@dosdelon: European cops in general don't tend to, as police cars here aren't built for ramming. The standard in the UK is the "box-and-stop"- several pursuit cars (usually V70 T-5s) box in the bandit car and then steadily slow down to a stop.

@FodderTheSane: "Don't give me a P-39

And another reason: this guy's fans drink bears! How badass do you have to be to DRINK a BEAR? Do they blend it first?

@7shades: Smarmy antipodean: Plenty of W123 taxis as well. In fact, a couple of years ago in London the police busted a gang who were stealing them. They showed footage on the news from hidden cameras the cops had placed around the yard where the gang were based- they could disassemble a W123 into its component parts…

@TouchMyMonkey: Greeks too.

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@alec421: The Dutch highway patrol used to drive 911s because the engine wouldn't overheat if they had to drive in reverse along the hard shoulder for long periods...

@sami_voodoo: I don't know- I hardly ever see them parked on the street. I think most of the time if you can afford a Caterham (they're not that expensive, but you need another car) you can afford off-street parking. Also, the lack of doors and a roof can't help with security, and neither can the small size- it…

@sami_voodoo: Caterhams have removable steering wheels. Admittedly, that's because you can't get in or out with the wheel in place...

@Mikeado: I don't think the Espace ever had sliders- and neither did the Ford Galaxy or the VW Sharan/SEAT Alhambra (these 3 used to be the same van, but the Galaxy is now different). The Sevel Eurovan quadruplets (Citroen C8/Peugeot 807/FIAT Ulysse/Lancia Phedra) and the Chrysler Voyager have sliding doors, as does…

@duurtlang: Exactly. I don't disapprove of this, it's one of the few ways that British police have stayed with the spirit of their founders.

@spuy767: On another forum I post on, there is a British guy who was once (due to mistaken identity) arrested on suspicion of murder. The policeman just said "I'm afraid you're going to have to accompany me to the station".

@gun6slinger9: Retest them, yes, but don't take away everyone's license on their 60th birthday.

The sign says "STOP"- which, to be fair, the C4 has done...

@Cynical Media Bitch: I didn't know that they'd named the last 3 A-boats yet! Interesting to see that they've gone back to battleship names for SSNs- Anson and Agamemnon are traditional battleship names, and while the last two Ajaxes were a frigate and a cruiser it was a battleship name before that.

@GåßëÊdwå®d§ - IS A REAL COMMENTER!!!!: McLaren in F1.

@DoesMyPhaceLookPhat: No, theft involves deliberately taking something with the intent to PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE ITS OWNER OF IT (my emphasis). Illegally downloading music may be a crime (it may just be a civil tort, it depends on where you are), but it's not theft, as the RIAA and the IP owner weren't deprived of…

@Skipro: I drive my dad's FJ62 fairly frequently- most of the same (dis)advantages, except for the 4-speed slushbox that always seems to end up in the wrong gear. It's more like steering a ship than driving a car, and hills take forward planning- on the Interstate you sometimes have to be doing 75 at the bottom to…

@joneez: It's a bit less ugly now...

@Sean Incantalupo: They might have been sued by Boeing over trademark infringement. After all, if Peugeot could sue Porsche for using 3 numbers with a zero in the middle (901), Boeing could go after BMW for having a car with the same model number as an aircraft currently in production!