So are we considering a car-free lifestyle? Pretty easy here in the Bay Area, but I can't imagine doing it in Knoxville.

Heh. He's digging on most of those though. Cars represent freedom, which is pretty much representative of the American spirit. If they were so evil, the commie environmentally conscious Kyoto-signing bastards in Europe would quit building them better and faster. ;-)

Bjorn, too often cars represent sitting at stop lights, and in traffic, generating pollution.

That said, Manish, I do have one; as you note, it's a necessary "evil" in this part of the world.