That's the other thing about Europe- cars towing trailers have lower speed limits. For instance, outside cities the national ("unless posted") speed limit in Britain is 10 mph less if you're towing a trailer, and you're also not allowed into the outside lane of a motorway.

No-one posted this yet? Really?

I can get you a 710 cap but not the dashboard...

There are also a few SUVs around- the station near me run an Audi Q7 for armed response because they do need a lot of heavy equipment. Also, we have the HATOs (Highways Agency Traffic Officers) who aren't police and deal with breakdowns and accidents on major highways. They drive around in big SUVs so they can tow…

Yes. but if the safe is in plain sight it's not concealed, otherwise they could confiscate cars for having a glovebox.

Not to mention their huge Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers (well partly nuclear powered, they also have some gas-fired boilers as a back-up and for extra sprint speed).

They tried it- there were a few nuclear-powered cruisers, but they've all been scrapped now. I think they cost too much to run, plus the risk if they're hit in the reactor.

And this is one of the last made, a 1967 Scammell Townsman. They were finally killed by laws that required commercial vehicles to have brakes on all the wheels (the front wheel of a mechanical horse was unbraked).

This is an original Scammell Mechanical Horse, which still had the single front wheel that could turn through 360 degrees. It had a turning circle of 19 feet with a 16-foot trailer!

That reminds me- Jaguars until the Series III XJ used to have two separate fuel tanks, one on each side, each filled from its own gas cap. The driver had to manually switch over which tank was being used.

I think the scuba divers (Norway) knew the driver.

Where did your brother get a RHD Unimog from?

I imagine somewhere in Europe- a lot of European countries have laws detailing what you have to have in your car, and the police like pulling over cars with foreign plates as the drivers might not have checked. For instance, in France you have to have a hi-vis vest for each person in the car in the passenger…

Same law in the UK- you don't have to wear a seatbelt when reversing or when supervising a learner driver who is reversing. It's so you can turn round more easily to look behind you.

I don't know why old people need horsepower, but it reminded me of this story:

Britain had a "socialist" government from 1997 to 2010. Spain had one from 2004 to 2011. Germany had one from 1998 to 2005. Those are just the most recent periods- and none of their leaders turned into power-mad corrupt dictators. Of course, none of them were Che Guevara-types who gained power through an armed…

Yes, but would you buy a Ford Henry? A Chevrolet Louis? A Chrysler Walter?

I think, as always, it depends if they like you or not.

Crossing through the dessert is more fun- you can stop for some cake or ice-cream if you get hungry...

Here's another- the base-model Ford Capri. While the 2.8i was quickish even by modern standards, the base 1.3 or 1.6 took more than 16 seconds to struggle to 60- in the late 80s.