Yes, it's so full of murderers here in the U.K. I'm thinking of moving to America. I hear a place called Cabot Cove is nice.

Nobody tell any of this to Elon, or he’ll just say “let’s go for it!”

Celebrity ownership of a car is seriously the biggest “so what”. It’s just a fun fact at best. 

$250,000 for a slushbox 90s Camaro is weapons-grade crazy, regardless of who owned it.

The way it works pretty universally in the US, is that if the railroad is there first, whomever builds the ROAD is responsible for any crossing protection beyond crossbucks and a stop sign, unless the railroad decides otherwise (as they obviously will for major roads). These private crossings rarely see more than a…

I remember seeing the same thing when C-5 Galaxies were approaching Travis Air Force Base. We were driving by on the interstate, and they looked like they were suspended in midair.

I used to live in the flight path of a C17 squadron that practices short landings.  On a windy day, they appeared to be hovering, but still had a 100+ mph ground speed.

My road trip from Hell. I bought an ‘00 Saab 9-5 V6t SE station wagon in Oklahoma City of all places. A friend of mine wanted to join me for the trip, but could not leave until the next day, so we arranged for him to fly to IIRC St. Louis, and I would pick him up there.

Exactly. I bought an ‘88 low mileage SL a few years ago that has lived its life in a climate controlled garage and looked absolutely cherry. I immediately had to sink $8k into the suspension, steering and random bits. These are incredibly reliable cars. But they are all very old and parts are expensive.

Exactly. Private pilot license holder here - can’t afford a plane with a bathroom, and having been around enough RVs to know that I don’t like water plumbing in a vehicle in general - you just close up that full pee jug and dump it in a toilet when able. I would never toss a pee jug overboard from any vehicle. …

Tough call. Busso V6 isn’t actually all that difficult to work on, but impossible to cheap out on the parts, and some quality parts are unreasonably expensive. But then you get one of the best internal combustion engines ever made, so that’s a trade-off. I had three 164s in my life, and the timing belt woe is totally…

Went up in a King Air 90 years ago. It set up for air survey and at the back, there was a little funnel with a tube to the outside if you had to take a leak. We have some KA 300's now and they removed the actual toilet to make room for equipment and they have a honey bucket (drywall bucket with a seat on it) for those…

FOR KING AND COUNTRY!!!

“...it was estimated that every British adult needed to drink 124 pints of beer to reach pre-COVID business levels...”

The local news is calling it a miracle that the person survived. I call it modern safety systems and design and a bit of luck. 

I don’t disagree with you at all really. It *always* takes two to tango.

I’m going to say NP simply because it appears to be a nicely maintained r107 for under $10k. But some of the custom items take away from the appeal. The flush headlamps don’t look good. Even europeans preferred the round US headlamps. If he changed anything, he should have swapped the front and rear bumpers to euro…

Exactly, if you want an R107 there are always several for sale on CL and Facebook even in my flyover state, they survive at amazing rates, not perfect, but very nice ones for somewhere just a little north of $10k.

No Dice. This is one of those “Buy the best car you can afford situations:” because the best car is not that much more expensive. I think almost anyone who has only $7k to spend on a car probably won’t want to spend it on an ugly-looking R107. And anyone who wants an R107 in their life can go $12-ish with some…

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