That was (is?) pretty universal across Toyotas from at least the 80s onwards for both the trunk and the glovebox.

My 2002 Saab 9-3 hatchback has this feature too. Nice touch.

So is Cookie Monster. What’s up with that picture anyway?

If you haven’t seen it already:

Welsh ranchers object to your incomplete story.

Well, it’s the only Danny Boyle-directed James Bond content out there, so I’m in.

(spoilers ahead for a movie released nearly 20 years ago)

Is 8.7% really “nearly 10%”? I’d say nearly 9%, but I don’t write headlines for a living. And yes this is being pedantic, but just like $9.99 looks better than $10, it feels like a psychological sleight of hand to round up an already rounded number.

Meanwhile, at Hummer:

CP. Two reasons:

I look forward to the post-credits scene revealing Howard the Psyduck. 

They do now, it’s the base model.

All you need to know is that he spared no expense.

You’re quite welcome, I’m glad I could make it out and contribute.

I just got back from the funeral and procession, and it was a somber and touching day. I’m glad we as car folks could contribute to the celebration of Jim’s life in our own little way.

Are these made to accomodate kit-bashing, so you could for example combine 3PO and a battle droid to make that thing he briefly became in Episode II?

Not so much the details as the arrangement of everything, e.g. the distances among the seats, A-pillars, and the controls. It’s the same way that a European friend sitting in my 9-3 hatchback immediately pegged its relationship with the contemporary Opel Vectra despite the details being different.

I test-drove one of those 2.0T 9-5s in early 2012 when the company was past its last legs. Couple of observations:

Jaguars with the 4.0L supercharged V8 have them too, so the turn-of-the-millennium XJR and XKR. It’s an okay transmission, but I would have loved a manual instead.

Sneaky, your car has its Halloween costume on year-round!