Oh, I know the difference, and I know what I saw. This was the old-school incandescent bulb-type of projector with the big fold-up arm with the lens assembly and the fresnel lens base. The image she had was printed on a transparency. This was not some modern LCD projector. It was huge, and you could hear the fan… Read more
Jason Torchinsky
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Senior Editor, Jalopnik • Running: 1973 VW Beetle, 2006 Scion xB, 1990 Nissan Pao, 1991 Yugo GV Plus, 2020 Changli EV • Not-so-running: 1977 Dodge Tioga RV (also, buy my book!: https://rb.gy/udnqhh)
Pretty sure you’re thinking of Darth Vader.
Yes, but I’m covering its implications to the greater realm of taillight communications, which wasn’t properly addressed before. That’s the part that REALLY matters.
I mean, that is a good book.
Okay, I trust your judgement here and will accept this as a ruling.
I used to ride in the back luggage well of my dad’s ‘68, too!
Sometimes, yes.
It points at the ground. Fairly uselessly.
That grammatical error is one I make CONSTANTLY
The doorstop: https://jalopnik.com/what-it-s-like-to-drive-a-tiny-car-designed-for-drunk-f-1786053178
I’m not sure I’d say the crossover turning circle is significantly smaller.
This is what I was hoping to see here!
Honestly, the knob is fine here. A column shift would have had nostalgia value, but you just spin that little knob all the way to the right when you go, to the left when you stop, and that’s it. It’s easy and simple.
Crap, now that you mention it, that could be right. I’ll have to check, but I don’t recall seeing the defroster wires in there.
They definitely worked fine. But they’re very difficult to make meet emissions requirements.
So, the old Types 1 and 3 engines used magnesium for the block; I could have sworn one of the big changes for Type 4 was aluminum. I know there are some aluminum case T4 motors. Hm. I better look that up.
I don’t think so. They didn’t make these in Brazil, and while they did build them in South Africa, I have yet to see anything that shows this variant there.
flip the flimsy little lever to the middle setting, next to what I assume is the Chinese character for Neutral
Yeah, sorry about the flag. Sometimes I get in such a rush cranking these out I miss some significant things. I fixed it!
Good point, things worked out just fine for Edsel!