It truly is catastrophic what happened to Japan after the bubble. You could have invested in Japan’s stock market in 1989 and still be net negative after all these years, and if you graduated college in 1991 or later there your career earnings pale in comparison to those who graduated a few years earlier and got jobs…

I love all these styles. I love prewar French advertising and WPA posters and New Deal public buildings. Let’s try Modernism again.

That’s honestly an interesting idea, but it would be tricky to know your ton*mi/hr level very precisely while driving, unless manufacturers calibrate their speedometers so that bigger vehicles reach indicated speeds at lower true speeds. That would mean that SUVs would actually be driving half the speed of Honda…

I’m with you. I have not been diagnosed with sleep apnea, but it may be something to look out for, as I have had many nights where I awoke breathless, preceded by an extremely long, vivid nightmare that I was drowning or suffocating. I’ve since been able to avoid it by changing sleep positions.

That was what I was thinking too. The innards are not quite the same, but for me a chocolate Pay Day isn’t filling any gap that really exists.

I really like this idea. Thanks!

Shame they didn’t break out pollutant levels for the presence/age/brand of cabin air filters. That would have been actionable information. As it is right now I just follow the manufacturer’s 20-30k rule roughly.

Where is FordTempoFanatic when you need him?

What a fantastic story. I didn’t expect that reading about repairs against the clock could be so riveting.

The China Syndrome is a gem of a picture and I love every second of screentime by Brimley. IMO it’s one of the finest character actor performances of all time.

That is impressive. I’m going to have to consider pool noodles for packaging the next time I need to ship a CRT. They’re always destroyed during shipping these days.

I’m sorry to disagree so stridently, but this is such an impractical, heavy-handed approach to environmentalist goals - tell people that we need to totally restructure the places they live in and remove their ability to move places on their own volition. This has to develop organically and gradually if it is to…

Ah yes, the obscure Winkler rotary engine. I remember that it was known for problems with its Ayyyy-pex seals.

There is no such thing as a mid-2000s Camaro. It went out of production 2002 and came back in 2009.

I wouldn’t say you’re crazy, but it is hard to imagine Maserati coming up with their own supercar from scratch without Ferrari DNA. I watched Top Gear at the time, so the very first thing I learned about the MC12 was that it was mechanically based on the Enzo, had the same engine and virtually the same power and…

The Fit is a fine car and it was really the heir to the legacy of small, down-to-earth, good handling Hondas when the Civic grew up. I really think that if there was ever a Fit Si, I would still be a Honda person.

 14k for a 3-year old Fusion is not such a great deal compared to the covid deals that Ford was doing earlier this year, if not currently. In May, my retired father bought a new Fusion S for $16,000 flat, including destination (not including tax, title, license) - he isn’t some master bargainer, he just threw out a…

The GBA SP would get my vote for best handheld game platform of all time, possibly even best game platform.

I can see why Daniel Stern would have an aversion to light bulbs in general, not specifically LEDs.

This is a thing of beauty.