"It will be digitally downloadable, and will be free-to-play for Gold Xbox LIVE gamers. For Silver Xbox LIVE gamers it will be free for 7 days." That's from WG's website. So yeah, not really F2P. http://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/46/wor…

If I had enough money to spend I'd negotiate it down to 50 something. And then I'd have a Jalopnik party where we'd smash it to bits with sledgehammers and other assorted tools.. Same goes for Chris Browns Gallardo and couple other monstrosities. Otherwise i will doubt anyone will ever pay for that. At least I hope so.

And yes, Ferrari and Lambo make money. But I think the brands are diluted compared to what they used to be.

How about Lamboghini? Or modern day Ferrari? They were exclusive brands back in the day, but nowadays any douchebag with money can get their hands on one. As such, to the appropriately wealthy they are almost "downmarket"  Shouldn't it count that "the most typical Lamborghini owner" can get get her girl one of the…

Very much agree with Sparf here. As a Finn, Volvos aren't really seen as premium. They are good cars, but there are so many they aren't anything special.

Slight correction; Audi didn't go downmarket with the A3 and A1 as they already did it with great success with the Audi 50.  (in 1974. With a version of Volkswagen Polo. Which to a degree financed the future of Audi as a company).
Otherwise I think Alfa has done fairly well. They are still considered to have that…

There are loads of them in the UK. Or they might just be abnormally common in Aberdeen. Granted they are always <2007 WRX/STI models, I don't remember when I last saw a base model. They are also much rarer in Finland than UK, although even then not that rare. In general though I'd guess continental Europe has less of…

Seems that I have kicked the metaphorical hornets' nest with my slightly whisky induced rant. Let me set some thing clear.

And that was exactly my point. And yes, I know a 9-year old could understand who to download stuff. Hell, I'm pretty sure I showed my younger brother how when he was eight. Just that the father claims the girl was completely useless with a computer (according to number of Finnish articles, a fact that isn't for some…

I know it isn't. I was just questioning the father's story that the whole chain of events was accidental. And yeah I know TPB is also in Finnish (partly at least)

Of course that could be the case. I just find it much more plausible that the dad downloaded the album and just went apeshit in the media after receiving the fine (note that I do find the fines absolutely ridiculous.) I just wanted to point out that the father is indeed lying his ass off. Either the daughter acted on…

Yup. Children under the age of 15 do have to pay for damages caused (or their parents have to) and social services are obviously involved in more severe cases. But they can't be charged with a crime of any sort.

Do note that I put in "probably." I do realize the possibility of her being able to read the English. (And that TPB is at least partly available in Finnish, although eg. utorrent's site is not.) I just find it ridiculous that this, according to the father, happened all by accident. And done by a girl, who, according…

It was stated in the original Finnish article (which I now realised isn't mentioned in any of the English ones) that the dad had just explained to the girl how google works. And then, by some seriously freak turn of events, the girl had managed to download not only the torrent, but also a bittorrent client, installed…

Obviously the father is lying. The thing is, by putting the blame on the girl there can't be any repercussions. Children under the age of 15 can't be charged with a crime in Finland. Is anyone actually buying the idea that a 9-year-old girl with probably no working knowledge of English accidentally ends up in The…

McLaren F1 was initially selected, but Mr. Atkinson crashed it before the opening ceremony.

And this my dear fellow Jalops is why the Russians are the worst drivers on the planet. "Oh look, an inferno shaped oddly like a van seems to be blocking a large part of this very road. Better just drive on by it, because it's definitely not going to blow up."

I think that's actually a Cruze Hatchback. It's sad really, because Spark or even the Sonic would have been kinda funny.