Benz designs these from the blank piece of paper to be armoured rides as well as "civilian" ones - some components in a regular S class are way over engineered as a result, others are totally different. The suspension is one part that may look kind of similar, but is properly sorted for nearly double the stock weight.

If following manufacturer specs, then every 12-18 months the glass needs replaced (high altitude locations and the Middle East are 12 months, rest of the world is 18). Most OEM armoured vehicle companies (Toyota and Benz particularly) will replace all glass for free for 5 years for the original purchaser. After that,…

It isn't unusual for a high spec armoured vehicle to weigh more than double what the original car does.

The "stool" is used for maintenance on the nose gear. Usually it is placed under the airframe, then jacked up till the weight is off of the gear (generally in a hangar). Gear can then be removed / test cycled or anything else that is needed. Every maintenance hangar in the world has a similar device sitting in a…

The top pad on those stands is about 16 inches of high density foam. It's not intended to have the airframe dropped onto it, but it is intended to support the weight properly. You can be sure that airframe has been taken off of flight status until it can all be properly scoped.

In the hangar deck they have several "jacks" that are intended for use with these stands. The stands themselves are normally used for maintenance on the landing gear, not really for this situation - but it isn't really a stretch from their intended use. You'll find similar stands in most aircraft maintenance hangars…

More accurately, it's basically a jack stand used for hangar maintenance on the nose gear. They get placed under the aircraft, then raised on hydraulic stands to take the load off of the gear to allow retracting of the gear or replacement. Not strictly designed for this purpose, but it's hardly a stretch to use one…

Most people that buy Harley's would argue the performance doesn't even matter.

Most of the world dictates that a bikes rear plate be fully behind the rear wheel and completely un-obscured, hence it's displayed like this.

Every suggestion here is the norm in large parts of the world, but in 'Murica, it would be seen as infringing on your "FREEDOM!!" and we all know that can't be tolerated. Not in the country where a persons right to be a dick outweighs another persons right to live safely.

unless you count rental cars

I think the more correct statement would be, "If only they sold their cool cars in North America again". There is quite a bit of cool stuff with blue ovals on the front for sale in Australia/NZ and Europe.

Bentley, BMW, AUDI.... but no, we must include SAAB and get the order of everything else all wrong.

Manual KIA's are one of the 3 default TAXI options here. Hardly a shock to anyone not in the US.

Given they used a tube chassis, a ford v8 and just the body panels to make the "r34 gtr" in the other movies - there's a fairly decent chance the '72 gtr isn't a real one. If it's on a movie set - the expectation is that it'll end up crashed into a wall at some point. Rarely are the cars you "see" the real things.

Take a good bottle of booze with you - and ask if it was a 2000GT you remember seeing there for years. You never know where the conversation may take you and as Tokyo said - better you do it now, as you don't know if they'll be around when (if) you work up the nerve to later.

Despite primarily being known for bulletproof vests these days, Kevlar was invented with one primary purpose – to replace the steel in tires with something stronger and lighter, while still maintaining flexibility. In 1964, Kwolek was in her lab at DuPont, still trying to concoct a new fiber, when her latest attempt…

The list of enhancements include the following: a roll-cage, different tires, a racing seat and harness, shocks and dampers, and a straight exhaust designed to make it as loud as possible so spectators lining the 37 miles of road, only mere inches from the racing surface, could hear the car coming from the other side…

Both the Cop and the Bogan are in Ford Falcons. Mr Bogans appears to be a 2008-09 or so and the cops is probably a 2013 or 14 xr6 turbo or xr8

There isn't anything unusual about getting out of the car in Oz to deal with a traffic stop. Occasionally you'll be asked to stay in the car (generally if there is no safe place to go and stand) - but getting out of the vehicle isn't immediately considered an offensive act against the officer.