I wanted to like it because the configuration would be well-suited to my needs, but the interior has a few elements cheaper than even I will tolerate, and the highway (where I drive most) fuel economy isn’t that impressive. And for 2018 Kia jiggered the option packages so the price with a sunroof increased from a…

Isn’t this actually illegal under federal law and most states’, without permission in advance?

Kosher salt doesn’t have all that toxic iodine, and the texture is different. But the same is true of Himalayan pink salt, and who doesn’t love pastel seasonings?

They all looked the “same” in the 1970s, too.

Talent costs in particular have exploded, and expectations for what’s seen onscreen have changed, but people at the time were flabbergasted by the $1.5 million per episode (in 2017 $ using the GNP implicit deflator) of the original Star Trek.

One of the unfortunate consequences of present-day fire safety laws is that many historic houses must limit tours to areas with hallways and stairways and rooms of specified minimum dimensions and capacities, removing areas of interest from public view. Could this be one of those cases?

Exact seafoam green color, but ours was a lower-trim Ranch Wagon, not this mid-level Country Sedan.

Interesting, I was taught to rely on the mirrors only and not to look backwards because it meant obscuring or removing vision of forward-approaching traffic. In general I do not favor modern crutches for incompetent drivers, but the camera displays a view impossible in many modern cars with elevated rear ends; it’s…

I’m not sure how this is different than laws limiting the number of unrelated people per dwelling, or people per bedroom, upheld across the country. It is surprising in Minnesota, but like those essentially an anti-extended-family/anti-immigrant statute couched in more constitutionally defensible terms

There is also conflict of interest with another client that one or both clients is unwilling to waive, in which case one of the clients may drop the firm or the firm must decide which client to drop.

The Thema was the same platform as the Saab 9000, Fiat Croma, and Alfa 164. AWD was an option on some. The Thema was the only one with an estate version and the V8 was to position it as the highest executive-class offering.

Several years ago Ford had a fantastic color called Dark Side Metallic, which in dim light was black verging on sapphire blue, but in brighter light also displayed emerald green highlights because the sparkle bits were a different color than the enamel tint.

Climate change may be making it happen faster because of more frequent and more severe storms, but Avery Island’s eventual fate was sealed when the Mississippi/Atchafalaya system was channelized for navigation and flood control. Without the ongoing sediment replacement, along with subsidence, most of coastal Louisiana…

All you need is some of the final red-state Democrats who get criticized for meaningless votes that the Republicans would win anyway to lose primaries to further-left challengers who go down in flames in the general, and progressives in some purple states to once again stay home instead of choosing the lesser of two…

130hp net is considerably more than the 101hp gross of the inspiration’s original 170 cube I6. The NA Miata weighs about 500lb less than a 1965 Mustang convertible with its original body; how much does the custom body add?

“My God, what if the French fries defrost?”

I could deal with it only coming with AWD I don’t need, but I don’t understand why it doesn’t offer all the exterior colors that the 5-door does, or why the base model only comes in white, black and grey with the last two at an upcharge. I haven’t seen the wagon yet, but the 5-door has some cargo compartment oddities…

There were other cars in 1995 and earlier with 7500 mi oil change intervals as long as the oil met the required SAE/API spec, and suffered no ill effects. Although even today if you actually read the service requirements many if not most vehicles used for commuting ought to be on the “severe” use schedule.

It was called an RVR or an Expo LRV, but not an “Expo RVR”. And the Space Wagon was a Mitsubishi Chariot, i. e. larger Expo/Colt Vista.

There is no signage or they were driving with no lights which might illuminate signs in the low-visibility conditions? I am skeptical that they had to drive off the end of the dock, but I will say that one of my GPS misadventures was being directed to a ferry across Lake Champlain while driving from Troy to…