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    Pre WWII there are so many candidates: Duesenberg, Bugatti, Miller, Alfa, etc etc. It was truly a golden age.

    You're a minister?

    True dat. I bought my GF a Wega in 2004, and she's still watching it. Picture is still quite good, even by modern standards.

    Your scenario seems well thought and and extremely plausible. But Putin has to thread a needle - bring the Ukraine to heel before Western sanctions turn the oligarchs against him. But he controls the Russian justice system, so that's probably doable.

    Funny. I just discussed Nixon's "Madman Theory" with my ESL students last night, and how it might - potentially - apply to current day events, including Putin.

    Or maybe by "interesting" Musk means wheels in the MIDDLE. Think how quickly you could turn of the front and back wheels were steerable!

    I had the same question, but "reckless endangerment" is probably a felony.

    Can you get extradited for a misdemeanor? (Googling seems to indicate it's possible, but not necessarily inevitable)

    I'm not disagreeing. Ladas are fun to drive. But you think of Soviet stuff as crude but tough, like an AK-47. Ladas are crude, and built like Dixie cups, alas. I'd be curious to drive an old Volga, though.

    There's also the unfortunate "Killed In Action" acronym.

    Doesn't Mazda have a Japan only high end brand?

    Here's the key difference: the Berlin airlift guys dropped enough candy for ALL the children. The helicopter guys just bought enough for their friends.

    This. Maseratis are kinda sketchy to being with; you want the one that's absolutely pristine.

    Dunno. I've actually driven a Lada and ... I won't lie, it was fun to drive, in the same way that a ceolacanth is a cool fish, but even Maseratis have better build quality. Even the BiTurbo.

    It looks really tired. I'd rather spend more and get a cleaner example. Reluctant crack pipe.

    Not since glycol-based anti-freezes became available in the mid '30s. It's boiling point is lower than water, so it's problematic in anything but an arctic climate.

    In the early days of automobiles, alcohol was used as anti-freeze. But when the weather warms up it boils over too easily, so propylene and ethylene glycol were used instead.