“A resident of the neighborhood who frequently walks along the road indicated to the Tampa Bay Times that the speed limit is often ignored by motorists.”

I once used brass polish to clear up some headlights on a 1998 Lexus I was selling for my mom. Worked surprisingly well. Don’t know about longevity because the car was sold a couple weeks later.

The GOP takes the line “People today know the price of everything, and the value of nothing.” as a compliment.

15% reduction in fuel economy according to who?

I’m not celebrating for any V8 that’s in a shitbox SUV.

Cool story bro.

i wonder if somebody could invent a car that is smaller than the other most car

Progress how? Pointless change isn’t inherently progressive.

Do they replace something that already works basically perfectly, and is also simpler/more efficient?

I’m literally not scared of it at all. It’s just patently frivolous. One doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand that.

Well you did say you were, so I won’t disagree with you. I was however, talking about marketing.

We’re not really talking about charm here, just the user interface/engineering. The proximity key is a lot of pointless complexity and cost to do something which was done as near as makes no difference, perfectly before.

Your words, not mine.

Have you ever tried taking apart a key? No? It’s all one piece? Ok, then so far as an engineered object goes, it epitomizes efficiency. Keyless systems are just superfluous complexity meant to entertain the dim witted. That’s really all it comes down to. Marketing.

Any car with properly designed locks made it impossible to lock your keys in the car in the first place.

Well don’t come crying to me when you begin to seriously question the value of taking your pants off when you need to dump, because the effort required to work a zipper is so high.

What’s advantage again? You still have to have the thing with you to start the car.

Name one advantage that doesn’t have a corresponding drawback.

Counterpoint: proximity keys offer no advantage in convenience.

Wow. It’s painted an actual color (instead of grey or black or grey-brown). And it doesn’t have hideous LED headlights. Did Icon finally make something tasteful?