I’m curious when they’re going to announce pricing for the Prius Prime.  

Basically the same process for tequila, isn’t it?

Exactly. The bar stays in place to provide crash-stability for the seats (I think it’s the same parts as from the SL sedan). My Outback doesn’t need that, but it’s a LOT bigger and a LOT more structure in the body (and seats) back there.

That’s mostly it. SL and SW shared basically everything but the body panels back of the B pillar.  Still, you could get a LOT of stuff in that car even with the suspension intrusion (which looks bigger than it really is because that is a SMALL car).

I owned two Saturns - a 2000 SW2 (manual) and a 2004 Ion (manual).  The wagon got totalled, the Ion got sold when family needs moved us to a minivan.  They were wonderful, plastic-bodied transportation.  

Except for sports.  

2015 Odyssey : cannot lock the doors using the fob or touch-button until both of the very very slow sliding doors have completely closed. I really want to get the kids out, start the doors closing hit the lock button and walk off, trusting the locks to engage as soon as the last door shuts.

I’d prefer a never-fails, optically superior mirror over a camera, display, wiring, extra-light-in-the-cockpit-at-night solution.

Are those camera-based side-view “mirrors”?  If so, then: Yay for the extra 0.02 that got them on the drag calculation, but boo because that is not a place I want screens and electronics at this time.

I have a hard time recommending grills not made by Weber, in part because Weber grills just seem to LAST when compared to the other stuff at the store, but also because of the aftermarket! Weber is such an industry standard that EVERYBODY has fun accessories that drop right in.

I am a “just big enough” person - I like my cars compact, my computers portable and my furniture from Ikea.

See my article: why I never ever check a bag for trips under a week long unless I absolutely have to.

The best way to reduce the indoor pollution from gas ranges is to get serious about ventilation. Strangely, even though gas dryers and furnaces are required to vent to outdoors, gas stoves are often not.

It’s true. Even when you’re not flipping but just trying to maximize the sale of your own home, spending the money on getting the walls and trim repainted seems like it’s a good investment. It makes things look completed and that’s something that makes a good first impression on a buyer.

Last year we decided to do one single zucchini plant after being innundated for the previous few years. That damn thing still took over half of the 4x8 box I had it in and was good for at least 10 pounds /a week/ during the season.

My wife wants to buy a travel trailer because her childhood featured one. I can’t get behind that because

...because... why?

You just described my childhood to a T.  The Grand Marquis wagon didn’t come along until I hit high school, but cross-country in the back of Dad’s truck was a core part of my childhood (as was losing my favorite General Lee Matchbox car through the body/bed gap.

I second your opinions about glass. I got so fed up at the state of the whiteboards in our office that I
(a) stole a piece of frosted-glass shelving from some display cabinet nobody was using and used that as my personal desk “whiteboard”

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