I’m not seeing the advantage of everyone having to do the same vetting process repeatedly.

The average worker wasn’t buying a table with carved feet 100 years ago. You’re experiencing survivorship bias.

How similar are Austrian and eastern Swiss?

I’ll take a bite.

Ring doughnut or jam?

Yeah makes sense, Focus definitely ends production at the end of the year. Always been a fan of Fords in general, decent quality, decent price, just all round decent cars.

Meh, once they grow up their things aren’t nimble enough to assemble stuff any more. Waste of energy training them.

You make a fair point, my comment was more to say that US brands can make a good sensible car if they want to and be damn successful at it. I’ll be a little sad when they discontinue the focus. Have they stopped Mondeo estates as well?

I guess the Puma/Capri combo are a more euro-centric SUV.

While I agree, I think the reason might be the economy is on the verge of a down spiral. Their self imposed borrowing rules are becoming problematic, taxes up again in October and we’re getting it tight as it is.

The funny thing is, the one American automaker that made an effort did quite well and we sometimes forget they’re American, namely, Ford.

Does this comment imply you leave the bag in the cup?

Oh you’re one of those are you. Come round your house for a cup of weak second hand tea.

Leave it sitting on the spoon.

You think you’re being funny, but you’re not. You’re offending an entire nation. (Although I’m fine with drawing a pot of tea in the microwave after the hot water has been poured out of the kettle onto the pot).

I’m a horrible pedant, but I require a bathroom to have a bath.

I try and just ignore it and read what I’m interested in regardless. From what I hear about the YouTube algo, for instance, clickbait titles are necessity more than a choice for YouTubers, if they don’t use them they get next to no engagement early and the algo buries that video which can impact the channel in general.

They do it because it works on the whole. If straight titles were as effective they’d be used instead.

Have you never read a BBC HYS comments section?

You must be if you’re using fillet steak as a Sunday roast.

Pfft, what would the french know about good food, they probably don’t even put cheese on their beans and toast