He’s probably talking about the Civic Si—calling it the, ‘American Civic Type R’ is the easiest way to give UK viewers some idea of what the Si is, as it isn’t sold here.

We do, but we also have a variety of regulatory exemptions for smaller car manufacturers, which is why Ariel, Caterham and so on can sell their cars from the factory if they want to, and why companies like Noble can exist at all. There’s no equivalent to these exemptions in the US, so far as I’m aware.

I’ll take both!

True, but it’s hard to beat the UK’s used market. Such depreciation. Much cheap.

Ah, no problem.

If there were more of them, I’d hate it, but there really aren’t as many as some people seem to think, and they’re almost never on the sorts of roads you’d actually want to have some fun on.

It’s a consequence of our old ‘shed’ sports car culture—the laws have to lenient when it comes to smaller car companies, or we’d lose a whole industry. If Local Motors, for example, were based in the UK, they wouldn’t have to sell the Rally Fighter as a kit.

That’s perfectly fair—honestly, I’m mainly just responding in kind to Doug’s slightly-less-than-diplomatic appraisal of my own country.

Last I checked, this was a car site, not a gun site.

Dead lights, dead brakes, tyres that could blow at any minute, and the possibility of bits just falling off can all be just as dangerous to other people as they are to yourself.

Which means it’s also available here, as we can import anything we like...?

Nice Lotus.

I prefer really boxy farm equipment.

Indeed—I was using ‘Harrier II’ as a blanket term for both the AVs and the GRs. If I’m not mistaken, though, there are extremely significant differences between the Sea Harriers - which were based on the original Hawker-Siddeley design, and not the updated BAE/McDonnell-Douglas IIs - and the Harriers operated by the…

Indeed—you’re only allowed to ride 50cc mopeds/scooters at 16. From 17 onwards, there are no restrictions, for either cars or motorcycles.

17, technically. It’ll be pricey to insure, but then, if you’ve got the money for a Noble...

Okay, I realise this is mainly satirical, but I’m just going to say it: the speed cameras aren’t that bad, and certainly don’t keep you from driving as fast as you’d like down roads like this:

And we have the freedom to drive this:

Indeed—if the two-seater he got is a Harrier II, then it should be very similar to the TAV-8, but if it’s actually a Sea Harrier trainer, then the two - beyond being Harriers with two seats - likely don’t have all that much in common.

This is a complete nitpick, but if he got his two-seat Harrier from the UK, it almost certainly wasn’t a TAV-8, as the ‘AV—-’ designations were not used for the UK services’ Harriers. It would’ve been a ‘T.—’, likely a T.4N if it’s a former Fleet Air Arm Harrier.