"They are absolutely certain that the car is still safe to operate".
Sometimes, of course, a combination of the two is needed: if other drivers' moves are not certain, then the car needs to be controlled cautiously to counter unexpected developments.
The styling, by the Italdesign-Giugiaro studio, is pitch perfect, with compact proportions balanced over turbine-look wheels, a steeply raked windshield and a distinctive blacked-out grille (although at certain angles, the car's face looks like a nurse shark).
But there are three things I am absolutely certain about: The car is for getting from here to there and all the communications stuff is ancillary.
However, you must make certain that the car will not roll without the parking brake on.
Whichever plan is adopted, one thing is certain: The 2,000 car owners who park at the pier at the exceptionally low rate of about $200 a month will continue to be accommodated.
Mr. Sand said he liked to crack his window: "Certain people in the car -- I'm not saying today -- have a certain odor".
From that point on, Mr. Moal said, the process took on a certain organic quality, the car's form gradually emerging from the interplay of his own design ideas and Mr. Kilroy's mastery of the metal.
But he admitted he was struggling with certain aspects of the car's performance.
