Ah yes, that winter when the hood latch mechanism on our Carina Mk II rusted shut. There was not a drop off oil on the dipstick when we got around to have it fixed in spring. Ran (before and after) as if nothing happened. Thank you, Diesel Toyota.

Been there, done the hammer thing. I think we stuck out two weeks, always starting the old Golf Mk III with a hammer and a helper, before we caved in and bought a new starter.

In manual transmission driving, before you press the brake pedal, the clutch pedal must be pressed completely. 

Strange. Over here, all driving school cars are standard transmission. And people do manage to get a licence, and the usual percentage of them are complete morons. Since you are almost certainly smarter than the worst licenced-to-drive mouth-breather my country has ever produced, don’t give up.

Inevitable unless you’re Mazda, it would seem.

The looks may be forgiveable, the FWD may be forgiveable, but not the 40 % weight gain from the previous model.

Spending 1.100 per month on a car (before you have driven it a single foot or even put plates on it) may not mean you are rich. But you definitely have to be well-to-do (or an idiot).

That yellow one was a quite common sight when a 2CV was one.

If the Giulia wagon is anything like the 156 wagon, you are not missing much. That so-called wagon was about as potent a hauler of stuff as a Golf, and no, I’m not talking about the Golf wagon.

If availability was what it is in the US, I’d have bought one ages ago. What’s not to like about the ability to haul wife, kid, dog, luggage AND mother-in-law with a Corvette motor?

Are you sure it shouldn’t read “Powerful adventurer” and “stylish explorer”? Or is this some in-joke that just went past me?

Oh yes. There is nothing like popping the hood, not to see a rat scamper away, oh no: to find half a rat nestled beside the air filter, stored there by a marten for later snackage.

Been there, done that. Where I have also been: In the trunk of a bus, as in: under the passenger area, between the axles. Because it was Saturday, and the bus was very full, and many people would get off at the next two stops, and no one wanted to wait an hour for the next bus. So kids, just get in and don’t tell…

IIRC, the Megane’s rear window has no reverse rake, but is perfectly perpendicular to the ground. Which is so unusual these days that it looks like a reverse rake.

So that is what those fugly things do. I had been wondering.

I thought Keyless Go is when the doors unlock when the car senses the presence of the remote key, without you being subjected to the humiliation of having to press a button with your actual finger?

Many years ago I visited a sight in England - I believe it was Corfe Castle. When I went to the restroom, lo and behold, there was a certificate on the wall, informing me that this was the “LOO OF THE YEAR 1995" or some year in that neighborhood.

Scrolled for that, wasn’t disappointed.

What is that silver coupé at about 1:20? At first glance I thought 911, but it has BMW kidneys in front, and the taillights are all wrong.

The Stuttgart S is standard for Mercedes press photos. The head offices of Mercedes are also in Kreis Stuttgart. Untertürkheim never had its own plates.