Its a good feeling when

You wake up in the morning to the sound of the alarm switching on the radio for you and get to listen to the weather report and then the traffic update on Deutschlandfunk. There is something relaxing about hearing about how long the lines are on the autobahn that morning as millions commute back and forth in their gas guzzling Audis and Volkswagens. The word to remember is Stau, which is essentially the German word for traffic jam. Meanwhile, our hero i.e. me, is laying in bed thinking about how if things got really bad, all I would have to do is to get up and get on the subway. Cars are for suckers.