A furniture store has to take stuff out of boxes and unwrap the plastic, yet they don’t assess a prep charge. You can think of other examples.

Worm drive is lossy compared to direct drive.

That’s exactly right. I had enough problems with my ‘95 Audi, but then I heard the stories about how they just got worse and worse Y2k till now. VW/Audi prefers to push out the new tech asap rather than make sure it’s reliable.

Go back in time even further, and GM cars had badges that proudly announced “DISC BRAKES”.

You forgot about the button for high beams.

The instruction manual for my washing machine (Whirlpool) has specific guidance for each cycle for how much clothing can be loaded. Heavy duty cycle, fill it right up, Delicate cycle, only half full.

I’m not a motorcycle rider. Wouldn’t the torque from an I6 tilt you over an awful lot?

What can I do to supress the annoying little GIFs that are on this page?

OK, so how do “market forces” fund road construction and maintenance? Tolls for every road?

In the news this morning, Seattle is proposing to lower the speed limit from 30 to 25 to “reduce congestion”. There is some very convoluted reasoning as to why this will work.

If you buy an inexpensive mechanical watch, you will be sad when it stops running in five years and you have to either throw it away or spend more than it originally cost on a clean/lube. The most sensible choice is a solar/quartz movement, and they are available from Citizen, Seiko, and Casio in similar styles to…

If you buy an inexpensive mechanical watch, you will be sad when it stops running in five years and you have to…

Coincidentally, I was just headed down to Office Depot today to get something laminated. Do you have any idea how much they charge for that service? I’m wondering what would the break even point be for this laminator; how many things would I have to laminate to make it worthwhile?

Coincidentally, I was just headed down to Office Depot today to get something laminated. Do you have any idea how…

“Of course, this is bullshit”

And if a car is rolling towards you, get out of the way.

GM solved this problem years ago with heat rejecting coatings on the windshields of their “dustbuster” minivans.

You are so wrong about this. Cars from that era had split dashboards, crumbling door gaskets, leaking main seals, and easy-burst radiator hoses. It was common to replace shocks and spark plug wires at 30k miles. Bodies were more rust-prone and the engine would have burned valves and scored cylinder walls.

You can get a Sprinter with 4WD now.

I’m with you, what good is a 4 foot bed? The back of an SUV or minivan has that much room. I guess if you regularly carry upright refrigerators around, then the shorty bed is useful.

Does the self parking M6 automatically take up two parking spots?