I would too, but the unmolested left hand drive cars are more expensive here than watercooled 911... so I got a 996 Targa instead ^^

The buttons were all non-functional, it had no aircon, mostly nothing. The engine worked though, but they had it on the Top Gear test track and the handling was horrible:

apart from the AMG Transport Dynamics M12 Force Application Vehicle, also known as the Warthog, of course.
That one will run circles around the Raptor any day. (in Horizon, as it already does in Horizon 3)

The lanes have to be wide enough (by law) so that if the vehicles move to their extreme sides a rescure vehicle can get through the middle.
The shoulders on the other hand are often interrupted at bridges or other sections, plus you are not allowed to drive on them - they are for emergency stops only.
Also, in most…

This is one of the reasons why people always think fondly about the old Miatas. Having the shifter basically right on top of the transmissions means that changing gear feels like operating a piece of well-oiled machinery. My first gen Miata also for some reason has a satisfying metal “clink” sound like a rifle when…

Panzer Dragoon Saga? Just learn Japanese, bought a mint shrinkwrapped copy of Panzer Dragoon Azel with Spinecard for 40€. ^^
Some games are not that rare over there, a European PAL Panzer Dragoon Saga on the other hand, with those cardboard-on-plastic cases, will cost you and arm and a leg.
Radiant Silvergun can be had…

I once drove a Toyota Yaris, because that was the only car that the rental station in that small town had available after my Volvo 480 broke down with a shredded engine.

After 350km I didn’t know what was worse, the fact that my Volvo died or that I had to drive this abomination with a central digital instrument…

The S40 wasn’t ever available in Europe if something like it even exists, I’ve only ever seen ONE S60 here, and not for lack of people trying to buy one - it didn’t exist here, you couldn’t get it, period.

That’s a Rich question, if you need to Rebuild it.

How distracting is having the speedo and all relevant information on the screen off the view axis of the driver?
I am a fan of centered, well-readable instrument clusters, will this annoy me to no end or is it ok-ish?
Also, I am a fan of having huge, dedicated buttons for all necessary functions (light, heating, hazards…

I think it is completely different. The richer people don’t get richt by handing their money out, they would rather have their insurance pay any claims before they touch their own wallet. They probably have many insurances with the same company, so they threaten to move the whole portofolio to another company if their…

The private drivers are more interesting anyway, especially the classic cars. Try to get a job as a track helper, hang out with some nice guys with a barbequeue near a hairpin and occasionally help push a car back on the road.
I still have a few good pictures from a few years back, I could shoot the cars as they came…

and be banned from ever working in that field again, this should include all kinds of security positions or other stuff where your job might be to stop confrontations between people like a bouncer.
Sorry, but using force should be the LAST resort any police officer should take.
Even in the Bundeswehr (army) here in…

I was talking about the RX7 FDs in general. Getting a useful LHD car has become impossible under 20.000€ over here, and that won’t help you get a good one.

No, you should NEVER do that. The original engine is a perfect fit for the car: light, nimble, high-revving. The LS1 transforms it into something completely different, and robs it of its character.
If you haven’t driven a well kept rotary before, you can probably not understand what I mean. But please, don’t butcher…

Would’ve been a challenge for sure :)

Well I got this one already...

^^ I’ve had dozens of cars in my life, big and small, automatic and manual. Have driven a lot of stuff at work too, sat in a Tesla Roadster S as well as a radio truck built shortly after WWII.
Let me just say: The Miata really IS special. NA and NB that is, the ND somewhat too. The NC never felt like it, and the…

Let me put it this way: When I went home from work I often felt exhausted, sometimes a bit grumpy - working in an IT department and having to deal with all the requirements does that to you.

Backup camera? They mandate a backup camera for a low sports car? REALLY?
I’d guess they would measure rear visibility and only those cars that would not be able to see the Miata (or a toddler) behind them would need such a thing.
*shakes head*