The most obvious choice, is a surplus Humvee...
Would love to be there, used to live in the Springs, but stuck in TN now.
yeah, it’s kinda like hiring Frank Ghery to design a house around a door that came from a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
I agree, very few really find a way to keep the corporate grille design and have it work across every car. BMW probably being the most successful at that. It fits just fine whether it’s a 7 series, Z4, SUV, 90s Concept Car, or vintage race car.
eh?
I (as an industrial designer.... so my opinion counts more... right?) hate the current Lexus grille, the rest I can take or leave and it’s generally better than whatever they thought they were doing back when this came out
I would argue that the existence of the Nitro was warranted, however the execution was completely wrong. The fact that it had no off-road ability doesn’t have to be it’s down fall, it’s the fact that they attempted to glam it up too much. What they had was a truck frame based small(ish) suv with a 5000 lb tow capacity…
It may have some history, but i’ve never particularly found the breadvan all that attractive. It’s like the real version of a cartoon version of a real car.
I noticed this watching the 2nd episode of APB, except with dodge chargers
time to bring back the semaphore signals, problem solved.
Next time this happens, I want to see the Tesla driver set the auto pilot, and jump from it to the other car to take control while the Tesla drops back with every light flashing to alert traffic.... Just saying, it’d be cool to hear about.
Could be a reman
If it’s like any other Japanese car of the era that I’ve seen, they couldn’t get a hand, stamp, and hammer down far enough into that engine bay to do it, probably have to pull the engine out just to get to it.... at that point, i guess they may as well give it a new block for it’s trouble.
If you had a 21 year old car and someone offered to replace you engine block for free (considering this would include all new gaskets, possibly new seals and bearings), would you fuss?
I’ve visited this particular program as a curious spectator and could probably come up with some reactionary response based on my 30 minutes of standing there watching..... This could have happened in any number of ways and I’m sorry for those involved and their families.
I’ve often heard, through people that knew him and an occasional mention, that A.W. Dicus (A preacher and scientist) invented the turn signal in 1918, but haven’t found a whole lot of information outside of anecdote. It’s said he was forced to sell his rights to it in 1922 due to a recession, so it’s possible he was…
The cost is the biggest hurdle unfortunately. The solid surfacing they should have used would run about double the shredded tires, and usually that’s about as much as the playstructure itself.
On playgrounds, the biggest issue is balancing the access/budget/ and activity. Not all of a structure HAS to be accessible to count, but to get a wheelchair up to a height enough for even a short 36" slide requires 36' of ramp (unless we come off of a berm) and a turn around point (usually for us that’s a large hex…
I must blink thrice then.