Battles
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I was looking through these comments for a mention of Wheeler Dealers, did you see who bought theirs? It was Andrew Frankell, current Road Test editor for Motor Sport magazine in the UK and former Autocar writer. He and Chris Harris MUST know each other and this purchase CANNOT be a coincidence. Fingers crossed

Yup.
No, wait, there's a guy in checked trousers at a golf club somewhere who thought it looked brilliant.

The BBC and Sky News have been mixing up the Balkans and Baltic for the last few days.

Junk? What are you on about?
These things are still rolling in Europe, the newest Omegas are easily ten years old but they're still desirable because they're tough and reliable.
Everytime the Cadillac Catera gets a kicking on Jalopnik or wherever I leap to it's defence because I am mystified as to why it did so badly in

Just found out that the non-commercial version of the Vito is called the Viano.
MB need to sort these weird names out.

The Vaneo is A-Class based, too small for taxi work. The photo looks like the W639 version of the Vito.
The Benz Vito based taxis seem to have a better reputation for disabled access, at least in practical terms. They're often specified on local authority transport contracts in the UK for shuttling wheelchair users

We sometimes get Danish Naval vessels in the harbour at Leith, in Scotland.
We've been to Legoland loads and my little boy knows it's in Denmark so he refers to them as the Legoland Navy with big, real guns.

I'm not a Dane but I sometimes wish I was.
Thanks for looking after me so well when I go there. Thanks mainly for casually driving US muscle cars, Legoland, hot chicks in Copenhagen and Wrenchmonkees.

One of the writers for a UK classic car mag in the early 2000s bought a black 70s 911 that was originally fitted with a ducktail. He got a new engine cover that deleted the ducktail for aesthetic purpposes but basically only drove it that way for a few weeks because it was a bit scary.
This was pre-internet engagement

I understand that tha XE10 IS300 was theoretically available with a manual box in Europe but I couldn't find one when I was looking for one. I got an IS200 saloon instead.
You can get the IS200 sport wagon with a manual box though.

My first wasn't even one key. It was an '88 Mini with a different key for each door, another for the boot, another for the ignition and a tiny little one for the fuel filler.
Inside, there were four different keys for the locking wheelnuts.

No love for Hot Cars?
1956 film, it must a bit of a B-movie based on the cast but it carries itself along nicely and there are some great street scenes.

There's a bloke from the town I'm from, a bit of a wrong 'un in many ways, who maxed out his M3 CSL on a major local road.BBC News Link

Novety was enough to convince not one but TWO of my co-workers into them.

RE the gearbox, I don't think these had four speed 'boxes in Europe so I can't understand why they would have them in the US.

That's a great find. Genuinely brilliant Rover (which is rare) in almost any form. The turbo, obviously, was the bestest.

Mexican market 75s!

I could watch that all day.

The 928 is a crack pipe guarantee.