I recently had to replace the grill element in an oven. The element connected to the wires with the usual spade terminals but the terminals pointed upwards, so to remove or insert it with the wires connected you had to lift the element upwards to get the terminals and wires to go through the hole in the side wall. Anyone spotted the flaw? You cannot lift it upwards because the top of the oven is in the way :-( Had they have pointed them downwards it would have been easy to thread through. As it is I had to pull the oven out and take the side panel and heat insulation off to get at the terminals! That was nothing to do with fashion or looks. Just lack of foresight. Or maybe they did it on purpose so you thought you had to buy a new cooker!

Cheers

DtG