I haven’t had much in the way of conversation about liking/disliking urinals. I think most of us prefer having something of a partition between them, but on more than one occasion I’ve been to bars where the urinal was quite literally an open trough (the old Maple Leaf Gardens had this too), and frankly after…

When I was in college in the mid 90s, the dorm building I lived in had 3 washrooms per floor, all laid out the same with toilet stalls on one end and shower stalls on the other, with the very end being a tub/shower room for those that needed/wanted to use it, and no urinals. The beginning of each year, the RA’s would…

I guess that none of this should really come as a surprise. Given Evan’s reported controling nature and the BBC’s likely desire to reign things in and enact tighter controls over the show now that Clarkson wasn’t there, head-butting was bound to happen. Of course generally I think we can all agree that the BBC should…

I know of a few successes from online dating, but by in large the experiences (personal and related to me) seem to be one of the sound of silence to sent messages or (in the case of women I know) an inbox full of misogyny and dick-pics. You’re probably better off not wasting the time, unless you enjoy sorting through…

I can verify this is a thing. I filled out an E-Harmony application a few years ago, and at the end the site came back and said that due to my answers to the questionnaire, their match-making algorithms was unable to find any matches for me and they could not let me create a profile. Twice. Apparently even…

Tila Tequilla is 2/3 there, unless she has some automotive skills no-one knows about.

I could see Ewan McGregor actually doing this, dressed like this, in real life.

Was looking for someone to post this. I agree, I think Clarkson & May did it up right with the Hilux. Also, it had a “toilet” for those on-road emergencies....

Not really interesting at all. Insurance companies would be more than happy to “insure” your illegal car and collect the premiums. It’s when they then have to pay-out against a claim that the car suddenly becomes “illegal” in their eyes.....

No, they don’t. At least not on a similar-spec car. As noted in the article: “On many of these so-called sport sedans, manual gearboxes are becoming an increasing rarity. The Cadillac ATS has a manual only in four-cylinder and V trim. The Jaguar XE also relegates its stick shift to four-banger duty only, when it goes…

Cheapest “Nav” system you really actually need....

The converse is true of this - I forgot you could get nav because I saw so few with it.

I had forgotten that nav was still optional on this generation. Still looks better without it jutting awkwardly out on top of the dash. Probably because I saw so few without nav....

Ah, one of the last clean looking BMW dash designs, before touch-screens/NAV began to bungle things up....

Perhaps “common” within that particular set of circumstances? I don’t know, all kind of weird. This case just keeps on turning darker.

Extinction of large SUVs? No, that is highly doubtful. The population will slowly errode more than it has, and some models may be found redundant, but gone? No. Why? This sentence pretty much sums it up: “The V6 Acadia maxes out at 4,000 pounds towing; so a personal watercraft or small camper should be alright but…

The ‘lost-in-translation’ issue can be bad (See Chevrolet ‘No-Go’). But I think ‘Series’ would translate (or there be an equivalent word) and the Name/Numeric scheme bring a sense of heritage as you mention.

Two questions:

I agree. Strangely North America is the only place where the top sport model doesn’t get the 325hp 2.8L V6 Turbo with AWD. I believe the Euro/UK version even has a manual with that set-up. If I recall correctly, when the car first was introduced here, the reason for the 2.0L Turbo only was because it was better on…

The Vernaro is worse. The Buick-ized schnoz and bedazzled rear they tacked on the Astra sedan is criminal. GM - you want to save money, just swap out one round badge for the other - done and done.