Ah thank you for clearing that up for me. I assumed that auto manufacturers test their designs in cold/snowy weather scenarios. Not sure what gave me that idea.

Yep, and Texas literally attempted to pass a bill reducing liability. Fortunately it failed, but they sure did try. Sounds like a wonderful state to live in.

Wax motors! Cheap as chips and only one moving part.

or gets packed with snow/ice and the motor burns out trying to close the shutter

Fun?

This a million times. Years ago I rented an Alto in the Caribbean. Left hand drive on left hand roads, which heightens the left turn issue. I’ve never had so much input from passengers.

They’re fail-safe when you lose hydraulic/pneumatic pressure. Overheat them and you’re going to lose effective braking real quick. Speaking from experience.

If there ever were a jalop version of getting ratio’d, I think you just got it.

SPOILER: if you always need an enemy to fight, eventually you’re gonna run out of enemies, and then...

Autocorrect got me. Fixed, thanks!

Never been more apparent. Hopefully this will be the kick in the ass Toyota needs to do something more with the Toybaru twins.

I’m guessing it won’t be long before some enterprising aftermarketeer will unleash some absurd heckblende to ruin the whole look (apologies if you’re into that sort of thing).

As a fellow ass-appreciator, I couldn’t agree more. Could have been easy to screw it up but they did a perfect job integrating those tail lights.

Whaaat’s the chances of a plug-in diesel hybrid?

Turning on the dome light or vanity light at while driving at night.  Please just ask me first, and I’ll still tell you no.

Someone from North Carolina:

I hate to think how the motorcyclist would have fared.

Well technically the environment is included in the new infrastructure bill.

Whatduya mean? This is the perfect challenge for him — he can gold foil the gold foil.

You know what’s even cooler? A 1000hp car with 90's crash standards and no roll cage.