I’m of the generation that remembers the roads being full of land-leviathans like the Caprice wagon and others of that ilk. I also recall the fading glory, fading interest, and fading livability of those giants. I agree mostly with your timeline except that I don’t think that conversion vans were ever really part of…

Good find ... my google-fu is weak, and I was relying on something I read a year or two ago. But that being said ... 0.8 inches is not anywhere near what the typical “rise” of a modern day car is. Consider that if you look at (for example) midsize sedans from 10 years ago, the hood line will be substantially lower but…

Regarding the “higher hood” point ... from what I recall, the Eurozone-only requirement (not required at all in the U.S. by the way) is there must be 5 millimeters clearance between the hood and any hard parts underneath. That’s like 1/8th of an inch. I have absolutely NO understanding how that results in hoods that…

That’s leopard print, not cheetah ... too form-fitting to be satin, probably rayon or polyester.

While Jeremy did say “watch how far I can actually drive before the engine realizes there’s no key”, note that he stopped and turned off the car intentionally ... it didn’t just shut down by itself. I’m pretty sure that the car would have kept running for as far as he wished to drive it as long as he did not turn it…

“thanks to lazy stupid people and greedy lazy car manufacturers” ... fixed that for ya

"non Hispanic Catholics believe in evolution at higher rates than General population"

I know ... that's why I think it's so silly that people pine for Latin Mass even though (A) they can't understand it and (B) Latin is not the language of Jesus, or even the original church.

I bought some Lucky Buddha a couple years ago ... stumbled across it in the local Target store, never seen it before, thought the bottle was kitschy and fairly unique so I picked up a six pack (a kitschy or otherwise unique bottle / label has often influenced my beer purchases). I honestly thought it was supposed to…

I was raised Catholic, now technically apostate. The Catholic church, as far as official Rome-approved dogma is concerned, has advanced by leaps and bounds in the last half century, but no matter how much it is true that the Vatican officially recognizes evolution as fact, you will find that most devout Catholics will…

I simply cannot imagine why anybody would NOT modify a Beetle or other ‘classic’ vee-dub as much as humanly possible. In original factory condition, they are all absolutely horrible automobiles. Oh, and I’m a Cali native for what it’s worth.

Sounds like someone’s about to learn a lesson in IP & copyright law ... maybe Doug, maybe not. But someone.

That's what's known as "ricochet".

Different mission parameters necessitate different tools. The Blackhawk variants are much bigger helos than the Hueys. Cost to change all the Marine infrastructure (facilities as well as personnel costs) to support Blackhawks would be huge, and there would not be any real benefit to the change. Interservice logistical…

“Most cars also have a release on the interior, near the drivers seat, to unlatch the hatch or trunk.”

I think I need that sound clip as my new ringtone.

Why on God’s green earth would it need a 3rd row since 99.99% of its time on the road it will have one and only one person in it?

And as another fellow Californian, I can assure you that reporting a car with expired tags will result in absolutely nothing meaningful. The penalty for expired tags is a fixit-ticket: a stern notice that you are not allowed to drive the car without current registration and tags. There's no fine for driving with…

In California there seems to always be some back-n-forth between new cop tech and new countermeasures being deployed. For every new countermeasure, it's probably legal at first as they would not have written a law to outlaw it before it existed, and then after a while someone at the State level decides that no good…

I honestly doubt that’s the real thought process behind the message ... firstly, as an Admiral, he is 100% out of touch with the real life of the common man. He lives an extremely privileged life, even if he may bear great responsibility. Basically, he’s trying to be “nice” by condescending to the ignorant unwashed…