Well, at that time telegrams were still a thing, probably the fastest form of communication which produced a hardcopy with legal status. I was in engineering school in 1980 and applied for a summer position at Gulf Oil; I was interviewed by long-distance telephone, but got a telegram offering me the job.

Very, perhaps, since you use it in the definition, or most? You seem to be fishing for an English analogue for Deutsch sehr. Modern English has many cases of words meaning the same thing, one with a Saxon root and one with a Latin/French one. Why create new ones, when you could instead lobby for regularizing suffixes,…

PNC Park is owned by the Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, but just out of curiosity, I checked what it’s assessed for (by the county, local governments and school districts use their figures): full valuation $445,528,800, plus $7,203,700 for the 14.7 acres it sits on. I am deeply…

They already produce the Skyactiv-D 2.2l, just not for the US.

Also be careful about sales tax if you buy a car with a rebate, especially if you buy in a neighboring state that is collecting your state tax. Some states treat a rebate applied at time of purchase to be a discount not subject to sales tax, while a rebate received after purchase is after taxes. Some other states…

So, to install Uber, you grant access to Identity, Contacts, Location, SMS, Phone, Photos/Media/Files, Camera, Wi-Fi, and Device ID + call information. That’s a lot of spying in addition to what’s necessary to pick you up, but looking at the descriptions of each it’s not clear where battery status is hiding.

Here’s the thing. Lots of cars are sold in multiple markets. And in a lot of markets outside the US, the cars are offered with manual transmissions. Mounting different transmission controls in the same basic console is one thing, producing largely different consoles and ancillary pieces is another. And there is…

As @jlane said, some states are going sticker-free, which allows complete online registration renewal; login, pay, print your credential, nothing to mail.

No, especially when you look through the tint and see how much of the rear quarter window is actually frame under the glass, compared to even the old coupe. On the plus side the rear seat headrests are now removable, so the backlight need no longer be half-blocked by highback seats that are rarely or never used.

Retracting bollards are surprisingly affordable, if it’s your property and absent community restrictions.

The EPA actually used to note the expected range of fuel economy variation in small print beneath the city and highway numbers on the old window label, but “consumer” groups derided those labels as too complex to understand and pressed for the one concentrating on the single combined number and relegating the two…

XJ the “original” Cherokee? SJ is very sad that young whippersnappers don’t remember it.

From most angles it looks like the 2nd-generation Civic 3-door. The tall greenhouse I attribute to caricature, but there is a bit of Mini Traveller DNA there. The front fascia was all over the place at different times, so it’s not going to be pinned down.

Copper is quite soft and malleable compared to platinum and iridium. And melts under 2000°F, compared to 3200°F for Pt and 4400°F for Ir. Cu is a better conductor than either and less prone to overheating from resistance, but even today will not last too much longer than 20K mi, while the other two can last more than…

The same people who thought up “sharing economy".

30% makes them the largest shareholder, but a controlling interest would be 33.4, which prevents issues requiring 2/3 supermajority from proceeding without their agreement.

And yet the Verano has handily outsold the Regal since its introduction.

Maybe you look like a mark, because neither I nor any of my relatives have ever paid for repairs that weren’t previously known to be necessary to pass PA inspection, which admittedly is much more lax than in the 60s and 70s when it was required semi-annually rather than annually. You have a three month window to get…

Mastercraft is one of the value-oriented sub-brands of Cooper Tire, so I think some of the hate is misplaced. They may not have all of the features of the premium Coopers, and are more likely to be made at their overseas plants to control costs, but they are not by any means necessarily bad tires, especially at their…

Yes, this single model in three trims based on engine (1600, 2000, 2600) was soon the 4th-best-selling import make (VW, Toyota, Datsun et al. didn’t report sales by model until years later). In 1972 my dad really wanted one to replace the 1965 Mustang 2+2 which was already a beater when purchased in 1969 as the…