Plus, the two-speed transfer case’s low-range gearing (activated through a simple switch on the left side of the steering wheel, shown below) made crawling a breeze.

My driving instructor explained it that way:
While “Geisterfahrer” is the most common term, the media decided on calling them “Falschfahrer”, the reason being that “Geisterfahrer” (Ghost rider) sounds cooler than “Falschfahrer” (Wrong-way driver) and might encourage people to drive in the wrong lane as a dare.

Not exactly. The emergency lane between lane 1 and 2 is actually a lot wider than the paved shoulder (which is - as skeffles above points out - reserved for stopped vehicles). As for the people running around: the emergency vehicles are not exactly racing down recklessly the emergency lane. They have their overland…

20 years ago, I had an Opel Omega (the Louts Omega’s pedestrian brother, a sturdy, but lackluster 2.0 8v with automatic transmission). As I was reversing out of our car port, my eyes fell upon the shifter and I noticed that the normally illuminated shifter gate was out. I was so perplexed by this (“Wait a minute,…

Tom and Jerry taught me what a pizzicato is...

Oh, finally I can shine! It all goes back to the Franconian knight Götz von Berlichingen (1480-1562), who - supposedly bowdlerizing himself - told a bailiff “he may lick his backside”.

“your kids”

Thank you for this eye-opener! But could you elaborate on this:

Don’t forget the most gorgeous T-car, the Opel Kadett Coupé (especially in GT/E form):

Shame! *Dingdingding* Shame!

I suggest Flensburger or Astra Radler if you can get it.

Hm, I’m afraid as of now only the grapefruit flavor made it to the US: http://www.schofferhofer.us

That’s why they say that a M151 Ford MUTT has the right grill only when lying on its side. And thanks to the rear swing-axle design of the early models it often did. When the layout was changed to a semi-trailing arm suspension in the M151 A2, it handled a lot better and safer.
But at this point the horse had already…

Hm, there’s no easy answer to that ... Germans are quite exacting (and - you might guess it - humorless) about anything beer-related. For instance there is the famous Reinheitsgebot of 1516 stating that beer may only be made using barley, hops and water, which is still honored today.

Quoting Wikipedia, “a common misperception in the United States is the “lemonade” called for in shandy recipes is the US-style lemonade made by mixing lemon juice, water, and sugar.”

he describes it as “looking for what would confuse the system”

Ahem, pardon my intrusion but thanks to my several degrees in constructionequipentology I must correct you: This is not any front loader this is a skid-steer loader (Bobcat is a genericised trademark, like Scotch Tape, Windex etc).

Land Rover Defender, hands down.
When we got a Td5 90 as a long term loaner, I was baffled how uncomfortable, loud, wheezy, cramped, flimsy, stubborn and unreliable that hunk of british alumin(i)um proved to be.

Sorry to inform y’all that’s not 100% correct ... traditionally, the main meal is lunch at noon. Abendbrot is dinner albeit on a somewhat smaller scale. As the name says, it mainly consists of some slices of bread with cheese or sausage.

Except that’s the version which would be ridiculed in Germany as the “Warmduscher” edition (lit. “warm showerer” and therefore not very manly) because of the (optional) windshield.
The real thing is the “flies between your teeth” version as shown by David.