I only have one issue with this post and that is how the effect of expectation impacts on the content of your dreams.

Personally I have found running to be a viable manner of changing the dream scene, I run so fast that the scenery blurs and melds into my desired location. Likewise, I've found cars to be a reliable method of transportation with the dashboard displaying all the correct dials etc.

My point is that our expectations shape our experiences in our dreams. Had I not had these experiences, read your post, and then attempted to drive in a lucid dream, my experience would most probably conform to you prediction, based on how my expectations had been shaped by reading it. While the issue of oneiric driving may seem trivial and pedantic, this issue impacts on the whole spectrum of dream control, we are limited by reading how light switches don't work, you can't close your eyes, dream sex will wake you.

Give dream driving another go