Do you grasp that Ford is considering today’s market and looking toward 2030, rather than 1998? Whether they have reached a correct conclusion is another matter, but looking at the past isn’t a reliable guide to the future.

Because the typical double-DIN radio did not integrate extra functions that needed to be frequently consulted and used, so it didn’t matter so much if it was mounted low on the stack. Presented with a choice of a screen mounted too low; mounted at the correct height with a bulky surround; or an airy freestanding…

It’s seems quite ironic that conservatives are protesting and liberals are lionizing a company that exploits Indonesian, Cambodian, and Vietnamese laborers, mostly underpaid women, because said company is trying to ride the coattails of a protester for social justice in the US.

You’re basically right, the “cab-forward” Chryslers of the 90s weren’t really a good example; they got a lot of advertising use out of the phrase but pulling the base of the windshield far forward while not really moving the passenger compartment much just left a lot of wasted space between the large (and heavy) winds…

What, no Wegmans “Food You Feel Good About” Lime Sparkling Water?

Yes, but at least they’re not Papists.

“it doesn’t keep it off of shelves or limit production” Well, it certainly can limit the market when combined with other laws that regulate what can be purchased by public schools, WIC, prisons and the military, and all the other ways the government purchases from the food industry. Notice that the cattleman’s lobby ha…

I saw this story reported locally and the source edited out the critical information that it involved “social and behavioral sciences”, which make the results a lot more understandable, since those aren’t actually sciences and random results should be expected.

Yes, the “Spaceback” is actually 7 in shorter than the Rapid 5-door notchback, and has less boot space. Skoda estate models are usually designated Kombis or Combis.

You understand that observation time is scheduled long in advance, and has costs? If you’re engaged in a project and miss your objectives because of avoidable interference in your scheduled time, you’ve wasted some funding for this period, and you may not have funding to try again any time soon. And it could be a…

Mildred is obviously a slut, because she has bare hands instead of gloves color-coordinated to her outfit.

I don’t think that is a “coupe”, it’s a “Tudor” sedan. The 3-window coupe looked like this:

There was an Avalon Hill Dune game published ca. 1979. A friend at university had it and a group of us played it several times.

Yes, it’s interesting how the last big American wagons ended up with the solution used before the early ‘50s, before they figured out how to put a cranked, or later powered, window in the tailgate. Probably because the B-body wagon’s rear glass was curved instead of flat, and the clamshell solution used in the early ‘7…

It’s for sure ugly, but the proportions and shape are not nearly as out-of-whack as the Aztek, or the Rendevous that some people claim was the “normal-looking” cousin.

The illustrated monkeys look not entirely dissimilar to Barbary macaques, which do inhabit Gibraltar and sometimes even visit the town. But true, not much agriculture on the peninsula.

Better yet, Bi-Curious George. “One day George saw a man. He had on a sassy purple beret. And George got excited, despite himself.”

Conversely, he massively overpaid for a VW that if kept in perfect condition is still worth what it was when he got it, adjusted for currency value and give or take a bit. Most people should actually take this bet, because the more likely scenario is the business goes bankrupt.

The Greek suffix -nomics indicates laws/principles of, i. e. science or knowledge; -metry indicates measurement, i. e. engineering or implementation.

Counterpoint: there’s no “bite” out of the display; time and info/status icons now display where there used to be bezel, freeing usable screen space.