You’ll have to pry my M156 6.3 outta my cold dead hands. The only bespoke AMG engine.

Amen. This level of ostentatious, in-your-face pomposity has grown old. Just buy a black S-Class and be done with it

Says the guy who uses F01 7 series-based shells produced in Germany.

Hey, it’s not as outlandish as it sounds. The Swearingen Metro commuter turboprop was equipped with tailcone mountings for small RATO bottles for situations needing an, ahem, assist.

No, carbon spewing JATO! Rather than “Flight attendants take your seats” it’ll become “Prepare for launch in 5..4..3..”

In all the years I’ve owned my V-Rod I’ve never had a cross word with any HD rider. The only negative thing I’ve heard is “If I owned that I’d be dead or in jail.” Where HD blew it and still does? Sales force. Idiots don’t ascribe to “the customer is always right” and “a bike for every butt.” Only thing they want to…

It’s a throwback to the old “Yale locks” days. The door handles have always had push buttons with a separate Yale lock cylinder. RR always thought Yale was some upscale hardware vendor. Their door handles have always been graceful over the years and designed to not chip/break ladies’ fingernails.

This is when Rolls Royce had style, taste, and restraint. None since BMW took over.

Yup. Even better than the recent Benz CL and S coupes.

Yes, and that’s logical. One airplane under positive control requires the same amount of control, airspace, and runway slots, regardless of the passenger count, size, speed, or weight

One word: Sublease.

These are all at less than 2 miles away from the detonation. A thermonuke would simply ionize all these test rigs, meaning you wouldn’t even have intact atoms, just a very hot plasma. I can’t imagine an order or two of magnitude more power.

Yup. A lot of E31/M70 dissing is based on “a friend of a friend said...”. In reality, 50% of problems were caused by low voltage due to failing batteries. The other half was easily repairable and the DIY community sprang up with a vengeance in the late 90s with a boatload of shortcuts and permanent fixes.

There’s no correlation between wealth and good taste.

Yup. “Overstyled” is definitely the accurate description here. Too many lines, scallops, and bends if the goal was to harken back to the original E31. I’ll keep my W216/M156, thanks.

I bought a ‘92 E31 slightly used and ran it for 17 years. Doing my own work, it was fairly cheap to own and ran well. Replaced by a slightly used 2008 CL 63 AMG. I guess I’m a sucker for big, expensive, heavy German coupes that make you feel better after having driven them. I miss my E31, but would never go back from…

Whomever is behind this, they got greedy. Way too much attention and too widespread. National investigatory agencies are now on the hunt. Plus, you don’t go after hospitals.

I had an office at Santa Monica Airport that overlooked the runway. Bush I used to fly in and out in an “unmarked” G-IV and had a 3 car motorcade with two LAPD motorcycles in front and back. Plane was parked under the tower while he visited various events in L.A. Low impact, considerate, and *cheap*. GHWB was the last…

It’s the first car I’d label “juvenile” in its styling, as in, appealing to 7-year olds. Bruce McLaren would never cop to this overwrought mess.

The transmission consists of an horizontal input shaft with a bevel gear meshing with two output bevel gears at the bottom of the rotor shafts, slightly canted. Only way they’ll get out of sync is if you strip or jump gear teeth.