All hail the late Sheldon Brown:

Thinking about it, there are a fair number, though with being almost constantly connected to the web, I don’t necessarily install each of these until I need it:

Mine is blue and needs a Tardis sticker because it’s bigger on the inside.

Yeah, but at least let’s go with 105 level shifters. Campy, of course, would be better.

I have a 2010 Fit base model, manual transmission. It is, in most respects, a clone of the 1991 Civic Wagon I drove for 15 years. I preferred the more upright windshield on the Civic, but the Fit goes just fine. Mine’s at 120,000 miles and shows no signs of trouble. I get 41 MPG between New Haven and Hartford, and…

Srsly bloated. My first Honda was a ‘91 Civic wagon. Lovely car. Then (though in truth it had already happened) the Civics (save for the no-longer-available wagon) started to grow. Right now I drive a 2010 Fit, which has almost exactly the same dimensions as that ‘91 wagon. But I hear tell they’re going to get bigger,…

I assure you, we had rear-facing seats for our infants. I even rigged up a mirror system so we could keep eyes on them (a secondary mirror below the driver’s mirror, aimed at a downward-aimed mirror on one of the rear-seat headrests).

That’s likely true, and it’s a problem. When Child3 got large, we bought a used minivan. I hated myself for doing it, but... At least it also meant that everyone got a window.

Fair point. At the same time, some of the proposed solutions feel incredibly overkillish.

Granted that seats are a little bigger than they used to be, I still think a small car is doable. FWIW, I have two grandchildren and, due to an airport car rental screw-up, had to drive them (three and five) around in their (modern) car seats for a week in the back of a Mustang, so I know how tight things can get—and…

Holy crap, guys! Two infants and you’re talking massive vehicles!

We have a couch that we had delivered and set up. Because neither Spouse nor I own a car large enough to carry it. A year or so ago, I noticed that one of the arms was starting to pull away.

I have absolutely no problem with switch blanks in the controls IF (and it’s a big IF) the manufacturer makes switches available to fit. They should come in (at least) DPDT, DPDT momentary (rockers both), and pushbutton types.

I have a 32" screen and a fireplace. Generally, the screen lives in another room. I can’t imagine the kind of seating I’d need to make it a comfortable view over the fireplace.

Yeah, I bought one of these on this deal, tried it, and decided to return it within 30 minutes. My Android phone (not an expensive one) is snappier and has a better feel to the screen, etc., than this tablet. Granted, it’s an entry-level device, and if you don’t have a smart phone or a notebook it could be useful. But…

Yeah, I bought one of these on this deal, tried it, and decided to return it within 30 minutes. My Android phone…

Yeah, I get that it’s a sort of pseudo-pun, but no shit. I have a 2010 fit, and the thing is remarkable. I can park it places that nobody else can squeeze into, both because of its size and its maneuverability. It’s also narrow enough to get through some tight squeezes.

And never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

Aha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha h—

The FIRST thing I did after buying my used Honda Fit was to check for things like this in the car’s record.

The shiny folders with racing stripes...

I grew up in the age of the McLaren CanAm cars, so orange is catnip to me. While I think this car may have a little too much black on it, and while I have this irrational feeling that all Lotuses (Loti?) should be painted BRG, I could get behind, or rather in, this vehicle, had I the cash to do so.