If pro skiing is anything like pro snowboarding, then no, you don’t have to “come from money”. I grew up near one very successful pro snowboarder, and his folks are normal rural middle class.

The most notable thing about that wikipedia page is that makes no mention whatsoever of the 4th Latin declension. Which would be the one where the plural of a noun ending in -us absolutely unambiguously also ends in -us. Since “Lexus” did not exist previous to the brand, they can choose whichever declension they want.…

What the hell? In that poster I see one shirt of proper length and shitty fit, and one shirt that fits properly but is too short. Didn’t they have different fits where Mr. Riccobono invented his “problem”?

That is all well and good. We have become used to our surroundings always being lit to some degree, even at night, which makes it seem less obtrusive. But when driving through a dark environment (like, really dark) it is obtrusive. It is less obtrusive when dimmed, when the background is dark etc. Still, a large…

The source of light is really a problem. I remember when I was a kid and my Dad got into a car at night someone else had driven before him, he would always dial down the gauge lighting so as to improve his night vision. Nowadays we basically have torches shining in our faces when driving at night.

Certainly not. But you might still want to fiddle with the A/C, the rear window defroster or the radio. And I think you meant “shouldn’t” not “should”.

I have to agree, considering the double meaning of “display”, especially in languages where it is used as an English loan word and keeps only the tech meaning.

Wow. I love the Alphard, but I am genuinely surprised that the Lexus version is even uglier than the Alphard.

A cool feat, and one that would actually be illegal in traffic where I am sitting. (Insurance can bail out if you have an accident wearing loose-heel footwear.)

I always admired the confidence it must have taken to style the Multipla. Odd, sure, but ugly? I mean, ugly compared to a BMW X6, a truly abominable look-at-the-size-of-my-dick type of car? Never! The only thing I found overdone in the Fiat was the C3PO-look of the center vents.

Speaking as someone who bikes on a daily basis in a larger European city, I can assert that this is not an Australian thing. More of an asshole thing, like.

I would LOVE one of those. But with the scarcity of 2nd hand Flexes on this side of the pond, not to mention the even more problematic scarcity of parts for said Flexes, it is probably not in the cards.

That’s a difficult subject. A yellow Mk I was the only car my dad ever purchased new, when I was three or so. Incredible how that thing could move with only 70 hp, but then, it weighed less than 800 kg, I believe. I went on to grow up in a series of another Mk I, one Mk I Jetta, two more Mk II Jettas and finally a Mk…

After our latest restoration project I solemnly vowed never again to haul the following things in my own car:

Have another one: “Labia” is the plural of “labium”.

I am in a somewhat similar situation. I have had a recent windfall and seriously considered getting a “fun” car, something in the 10-20k weight class, be it a Miata, third-tier classic muscle or anything else. But I just couldn’t find a satisfactory answer to when I would actually drive the thing. Seeing as

I can only answer for Austria, where the Golf has been the bestselling car since the dawn of time. What VW has going for the brand: by far the most densely-knit dealer network especially in rural areas, a now hard to explain reputation for reliability, low depreciation and the fact that whole generations grew up and…

It certainly taught me. YMMV. Blah blah blah.

Unless you have owned a Golf, in which case experience may have taught you not to take the above advice.

Thank you. I never could understand why Teslas have to slope in the back, sacrificing all that storage capacity.