Never buy tools for someone unless you know that you'll need to borrow it from them.

I laughed. I think that's what was supposed to happen here.

Here ya go:

I sometimes feel like my life's mission is to defend the honour of the Opel/Vauxhall Omega on US websites. Murilee did a harsh but reasnably fair article on TTAC last week but the commenters gave it a total kicking.

Did his steering input at 0:16/0:17 have any effect?

I'll concede that I was generalising, my experience of this is with French cars made after about 2000. I still see dozens, hundreds even, of early and late 90s French motors doing well but I see hardly any between sic and twelve years old. I do see them in the scrap yard, or for sale on eBay for spares or repair.

I think the Troopers saw her breaking the limit, gave chase and she came up with this flim-flam to divert attention.

The British Rail Class 55 Deltics were built in the sixties, decomissioned in the eighties but, following rail privatisation, were put back into service in the 90s. They still do high speed freight runs today, though only six are left. They were built tough and the survivors still work hard for a living. I suppose the…

I don't disagree with that but y'know how people talk about built-in obsolescence?

America! You don't want the Citroens and Renaults, trust me.

The rumour of a V12 sprinter pops up now and again on different sites and forums but seems to go back to a (now deleted) entry on Wikipedia.

The Dukes of Hazzard. It still rocks.

Well, COTD yesterday was won by a guy suggesting that Opel is American because of ownership rather than tradition so, yes, Jaguar and Land Rover are Indian. Rover and MG are Chinese. Rolls Royce and Bentley are German.

As above, I'm worried about the built in obsolescence, the idea that these things will be lifed at a certain number of miles and then only be good for crushing.

Raytheater is spot on, it's not right to moan about Nissan coming up with something that ends up being used worldwide because of lack of competition. We should be moaning about the lack of a uniquely British or 'Merican alternative from a British or 'Merican company.

Wasn't Solo a smuggler?

I've heard it used in anger on the streets of the UK in the last couple of years.

I learned to drive in a Xantia, I keep looking at them used because they're so cheap now.

I'd agree with that (^). They're just too expensive to be credible.

A Caprice PPV?