I always thought it was “one Prius, two Prius” (fourth declension).

Fun fact: I have similar shift knob in my Mazda5.

I’m pretty sure this would become a problem at the next annual inspection where I am writing this. Can you say “pedestrian safety”? Imagine getting impaled on that thing ....

This is glorious. I seem to remember that in 90s Saabs you could switch off illumination for everything but the tach or something. If something was off (such as coolant temp) the illumination would come back on.

If one day I have 50k to spend on a chair, I hope I’ll be smart enough to stay out of offices.

How to buy winter tires:

This must be the last stock A310 on the face of the earth. Literally every single one I have ever seen (and there were a few, as I live in Europe) had body modifications that amounted to a write-off.

“Climbing requires a lot of crap.” For a given value of “a lot”. Ever tried skiing or snowboarding? Now THAT’s what I call “ a lot of crap”.

I love Japanese cars from the “who needs design if you have a ruler” era.

I suspect you have never been on a chairlift, nor even seen one in high winds.

I question the wisdom of making your entry-level interior look so much like your $ 200k interior that it’s seriously hard to tell the difference in pictures. If I spent S-class money on a car I certainly wouldn’t want to look at an A-class gauge cluster.

Here in Austria it is illegal to leave your car unlocked, because you might incite criminals that way.

I cannot find the link right now, but it seems the British care a lot about oral health, but not so much about oral looks. I remember a study that showed quite clearly British have healthier teeth than Americans, although the aesthetics may not be up to the same standard.

My thoughts exactly. The place where the radio sat in all the CXes I catched a glimpsed into is not visible in the pics, though.

I had a Lumina rental once, and while it was not an exciting car, the front bench seat was utterly perfect. It was like driving your sofa through the Southwest.

Wikipedia says they built fewer than 600 - I had no idea these are so rare. I do occasionally see one curbside-parked near my house - though DB7s are actually a more common occurrence.

A couple of years ago I read in an article about hypermiling that coasting in high gear (say sixth gear at 40 mph) is more fuel-efficient than coasting in neutral because of the fuel cut-off.

A curb-parked gullwing SL? OMG.

Whether it’s an improvement depends on the quality of the coal and the exhaust gas treatment measures that are in place at the coal-burning electricity plant. Dirty electricity can make a high-powered EV worse than a decent-MPG gas vehicle.

I remember reading a story about a guy who converts Ro80s into, well, convertibles. Once his curiosity got the better of him, and he had a car with a half-killed engine already to satisfy said curiosity. Result: Even at 12,000 rpm, the rotary runs silky-smooth.