>Don't you guys over in the USA fear for your very lives every time you drive? On all the US movies it seems that as soon as a US car hits anything else it immediately bursts into flames.
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>This even extends to non motor vehicles. In an episode of the Simpsons once, during a street go-cart race with Bart, one of the carts crashed and burst into flames, even though there were no combustibles on board.

No worries for me. I drive a VW diesel Jetta (40 mpg city, 50 mpg hwy). My wife drives a Volvo XC70 and I also have an Isuzu Trooper for fun.