I had 2 back in the 80s, loved them both, great cars in their day but seriously, how many 00000s on there? CP big time.

Wow, my Shell 5W-30 1L C3/C2 Helix Ultra Extra Engine is only UK£12.99 with free delivery. Thank you for the tip!

I had the drop-top in sunset red, biggest POS I've ever owned, great British engineering at it worst thanks to the socialist BS of the British Leyland workforce and their strikes and freaky Lucas parts.

It's the same for Shell and Castrol, all are around the same price at gas stations.

1 litre of oil for my Mercedes 350 CLS is UK£22 or $36.75 at tooday's exchange rate.

Cheers fella, it's going to be a blast!

This is my first year driving, there's a Top Gear thing going on. The wife, her sister and husband are flying, we should arrive within 30 minutes of each other, so it's going to be fun. I've ditched podcasts for audio books and different tempos of music. I have the right car, a Benz 350 CLS Grande Edition, toll…

Leaving at 10pm toon Friday to get the first train through the Chunnel on Saturday, the big drive is the Calais-Nice. Solitude I love, I have soothing playlist tempered with rock and thrash metal with a mixture of 70s, 80, and 90s dance and a couple of audio books. I'm really looking forward to sunrise, my favourite…

Cool, thank you. The Benz's beams are adjustable from the menus on the dash, so got that covered plus the breath test kits and hi-viz jacket. Can't do the ferry, I've got a bit of a Top Gear thing going on, so yeah Red Bull. Thank you for the input.

Any tips for a solo non-stop (except for fuel) 16 hour drive from the North of the UK to the South of France?

Kill it! Kill it with fire!! (other ways of killing cars are available)

I tend to squeeze out as much air as possible before tighening the top, then there's plenty of room for expansion, so preventing leakage and explosions.

Horse chestnuts are supposed to be really good at keeping spiders away. Grandma swore by them, and in fairness I never saw a spider in her house, and that was an old house.

For the UK readers there's Truecall at Truecall.co.uk, an amazing box for £90 or so, blocks calls and they stay blocked,. Had mine 4 or so years, best spend EVER!

I'm pretty sure Schumacher did a I'Oreal "Because I'm worth it" advert in the 90s. Fucking horrendous. Get well soon Schumy.

So Pussy Yellow isn't a thing after all?

N0 more FWD? Fuck yeah!

It was a real drive-it-like-you-stole car. No matter what I did to it, it just went. Sweet sweet motor under the hood. Or at least it was until someone pulled out in front of me and killed it.

I used to have a Jaaaaaag XJ8 Sport, and could easily get 6mpg, it used to chew its way through a litre or so of oil every 100 miles, and all 8 spark plugs every 3000. Loved that cat.

Yeah, I still have some cheques/checks left so I can't possibly be broke.