I don't want to interact with someone then sit around while my gas gets pumped when it's faster and less hassle to just do it myself

>it doesn’t say Jan on the upper left?

Now that you mention it, it does. I've never noticed it, even when looking at the thing to check the format. Definitely just a leftover plate or something then

Nope, just the one they mailed me. Bought and registered the car in Feb of 2021. Overall format is #AAA ##

> The last number is also supposed to match the registration month, which it doesn’t.

Interesting, I registered my car in Feb but the last digit on the plate is 1. I guess it must've been a leftover or something

> I mean, all you’ve done here is to make some kind of argument about passing in hazardous conditions.

It doesn't make sense to say it's hazardous because passing is an aggressive move when passing on a highway doesn't inherently require aggressive driving. Pass there would be dangerous even if you don't do anything of the things I quoted. It's hazardous because that lane is a slippery slush box, regardless of how you're driving in it.

I probably should've clarified more in my original post, but still.

> You drive like you want. I would prefer traveling in the safer clear lane as opposed to the unplowed lane. I’m in no hurry.

Literally none of this is relevant to my point at all and the fact I can understand that passing on a highway doesn't "requires quick acceleration & directional changes followed by a possible need to slowdown abruptly" doesn't mean I'm going to pass when things look like the original picture.

What? The bulk of NE/New York is completely comparable to VT when it comes to snow, if not worse

Most of the out of staters driving in VT this time of year are going to be from other New England states or NY

No, it actually doesn't? Being able to gently pass on the highway doesn't mean it's a great idea, or that you can't slide out even in the traveled lane.

> You feel like everyone is going too slowly and you want to pass, but that left lane is much more snowy/slushy than the right

Driving to work the other day when it was snowing I saw multiple people hop into the left lane to pass, sit there for 1-3 seconds, then merge right back in where they were. It was funny to watch

When did I say there had never been a snow accident on the highway? I'm just pointing out it's possible to ease into the other lane and slowly cruise past people on the highway, and there's not going to be the need to slam on the brakes and hop back into the lane for your direction.

>it requires quick acceleration & directional changes followed by a possible need to slowdown abruptly.

Looks like this is on the highway, where that isn't the case as much

> “Do as the locals do”, even if you don’t understand it.

It's not like snowy roads are some phenomena unique to Vermont. Doubly so when the picture just looks like it's of a highway

> Developers will just make McMansions that nobody can afford if left to their own devices.

If no one could afford them, no one would build them. Instead the people who can afford those McMansions will just be outbidding everyone on the older housing stock that already exists

Those are the most enjoyable beers imo

> To my knowledge it was just that one 2.5 liter 4 cyl that had HG issues.

Yes, it was primarily an EJ253 issue (they used shitty gaskets, the design itself was fine), but Subaru put that engine in every car they sold for quite a few years. That being said, you just roll the head gasket replacement into the timing belt service and it's not the end of the world. I had an '06 Impreza wagon for years and it was a great car.

> PMI should be a dealbreaker imo

I think you meant "shouldn't"

> These luxury units get built in droves, go for insane rates, and sit empty while people who could afford a cheaper unit are out on the street

[Citation Needed]

Boston is statistically one of the country's safest major cities to drive in, if not the safest. Iirc Massachusetts rates pretty highly as well

I don't have too many empties so I just throw them in the recycling

God, I wish this was actually the case

I'm as far as you can get from a Honda fan but claiming no one likes racing them is a laughable statement to make

>this is why sports cars are more expensive for insurance

Funnily enough, unless it's a Corvette. So many older folks buy them to drive them to the golf course and back once per week that it keeps the rates down.

>Trust me. Nobody feels cool accelerating or racing in an Accord. Lmao

There's plenty of Honda fans out there who like racing their Accords

> It's a Taurus with 300+ HP, for some reason.

People like powerful cars and Ford already had the TT V6