a couple of years ago my dad bought a mid late 80s buick lasabere sedan and like most cars of that era the fuse box was under the dash near the pedals. not on this car the fuse box was on the dash under one of the 'woodgrain' panels that were on the dash surface. you opened the drivers door and turned these little plastic screw things a quarter of a turn and they popped out on a spring and the panel swung down revealing the fuse box and a diagram of what fuse was what on the back side of the panel. me and my dad thought this was pretty damn brilliant design. well the car went to car heaven a few years after that and my dad got a mid 90s olds 88 royale which even though the car had all new sheet metal and interior it was the same platform underneath. but when a fuse stopped working we dug out the manual cause we could not find the fuse box on the dash or on the side of the dash like they are on current cars. we found the fusebox all right, back under the dash near the pedals
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sorry for the long post, but have you guys ever seen a change to car that got rid of a good feature or design for one like the one i mentioned? another "HUH?" moment was my dad's current car a 2004 monte carlo which has the ignition key in the dash near the HVAC and stereo panel which he LOVES. well he was thinking of trading it in for a 2007 which i think was the last year. well in 2006 the impala and monte were redone. but the monte only got a new front clip and a new interior, which put the key back on the column
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