A long time ago (some time in the early 90s) I had occasion to watch someone get into their Lotus Seven (or Caterham, or similar - anyway, a very small, very low dug-out of a car).

No. It’s a lengthened GLE platform.

Sorry, but I don’t get how this is a good thing. I say this as someone who rides a bicycle to work year-round (3.5 miles one way) in central European climate. By the time he gets to work, the Camry will just have warmed up.

Yes, the Flying Bulls have had a Cobra for a while now. It is, of course, completely demilitarized. I saw it flying in 2012 or 2013 or thereabouts. The accident happened last month, when landing after an airshow.

Came here for the Haflinger, was not disappointed. When I was a small kid, my father used to give me rides in one - they were used by the police in the more mountainous regions of Austria. And his brother, my uncle, allegedly had a Kettenkrad which he used for lumber work - I never saw it, though.

In all of Austria:

I thought it was “When you only hear the tree, it’s oversteer. When you see it first, it’s understeer.”

Perforated white leather in a family car? Good luck with that. I’m over 40 now, and my mother still shudders when she remembers the time my little brother puked over the perforated-leatherette seats of our Golf Mk I. The puke dissipated into all those little holes, and the seats had to be replaced (imagine the odor of…

Where I am writing this, it is both illegal to let your car warm up on idle (for environmental reasons) as well as to leave in unlocked (because it might “incite” someone to steal it).

Is a female landlord not called a landlady anymore?

I did see one, maybe 20 years ago. It left a deep impression. Probably my most memorable car sighting “in the wild” to this day, far above the occasional SLS or Phantom.

I went over a mattress once. Thankfully, I was in a car. The moron owner had tied it to the roof of his car with elastic ties, and I had no way to avoid rolling over it with about 45 mp/h (this was on the autobahn, and I had been going about 85 before). Bonus point: I lost my front licence plate in the process, moron…

I find them definitely more efficient than traffic lights, as you don’t have to wait when there is no traffic. Roundabouts do clog up more thoroughly when traffic gets really heavy, though. Of course you should signal your intent to exit, so those waiting at the next entrance know they can enter.

When I went to driver’s ed in the late 80s, the story was that there was one roundabout in the country (Austria) without yield signs at the entries. Meaning that, since right-before-left is the default rule, those already in the roundabout had to yield to those entering. Never seen it myself, though.

Bought an `05 Mazda5 with 55k miles in 2013, for a bit over 6000. Have racked up another 60k miles since.

Had a Toyota Carina Mk II Diesel. It was about as reliable as a hammer. I remember one winter were the hood lock was rusted shut, so we didn’t check oil for three months. In spring, the dipstick showed nothing at all, and the thing still ran fine.

I once passed an M1 on the autobahn. I was in the passenger seat, the driver was a friend, our car was an Opel Ascona, no less. It was on the Swiss autobahn, where they take your house away for speeding, but still.

I do that if all the spots to the left of the pump are taken. Why wouldn’t I?

Wow. Gotta love the non-matching rear wheels.

This looks like something you’d jam up your anus to stop the pain.