There was a button on the dash just to raise the headlights without lighting them up, so you could change a bulb or wash the lenses. A thoughtful touch from Nissan.

You missed out, the SportBak was tits!

“And the tactic they used was the LABS maneuver, which stood for ‘Low Altitude Ballistic Something-or-the-other”

Meh, none of those are news, anyone who has been paying attention should know them. Exit numbers equal mileposts? Duh!

“Tesla vehicles are also compatible with pay-per-use public charging stations using the included J1772 adapter”

I thought it was the opposite- Tesla does not use the J1772 charge protocol everyone else uses. But I could be wrong. Off to Google!

Holy shit, thanks for the context.

Now I’m curious if any current readers ever hung out on CycleForums about a decade ago. Because they had their resident rocket surgeon, some young buck with the screen name Maver1ck, his steed was a CBR-600. He was arrogant, bold, stupid, and unable to stop posting. He bragged about how fast he was learning to ride…

Interesting. Did the ‘T’ actually stand for anything?

I never understood GM’s fascination with the word ‘Type’ back in the early eighties. Like, what does ‘T-type’ stand for? And were there other types? S-type? G-type?

What are the two (or maybe four) at the bottom left and right, with the swoopy lines on them? No words, just those odd lines. One’s straight, one’s bent.

So many buttons! Why is there a full numeric keypad?

How much horsepower will it develop during the day?

The best decade for cars is the next decade, as viewed from the past decade.

They are when you are Iron Maiden. Remember that seen in Spinal Tap where the band screws up the dimensions of their StoneHenge replica? Well Iron Maiden requested JET ENGINES THE SIZE OF LOCOMOTIVES! And obviously got them.

City buses need doors like that. One for every seat row. And commercial airplanes, too.

I’ve been trying to understand the point of the ad since it was posted yesterday. The ad title and the ad photo do not go together in my mind.

Know what other car had that handbrake system? Well, not the exact parts from the Aston Martin, but a similar design. Pontiac’s Fiero. It took the first owner all of six seconds to teach me how it worked on our test drive:”Pull it up again, now push the button. See?”

Your other left.

Did Cadillac, or does any current luxury car manufacturer (Hello, Lexus and Infinity) count on the watering-down of their brand over time?