When "Social Media" meant meeting new people at the magazine rack or bookstore.

After all Buick and Opel do have a historical relationship... it's completely feasible.

The Electronic Control Center was a technological tour de force back when this car was new, but today looks as quaint and useful as a Mattel Classic Football game. It was also so problematic that Buick dropped the feature in the later cars. Of course the rest of the interior is equally an ‘80s time warp, the gently…

Same for me, I had Sprint PCS. 250 anytime and 250 Night and Weekend minutes for $50 a month! Text Messages? Data Plan? what were those?

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Eddie Gossage, the president of the Texas Motor Speedway, told CBS Sports he actually hasn't heard much in the way of controversy over the race. He said the NRA's sponsorship is "not about politics. It's about sports marketing."

Stops about 1/2 inch up, but if I'm using three scoops of grounds, that's fully pressed down anyways.

Our office uses some nasty syrup-based coffee dispensers. I went to Target and bought the small Bodum Coffee Press (about $18) and bring in my own fresh ground coffee. I've never looked back.

I hear it will have a lift kit, too.

The driver is usually 300 pounds plus in most cases, too.

I just spent the week in Australia driving the Passat wagon. This one had a 1.8L Turbo gasoline engine. I was genuinely surprised not only by the acceleration, but the 5.5 l/100km (42 US mpg) I got on a 3-hour highway trip. Then again, the 95-octane premium fuel it demands may have helped. (Australia doesn't generally…

I'll second that. This MKC is looking good. And the sheetmetal is sufficiently different from the Escape/Kuga to keep it unique.

Once the bolts are blown, you still have to unlatch the doors (looking at the top of the car, you can see the gaps between the doors and the roof where the bolts were blown). Looks like the driver went out through the passenger-side window instead.

The Winter package for the Ford Fiesta will also give you heated cloth seats. It's not as uncommon as the author thinks

The worst offense, one dealers ALWAYS commit is applying copious amounts of Armor All to every single damned plastic and vinyl surface. They just condemned that beautiful crack-free dashboard to death!

Thanks to the Patriot Act, you can be detained indefinitely if the police feel like it, basically.

Was it legal? Scary to say, but yes.

I'm 6'4", and pretty much any asian car that isn't full-size is a no-go. I have a long foot-to-knee length, and if the steering wheel telescopes at all, it usually isn't far enough (even the Kia Optima took some creative footwork). Oddly the Ford Fiesta fits perfectly, whereas it's near-twin the Mazda2 doesn't.

Meh. Everybody had to copy the Angels' Big A.

Well now, isn't that racist of you?