It’s the name of the largest raw diamond ever found—so far.

Coleslaw on pulled pork sandwiches is a Memphis thing, but they don’t catch nearly as much shit. Possibly because they also have to deal with country music.

Vigor wasn’t a made-up name; it’s a fine English word (albeit derived from Latin), like its platform mates Accord, Ascot, and Inspire. Three of those were even nouns.

It’s very close to Edmunds based on equipment/age/mileage/condition, and lower than most of the comparables within a few hundred miles of me on AutoTrader, so I would say it’s a fair asking price regardless of the FMF decor. Crack pipe is the used car dealer in Ohio with a 62K mile FMF asking $26,500, as if it were a…

When sovereigns marry, sovereign rights do not automatically transfer. Mary of Scotland was dauphine and queen consort of France, and Francis as French Dauphin and briefly King of France was titled king consort of Scotland. When Mary I of England married Philip II of Spain, she wished him to be made joint King of…

It’s a perfectly acceptable diminutive for Jacques, but the kid’s given name is apparently Jack, which annoyingly is a nickname for John. So his parents seem to have given him a nickname without bothering with the middleman, and he’s a pretentious bro.

It looks a bit like the XRV in Marooned (1969, starring Gregory Peck, David Janssen, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus and Gene Hackman), which itself may have been inspired by the Martin X-23. A classic film reference wouldn’t be out of place in The Simpsons.

AWD HR-V’s have 23/56 (58 for LX) cu. ft. seat up/down. Crosstrek has 21/55 which for me would be negligible difference. The “champion” 2WD-only Kia Soul has 19/50; the higher figures Kia promotes include the underfloor compartment where the spare tire Kia leaves out would go. That’s useful volume but dependent on…

It’s a shame we can’t pictorialize a US antecedent, but 1916 predates most illustrated covers and I can’t find any interior drawings online. As a boy (Tom Swift, Jr. was closer to my contemporary) I read my father’s own preserved copy of this book and several others of the original Tom Swift series, including his Sky…

Ajar was certainly current usage before that warning, although it may have varied by region and education. You don’t need a warning to tell you a door is open because you can see it’s open. Ajar means it’s not securely latched, whatever its appearance. Remember that the system was developed by engineers, whose…

In my experience, since they are franchises UPS Stores charge more for shipping than UPS’ web site quotes even if they don’t sell you supplies or pack for you. Now I only take prepaid packages that won’t fit through a drop box’s slot to UPS Stores, and go to a UPS Customer Center if it’s something that USPS can’t…

The paint color shift differs between photos, causing a suspicion that angle and sun glint has something to do with it. The one where the rear bumper differs is odder, but it’s very common for the plastic bits like this soft bumper cover to look different than the metal panels. Even on new cars it can be apparent,…

These cars had manual cable-operated choke valves. It would not completely surprise me that a younger person who hasn’t consulted knowledgeable sources might think maladjusted fuel-air mixture is a problem with the carburettor itself. One more reason not to buy sight unseen.

I’m of similar vintage, but let’s be honest that most of those photos didn’t look that bad when they were originally printed; the original Kodacolor processes and competitors of similar vintage didn’t have great color separation, but it takes decades of poor storage to get this kind of dye fading and shifting. And I…

Silk and other fabrics are marbled using a similar technique. The innovation, besides using canvas or stiff board, seems quite wasteful since the paints are poured over and run off the canvas instead of dipping the flat surface into a prepared pool of paints.

What about the Forte5 SX and Koup SX with this same engine isn’t “done” like the Soul? The Koup could even be had with a manual, while the Forte5 has the same DCT as the Soul.

I believe it is not a native 120Hz panel; TCL calls it 120Hz “Clear Motion Index”, a label redolent of fake refresh rate. Other reviews called out its weak 300 line motion resolution amidst overall good picture.

I have driven cars where 89 was the recommended minimum. Although it can be confusing because some cars’ manuals (usually foreign marques) recommend a minimum RON while US pumps post the average of RON and MON which are determined by different test procedures, MON being lower. And 91 is the minimum to be called…

Gage is a correct spelling variant that was and still may be preferred in some engineering and military fields.