“This one time, while working at LG, I put a TASS up my—”

“That’s enough, Bob.”

“But it rhymes!”

“Go home, Bob.”

Counterpoint: there are many situations where numbers are better than the experience. I dare you to say that you’d rather chop a cord of wood with an axe, than to use a log splitter. Or use a hand drill instead of a lithium cordless drill.

That...is an interesting comparison.

A smartphone is the CUV of digital devices. If you want more control, get a proper vehicle - or actual camera. But for 90% of people, the phone is good enough, and probably takes better pictures than they would if you handed them a DSLR.

I meant, I get you, but also I’m not sure how it would work the way you’d want it to work.

I do professional product photography and video on a weekly basis. We have a brace of Sony A7III cameras with lots of nice glass for various situations. Sometimes I’m holding $10K worth of camera equipment in my hand. I can do…

I can’t recommend RainX windshield washer fluid enough. Anytime I notice my wipers starting to streak, a few squirts helps to keep the water beading up. It’s enough of a help that I can often run my wipers a setting or two slower than I would have to otherwise.

Neutral: Back in maybe 2005-2006, my grandma won an MP3 player in some raffle or bingo or something. She gave it to me. I remember it was some brand I’d never heard of, but it was tiny. And it had an even tinier screen and could play MPEGs. It had two videos pre-loaded, both of them by Nickelback - this song, and “If…

This is really random, but I promise it’s related. About 20 years ago, I worked with a local organization that did a haunted house every year as a fundraiser. That usually meant everything had to be as cheap as possible, everyone provided their own costumes and things. I usually did sets and makeup, and we rarely had…

The road I live off comes straight of a sharp right-hand, off-camber turn in a state route at the bottom of a hill. Then the road continues up a winding hill for about 1000 feet before cresting blindly. This makes getting home when the roads are bad...interesting:

I spent 12 years driving cars with broken AC, but the heat always worked. So winter meant actually being comfortable in my vehicle without showing up everywhere drenched in sweat. I’m a very warm-natured person, my ideal outside temp is about 50-60 degrees. Even in weather like today (low-mid 30s), as long as I have…

You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.

That’s the problem with a shared universe that exists in the control of a single person. It’s just too much to keep track of, and you eventually start writing yourself into a corner if you don’t think things through enough.

You’re not alone. Saturn only sold 26,000 from 2004 to 2007. I’d even forgot there was one more - the Buick Terraza. But apparently, it sold better, just over 45,000 units.

Objectively - 2017 Chevy Cruze hatchback, currently my wife’s daily although it was mine for a while (and my name is the one on the registration). It only beats our other current vehicle, the Grand Caravan, by being more efficient and being basically trouble-free. It has survived three fender-benders (none at-fault,…

A more appropriate entry might be the Montana SV6. It was one of the homely “SUV-ified” minivans, along with the Chevy Uplander and Saturn Relay, that GM started selling in 2005. It was based on the GM U-Platform, which was the basis for the Aztek. 

** 6th Gen Pontiac LeMans and 5th Gen Chevy Malibu have entered the chat**

I could have worded that better - like you said, the impracticality is inherent to the design and purpose, there’s no “seems” about it.

However, Ford pushed certain aspects of the vehicle as being easier to live with than the Wrangler - the independent suspension, creature comforts, interior space, etc. And while that…

For me, being single, the 2 door is as much practicality as I need.

The Bronco is cool, but the more I’ve seen out in the wild, the more I realize I’m not as “wowed” by them as I thought I would be. They seem to have a lot of the same major fault that Wranglers have - they’re not very practical for daily use. The Bronco Sport solves this, while still being more capable than most…

I’m in the Midwest. Nothing from the 70s-90s survives, especially Japanese vehicles and their lack of rust-proofing. You still see a few old Nissan or Toyota trucks, but nearly all of them are dangerously rotted.