I’m a nomad. Read more

For me, the metric that matters is: “percentage of people who consider themselves enthusiasts.”

There’s no question that me living in the U.S. helps me uncover nuggets of car culture, but I grew up in Germany, and I spend a lot of time here. I just haven’t found nearly as many car-nuts per capita, though honestly,… Read more

To answer your last question: Newspeg! Read more

Yeah, I grew up in Germany, so I knew that. But alas, I couldn’t find a station... Read more

Right, but you have to understand that limiting the use of vintage cars to weekend trots is likely going to shrink car culture. (even if car culture grows in other areas). Read more

I’m not saying that car culture shrinking is a bad thing. It may be necessary. Read more

...The article was satire. Read more

You make some good points, but the biggest factor here is that cheap gas gives people access to a much, much larger pool of vehicles that they could daily drive. And, based on my travels, the effect on car culture is enormous.

In the U.S., one can feasibly drive pretty much any vehicle made in the last 100 years daily… Read more

*is available (as variety is singular) Read more

Well said, COMTNDRVR Read more

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You still have a car, though? How do you use it? Read more

Inspection is also a huge factor! I’m not a huge fan of Germany’s overly-strict inspection, though I am pro-inspection.

Also how’d you get that motor-swap approved!? Read more

My definition has to do with the percentage of people who are excited about automobiles compared to the percentage of people apathetic about automobiles.

When fuel is cheap, people don’t have to worry about buying cars solely for practical reasons. They don’t all have to drive modern VW Polos (like many do in Germany),… Read more

That’d probably work just fine. Read more

On some level, it does evolve, no doubt. You see lots of great small cars in Europe; not so in the U.S.

Nonetheless, when I compare car culture in nations with cheap gas to the car culture in nations with pricey gas, it’s clear that inexpensive gas plays a major role in fueling car culture. It opens up the doors for… Read more

It’d have a horrible effect on car culture. But yeah, it should have positive climate change implications. Read more

Fuel prices here have risen from already-astronomical prices.

This particular station was one of the worse ones, as it was just off the Autobahn. For cheaper fuel, I should have driven five minutes from the highway. Read more

The Peugeot and Ford are what necessitated the qualifier "pretty much." Read more

Holy crap! Read more

Good lord! Read more