Funnily enough there was a documentary on the BBC some back about the RAF C17s, and I remember one of the flight crew saying that they "had a suite of counter-measures and were very well protected" but was not willing to go into detail about them (I'm paraphrasing from memory).

That. Is. Glorious. If it were my daily driver I would load up the stereo with the Ladytron discography, pretend it's permanently 1985 and never get out of the car again.

My take would be: Buying a car for normal, hardworking people is always on paper a bad financial decision. You are always going to lose money. The question is, how do you manage your exposure?

My guess would be belts/chains were not strong enough and too prone to stretching, and therefore cams needed to be gear driven. So they were placed as near to the crank as possible.

These days, they're usually some form of moulded piece. In the olden days when they were fabric, a combination of glue and tensioned metal frame (kind of like those pop up tents).

"Gimme a carton of Low Birth Weights" - Bill Hicks

Jesus how old is that picture? Six quid a packet? What is this 2004? I mean I.....oooh hello soft pack Marlboro Reds....mmmmmm.

The F4 Phantom. Aerodynamic proof of the theory that anything will fly as long as you put a big enough engine in it.

This sure as hell won't be popular, but my understanding is the Elmiraj concept was designed at the (now closed) GM advanced studio in the UK.

You mean a Canadian Tuxedo?

That would be a Bernie Ecclestone quote, I believe...

Please tell me your American hipsters are not into Mumford & Sons.

In the BBC commentary David Coulthard made reference to Ricciardo "doing a Nigel and selling him a dummy".

I daily drove a '79 for about two years.

I don't often post selfies, but when I do, they're with Daniel Simon:

They end up falling in love, consummating the relationship and producing a future leader of the Jalopnik Resistance, Patrick Ballaban??

As a Brit, we are much closer culturally to America than to Europe.

That's lovely. Tasteful mods, good colour combination. Nice work.

Approved.

"Blake, I know you're in there. I can hear the ice cubes."