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    2 days ago

    The US is structured so you need a car unless you’re one of a lucky few in an urban area not built for cars.

    People in other countries are also reliant on cars. Even if public transport is available, it’s often overpriced and unreliable.

    The problem isn’t the raw cost of gas, it’s the relative increase in cost which raises the cost of living in step because you cannot live here without a car.

    The same is true in the rest of the world and there the cost is much higher.















  • How does qualy work when there’s three drivers?

    I don’t usually watch the GT World stuff (my go to endurance racing series is WEC) but usually there is either a rule who has to do qualifying (in a mixed team of pros and an amateur driver the amateur has to do it) or teams can decide on their own.

    I noticed late that NLS3 overlaps with GT World Challenge Europe, so I watched NLS instead and only looked up the result later.

    Note that in sportscar racing there isn’t that that much classification bonus and sponsorship money the teams just get, so they often rely on a paying amateur to fund the operation. That’s the reason why in LMGT3 of WEC the bronze/amateur driver has to do qualifying and why there is a minimum driving time in the race for them. Notable examples are Ben Keating (owner of a series of American car dealerships) and Thomas Flohr (owner of Vista Jet airline).