You should maybe factor in the time the engine was used in a car.
A 2.5 Litre is medium to big nowadays, but was considered standard in the 80s/early 90s. Also it depends on the region, we had very few V8s here in Europe.

Eh, the last reply from the IIHS is complete and utter bullshit.
German here, Belt usage is WAY higher than in the US, we have the smaller Airbags over here because it was always mandatory to wear a seatbelt in addition to having an Airbag.
Also, the minimum driving age here has only recently been lowered to 17 years,…

Over here in Germany, Hamburg to be exact, the CEOs of all major game makers have uttered words similar to these: If you want to unionize we will shut down the whole company immediately.
Same goes for even only electing a “Betriebsrat” (a special position through which all firings have to proceed and who has a say in…

eh, don’t you have a recycling program running for plastics like the rest of the world has?
Over here in Germany, we have the “grüner Punkt”, a label which denotes recyclable plactics, and practically every retailer has to take part in it and mark their packagings, so that you can sort them in the appropriate bags…

The Porsche 911 also belongs in this list. At least if you have the right model:

Or alternatively in Germany, where it is customary to tip a maximum of 10% of the total sum if you are really satisfied with the food and service, or a fixed small amount, because the waiters do not rely on tips here to make a living (though they do not earn that much, they do generelly not depend on tips to make a…

Meh, you need unrestricted roads up there.
Long stretches of country that are practically devoid of people, why not just let em go as fast as they want to?
It is totally stupid to enforce a speed limit when you have practically unlimited space compared to Europe. And yet, on the parts of the Autobahn in Germany where…

I would love to become president Dictator (will need more privileges for this) of the United States, only to pass a law that outlaws the use of cars with automatic transmission, apart from missing a limb.

and you haven’t even touched the worst problem yet: It will be an automatic. :(

eh, Samsung already had packagings made out of 100% recycled cardboard, printed with eco-friendly ink here in Europe.
They often felt kinda flimsy, because they tried to keep the amount of cardboard down to a minimum. Even the bags the headphones came in switched to a bio-degradable polymer.
What more do they want from…

The thing is: It doesn’t feel cheap when you sit inside and actually touch and use it.
Mine ist from 2002 and has zero rattles and creaks, even though it has done over 180.000km.

Honestly, if it weren’t for the color, you wouldn’t notice it as much.
The picture was deliberately selected to make the 996 interior look worse than it is.

People always complain about it, laugh about it, but they have never driven one. When you actually sit in it you just get a feeling that everything is in the right…

I cannot agree about the 996. The gauges are actually easier to take in at a glance in that configuration, and the whole interior feels just so much more comfortable than the previous generations, and not so angular and blocky like those that came after it.
You have to choose it in a different color than diarrhea brown…

On an Audi S3 (8L, the first generation S3) I had a quite similar noise, the car almost sounded like a Diesel when it was cold.
Turned out it was a valve on the carbon filter canister which was filtering the fumes coming from the fuel tank. That canister and valve sat in the front right next to the engine near the…

I actually knew about her long before the Netflix show. We have adapter her folding techniques for clothing, and saved tons of space in our small apartment.
Really, I think most of her tips are making everyday life easier. If you hoard less stuff, you have less stuff that blocks you from properly cleaning your house,…

The best Miata to get is the NB Coupe. Sadly only available in RHD and limited numbers, but damn... it looks SO good with a fixed roof from the factory.

Since last year, an update has made the Xbox One Freesync compatible.
The original one from 2013 can now fully utilize normal Freesync monitors, whereas the Xbox One S and X are capable of Freesync 2.
Also, they added in-between resolutions to make better use of high definition monitors that are not quite 4K capable.…

Hm. I get it that you have to obey speed laws. But then again, what kind of road did this happen on? Was there any traffic around?
Basically, 100mph to me is walking pace when driving. That’s like my preferred traveling speed in a 90hp Miata (the little engine for the facelift NA that you in the US didn’t even get).
At…

If anyone goes near my single malt with ice or tries to put some softdrink-stuff in it... just don’t you dare!

My old Volvo 480 has a feature where when you pull the outside door handle the door lock gets illuminated.
When I say the door lock, I mean the small plastic piece that is actually the “door” to the slot where you put the key in. That piece is translucent, and there is a small green led inside sitting next to it.
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