I lost count of the quick disconnects I broke at work. A few times the female side would crack and spew fuel uncontrollably. Not fun, and that was the problem with the factory fix - the male connectors were made in metal, but the female side remained plastic, so if anything broke it was now the much harder to replace…

Porsche intermediate shaft "issues". A good part of the reason 996s and early Boxsters are so cheap nowadays - They are time bombs, and do not share the old aircooled 911 reputation for reliability.

01? I meant 1950s, 60s and 70s. The new ones are as reliable as any Hondazukikawamaha.

Try searching for him by name... The "real" account isn't even on the first page of results. Why anyone would try to impersonate jezza on something as worthless as twitter (without spam being involved) I'll never understand.

I used to fix brit bikes with Lucas junk, I worked at a shop that had a full stock of original Lucas parts and connectors. It was astounding how awful everything was, from non-functional right-out-of-the-package relays to the chintziest crimp connectors you will ever see. Add to that rats nest wiring looms that had…

Expensive to maintain? Sure. But they are still exceedingly well built, in a league that most younguns don't understand today. If you have no experience with Benzes build before 1996, you have no idea how well put together these are.

Elon Musk announces his new Teslite commuter car, which will cost 15 000$, have a range of 600 miles per charge, seats four, and will go from 0-60 in 5 seconds with a top speed of 136 mph.

I worked as a Triumph (motorcycle) mechanic for a while. Modern and vintage. I will never, ever understand the appeal of those rolling junk piles. They really are as bad as people claim. Oh sure, you could make them semi-reliable if you rebuild them completely with modern parts and lots of know-how (how much money you…

Krautwagen it is, then.

Having had a 250C in the family, and dreaming of ways to shoehorn a MB correct V8 into it somehow, I say NP. But it isn't for everyone, I can understand why so few get it, and really this sort of conversion makes little financial sense.

Leadpipe; i.e. "I would prefer a leadpipe to my balls than even consider owning this collosal hunk of garbage."

For some reason I picture Chevy Chase sitting in the driver's seat, frantically winding up the window as the nose drops.

I'd just wait another year when they introduce the 588 Berlusconi Hybrid, which will be so good it will completely eclipse the slow, ill handling turd that is the 458 and prices will plummet as the wait list disappears. Just ask anyone who had a deposit on a 430.

I'll never forget seeing my motorcycle safety instructor crusing down the main street of my town on his Goldwing barge, riding one handed while yakking on a cell phone. Yes, really.

All together now:

Do want, but do not wish to deal with dodgy importation and an inflated price tag. CP

Some things never change I guess. My 93 Grand Cherokee nearly burned on two occasions, both due to sudden water pump failures and subsequent overheating. I knew someone with a similar Cherokee who had the same thing happen, and it did light up, but they extinguished it quickly.

The strangest faux-car I encountered was a mid-90s Honda Accord that had the bumpers, grille, lights and badging of a Lexus ES. Why? An Acura maybe, but Lexus?

I don't disagree. When I read car reviews that wax poetic about how blisteringly fast a car is, I always think to myself "how little you really know". 0-60 in 3 seconds is considered slow to average for a modern sportbike (it's often limited by traction off the line, and the ability of the rider to keep the damn thing…

Dissapointing? V10 M5. With all the colossal hype around it, I thought it was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime ride of epic proportions. Instead it was uncomfortable, hard riding, jerky shifting (seriously - the first gen transmission was horrifying), and power that was nothing near what I was expecting (yes it was in…