I think the reason the older Subarus looked sleek was because the boxer engine enabled them to have a low bonnet (hood) so could have a slim wedge shape. The later pedestrian impact regulations meant that the bonnet had to be higher, which rather lost the slimness.

In the UK, and probably the rest of Europe, the driver’s mirror has a section on the outer edge that provides a wide angle view. Like the button ones but part of the main mirror so you see it all as one view.

First time I’ve heard it called a pet tiger...

Happens to the best, see Juho Hanninen on the 2012 San Remo rally end up on a garage roof:

It appears he forgot which city centre car park, let alone whereabouts in the car park. There are eight city centre ones according to Google Maps. Nonetheless, major fail.

I think people are conflating jury-rigged, the old nautical term, with Jerry-built, which is the wartime derogatory term.

I think you should know that your cat just walked over your keyboard ...

Looks more limp than hard ...

Er, cancel that... I see that there are are W and B variants of each font for just that purpose.

The Transport font used in the UK and which Clearview is similar to, has a heavier variant called Transport Heavy (natch..) which is used for dark text on a light background because the background tends to wash out the text a bit. It doesn’t appear that Clearview has an equivalent heavy/bold version, so that might…

Tail light from Hyundai Pony.

Jean Michel Jarre