I knew I’d seen that hatch before. Datsun copied it for their first FWD car.

Just wait ‘til you or your wife inherits a deceased parent’s stuff. Talk about memories.

Also, now that I’m home and not on mobile, the pictures you took to document the process are awesome. Nice job.

Amazing write-up, thanks for this! I own a non-turbo Z32 and do enjoy it. My entry cost was slightly lower than yours, but I pay someone else to wrench on it, so my repair bills are higher, for less work.

So, as far as a bird deterrent, they are the bird version of deer wbistles.

And that was back in the day when CGI graphics were budget-killing expensive. That ad was filmed using mostly practical effects. They attached working taillights to a wood 2x4, and literally towed it under the snow to get the effect. If I recall, that was made for the local pacific northwest market too, it was not…

What the fuck is that, and why do I want one?

Another random digital imaging cool-but-useless fact:

Driving on a road and understanding all the visual cues is way, way different than flying a ballistic or non-ballistic trajectory.

That’s a movie that they totally would have (and should have) made in the 80's.

I’m gonna say that almost my favorite part of the Countach is the dash. I kind of really like that even the dash is chunky and angular, with big, bold switchgear. I’ve never driven or sat in one, but it sure looks like the dash is also brutally efficient and informative. Ergonomic without trying to appear stylish or…

>I had been looking for NA Miatas or maybe a Z31 300ZX

Have you driven or owned a M/T Fiero already? They are a gol-darned hoot to drive. Just a damn hoot. If you haven’t, do it before the world runs out of Fieros.

The union didn’t kill NUMMI. Planet Money did a story about it a while back. In fact, when other GM divisions tried to copy the NUMMI model, management failed to get the details right, and it failed everywhere else except that first Saturn plant. NUMMI died due to poor management, not the union.

That beeping you hear while the pedestrian signal is in the ‘dont walk’ phase is called the Locator Tone. Its purpose is so sight impaired pedestrians can find the Accessible Pushbutton.

Standard GOP talking point is that cutting funding for some government department will automatically force that department to operate more efficiently with what it has left.

Along with DWS, in the US Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) pushbutton systems are now required at all new traffic signal systems with pedestrian crossings. The video above shows some UK versions, but doesn’t discuss them.

In the US, per the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), Detectable Warning Surfaces are controlled by section R305 of the 2011 PROWAG (Public Right-Of-Way Access Guide).
Here’s a link to the text of R305 from the US Access Board page:

It is true that there is disagreement within the community of disabled people whether DWS (detectable warning surfaces) are a good thing or a bad thing. Not all blind people like them, and many wheelchair users hate them.
However, the needs of sight-impaired persons and the needs of wheelchair users don’t align, and…

While it certainly stuck the landing, I wouldn’t say it landed like a cat. I think even zonked out on an illegal dose of catnip, any common housecat would still manage a three-point or four-point landing. That was an ignominous face-plant of a landing.