No “Boozed-up-coffee” story without the Pharisee from Northern Germany, a coffee with sugar, at least 4cl dark rum* and a bonnet of whipped cream!

By the time the photo has been taken, all the Alfasud in the middle were rusted beyond recognition....

Not entirely! The Holden was based on the Opel-platform, as you can see on the slightly bulgy window-line and the awful door handles. But the Aussies completed the car by shoehorning a LT-V8 into it, something Opel tried with the Omega V8, but shied away from it in the last second (brochures were already printed).…

This is a great recording of David Coffin! It’s my go-to feelgood shanty. Watch out for the small guy with the green shirt and green cap (on the left in the picture above) who sings the counterpoint voice (is that the correct term?).

For the first time this model receives Fully-variable 4MATIC, allowing the torque of the engine to be distributed from 0-100% between the front and rear axles, depending on the selected driving mode.

The shot of Ouzo is a traditional digestif, consumed after the meal. While not exactly helping with digestion, it feels good after a hearty platter of gyros or bifteki.

“The only time it would present itself ... would be if the president was as nutty as a fruit cake.”

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…