“Aside from the cosmetics...” You say that as if it’s inconsequential. The styling was possibly is biggest failure.

LOL, seriously? Aside from some cosmetics, what did the Buick do differently that made it better?

The Aztek had the right idea, but Buick did the better version.

Spookiest thing you’ll ever see when you start up the car.

I miss my 89 Si so much, if it had been RWD I'd have never gotten rid of it.

It boggles my mind that there are people who buy cars with electrical release mechanisms for the doors, and don’t IMMEDIATELY do research to locate the mechanical fail-safe, which even the dumbest of common sense would tell you existed SOMEWHERE.

It boggles my mind even more that people refuse to read the manual for…

I love horehound candies and often have some on my desk at work (part of my 30 going on 60 personality). But as soon as anybody expresses in trying one I feel compelled to warn them that they are either going to love them or hate them. Same with the clove candies.

Does anyone remember those big rectangular, really thin, wrapped in waxed paper, “saltwater taffy” bars? It was brittle and you could break it into pieces really easily, but it softened in your mouth to something a bit more taffy-like. I think they were striped down the length in different colors.

Where is Good & Plenty? Weirdly chalky textured pills with the dreaded black licorice flavor. I can still remember the commercials

Skittles have been ruined for me ever since they took out the lime.

I definitely agree with you that green apple flavor needs to step off. It’s fine, but why do we have to have it instead of lime? Lime is a good candy flavor!

“Was that the timing belt?”

The ritual is very simple.

I’d say the most important thing is taking it to a mechanic BEFORE you buy it. Get it inspected. After that, change fluids, filters, brake pads, things you know are consumables on the car, especially ones that are low cost and easy to do. Then give it an exceptionally deep cleaning.

But really, PRE PURCHASE…

This suggests the need for a longitudinal test for burger combo meals: buy meals from 6-8 burger burger establishments, taste them every five years.

“Ice-Coldness of Drink” is a mandatory category.

This. No, I am NOT kidding. Put a small dab of white (not gel) toothpaste on a folded up square of newspaper and buff. Then wash it off with soap and water. Toothpaste and newspaper. An ex girlfriend told me about this trick after I expressed my displeasure with having just wasted money on a Turtle Wax Headlight…

I did something similar once. I had borrowed an old Escort (I think — this was decades ago) that came with those old, stupid automatic seat belts. Near the parking brake lever were two small levers which released the automatic belts if needed. When you pulled up one of the levers, a big rectangular panel would start…

Not care related, but when I was in my first year of college my family decided we should take a vacation to the UK as they had some friends we could stay with over there. My then 15 year old brother had never actually flown on a plane before. The one we took was a big Boeing 777 or something.

What’s an Injector seat? Sounds worse than an ejector seat.