In Germany (and since we’re all brethren over here, that is normally: the EU) a passenger side mirror wasn’t mandatory until ‘90. IIRC even the first W124 came without when not ordered.

I’m sure the NRA has some dipshit argument for that: “But, you see, the guns were meant to kill people, so there’s no wrongdoing in that.”

The state should be supporting people getting into convenient transportation, car or no.

What year is yours? AFAIK, this function was only implemented on the earliest models (Pre-Pre-Facelift).

That’s always a fun point when you tell people that the G-Wagen or the Unimog are rated for a 100%-incline.

“Get me some lighter fluid, a waffle iron, and one of Dewey’s stuffed animals, the furrier the better.”

This is what passes for luxury today? It’s so garish and gimmicky, and the coloured mood lighting everywhere makes it look like the interior had an accident with a shipment of underglow kits. It’s like a circa 2005 SEMA build.

A Defender I drove for work consumed actually less fuel with the roof tent mounted (not deployed!) than without. That “aerodynamics” must have been really fucked up.

Fun fact: In Germany, until 2007 the Filet-o-Fish was indeed called “Fish Mac” (I dunno if it was called “Le Fish Mac” in France..)

Sweet! I just love these mix’n’match-off-the-shelf possibilities (I have GMT900 brakes on my GMT800 Burb, a R1200GS front shock in my R1100GS and so on). To put the icing on the brake-cake, I’d recommend the excellent Stahlbus bleeder valves. The integrated one-way-valves make bleeding a breeze, you don’t have to…

I can still remember seeing a shorter version for the first time. I thought it was a kind of elaborate mockumentary. Surely nobody would ever really plan this kind of stupid stunt with a jet-assisted Lincoln Continental. Boy, was I wrong...

“bUt tEh cRaSh sAfetY!!!1!!”

I’d cover it in OSB-panels and add some french cleat bars. They’re great to organize your tools. In addition, a lot of leftover lumber can be converted into nifty tool holders for said french cleats.

Finally someone who has actually ridden one! The shop were I was apprentice had one as a demo bike, back in 1999. The poor thing spent more time in the shop than on the road due to all-too-enthusiastic customers that regularly cannoned it into ditches or cars. Wheen I had the chance to spend my lunch break on an empty…

Yep, caught that, too...

Outright bans on manufacturing and selling ICE cars is stupid, anti-consumer, and frankly, anti-democratic.

Well, I wouldn’t count it as “happy” but nevertheless I had a laughing fit when in left turns the Niva’s fuel gauge needle careened to the right and vice versa. But my brain could have been compromised due to the funky fumes from the fatty glistening floor mats...

...you can hook it up to your XBox or PC and use the massive contraption as a controller for the MotoGP video game.

Somehow my brain interpreted the skull and the drapes as a fat man opening his bathrobe with his head out of the picture and I can’t unsee it...

Thank you! I had my gripes with the movie, but with that insight, I feel like I have to watch it again.