I don’t think so. They’ve found a very good niche among young people who want something with all the expensive drek in luxury brands, the cheap plasticky feel of the big two Japanese (the Fit/Yarris and larger cars are nice, but their compacts are obviously neglected and cheap even for the price), or high maintenance…

For the steering, it may be that they’ve spread out the steering over a longer range. While it would mean more hand movement for sharp turns, and therefor slightly slower cornering and a more boat-like feel, it would impart a bit more precision and make the car significantly less temperamental (my current Mazda seems…

It’s possible that I have no idea what cars are made of.

Yeah, I think it’s at its perceive peak because all the segments are so consistent. Every subcompact is clearly trying to look like the Fit (albeit with every company having its own headlight and grill design, and many adding some flourish in the shaping), and all compacts look like whatever started the trend (I drive…

I am kind of curious about what Lapis knowing what flirting is implies about gemworld. Pearl obviously didn’t despite having been around the two for longer and seeing the Greg-Rose story play out.

Not sure how correct that is, though, given how successfully Jews working in various media are at staying on the down-low by changing their names and never talking about it. Lots of kids are clearly not aware that non-Christians exist in America, given the rhetoric about Santa.

I kind of hope we get to see how humans at learge are dealing with gem affairs, meaning both the jem tech and monsters hanging out all over the place and the recent escalation of Crystal-Jemworld relations.

What is the deal with Mitsubishi? Is it another practical East Asian brand like Toyota, Honda and (I think?) Nissan? An affordable driver’s car like Maxda? A local-culture specialized brand like Subaru (which in my market is largely marketed and known for its abilities to handle the narrow and winding roads, steep…

And there just wasn’t the cheap option prior to the ‘70's, so everything had to be hand formed?

Also, Young Justice according to some rumours (except with young adults replacing old people).

Also, the show had a good bit of what was clearly intended to be action. It’s just that the action was awful.

I have the opposite. I came to a full stop on a hill, then the snow on the road decided “ha ha fuck you” and I wasn’t stopped any more.

That probably also explains the stress on having as few different surfaces and curves as possible (the econobox look that was also ubiquitous in luxury cars). Eliminates the need to bend or form the aluminum sheets.

I don’t get the Hitler mustache comparison. The Hitler is a square, while Lexus uses an hourglass. It’s more like a mustache-beard combo I saw on some arabesque villain in an old movie.

But the hood shapes and slopes vary pretty widely, as does light placement (in relation to grill, hood, and bumper). Most significantly, though, different classes look different. During the late cold war design period, vans, roadsters, trucks, and wagons all had the exact same styling. While all subcompacts today look…

The most common solution is to simply not line up the grill and lights in that ribbon. There’s also the layout where the lights are entirely above the grill, which can be seen in the 1961 examples in the article and most cars of the clustered-rounds era (the layout of the third generation rocket 88 is probably the one…

Make sure to bring a crowbar and some wire cutters for when you find the guy who imported a Levorg or Exiga.

This episode has another contender for greatest basketball player still alive. Can you recognize him?

My GF’s knitting me an old-fashioned baseball cardigan.