Yeah AvE cracks me up. A good natured, foul mouthed technical dude with a healthy dose of irreverence for authority. I think I picked that ism up from his videos. I also remember Matt Farrah referring to the Fox Body Mustangs as auto sports Lego so that probably contributed.
I remember being a kid working on bicycles and noticing how standardized all of the components are. When I transitioned to cars I realized the opposite was true. I'm of the opinion that if the Big 3 hadn't been bailed out so many times and been subsidized by IP laws we probably would have ended up with a similar standardization of components eventually due to more players entering the market to fill the niches. I can only dream.