cords, detached leaf springs on the highway, etc. I’m no more a fan of THAT kind of unsafe car than you are. Would I force a low income person driving an older car with a Check engine light off the road? No. Would I force operationally safe older cars that lack these active safety systems off the road? Absolutely not.

I put a set of winter tires on wheels on a 2015 Fiesta ST without the TPMS. It takes 20 miles for the system to know it is not getting proper signals – a totally useless system.

Us Lake Wobegone types, on the other hand — every one of us an above-average driver — can just turn ’em off.

People resent being told by a nanny government that they can’t buy a cheap car. In practical terms too, it’s unnecessary to mandate these features which insurance companies, economies of scale, and free markets would make ubiquitous anyway.

One of the Infintis I test drove in 2007 had adaptive cruise control. It freaked me out that, all of a sudden, the car slowed down. (I can’t remember if it ignored my foot on the accelerator.) My instant thought was, “What if it does this while I’m changing lanes to pass the vehicle for which it wants to slow down?” The minimum distance setting on the cruise control was generous and the maximum ludicrous.

(5/tie) Suzuki RM-Z450 and Honda CRF450. Suzuki has no history of good clutches to fall back on. The Suzuki clutch has always crept on the starting line, slipped if you used it too hard and gone through plates like a bad juggler. If you use your clutch, you will use up an RM-Z450 clutch in short order. As for Honda, it once had the best clutches in motocross, but its last good clutch was made over a decade ago. We spent four years with the horrid four-spring clutch from 2009 to 2012. That has been followed by seven years of weak, judder-spring-equipped, slipping clutches that only work if you never pull them in. A powerful engine like the CRF450 is in dire need of a strong clutch to support it.

Durant was not too crazy about the idea of motorized vehicles. He did not trust them so he decided to make his own cars. Durant asked Chevrolet to partner with him. Louis Chevrolet had been known for his racing and mechanical skills and Durant named the company after him for that reason. The two men brought in William Little and Dr. Edwin R. Campbell as investors who were both involved in other car companies. It wasn’t till May 2, 1918, that GM and Chevy merged together

I don’t see a receipt for a clutch or for a slave cylinder (which is in the transmission bell housing). The previous owner did tell me the slave has been swapped, though, so that’s comforting, even if I’d rather see it on paper.

The cost thing is spot on as well, and compounds my annoyance. These “features” that I don’t want or need in the first place are also prone to failure and cost a lot of money to fix.

If I were to happen upon you in traffic, I’d go out of my way to keep my rebuilt-title Audi one foot off your bumper in traffic, selfishly for MY OWN SATISFACTION. And if that means I end up rear-ending you and causing thousands of dollars in damage and hassle, that’s a minor price in my opinion.