Had to stop reading to shake my head when I saw “super ultra low emission” and “389 hp V8" within an inch of each other. Let’s face it, people: If it has a 5 litre V8, it is not going to be “super ultra low” anything. At least not if you are going to drive it for any lenght of time.

I love the Gibson reference. For a long time I had a serious hankering for the Deliverator’s car.

Oh great. So that is the next level of the cheap-bicycle plague that has broken out like an ugly rash in European cities.

Mercedes has been calling the wagon versions of the CLA and CLS “Shooting Brake” for years (to my chagrin).

I never could stand wristwatches. I have been wearing pocket watches since I was 16 or so. The nice thing is that you can score a decent one for about 100-150 and have it refurbished by a trustworthy watchmaker for about the same amount. $ 400 pocket Omega, anyone?

I saw a Boxster in this colour this morning. The wheels where not painted, and the top was down. It is still an amazingly douche-y colour, especially combined with grandma shades and a man bun.

They’ve managed to combine the bulk and mass of a truck or SUV without any of the cargo-hauling flexibility of either. A triumph!

At least in Austria you can (or could, to be precise).

That’s what makes my Mazda5 a better car than this ‘Vette: I have the exact same shift knob, aligned perfectly.

Did you use silicone for the window seals or a 1k PU variant? If the latter: that stuff can be smoothed if you wear nitril gloves, dip your fingers in acetone and smooth it manually (I know this because I use similar stuff to toughen my snowboard mitts).

To nitpick: “14.1 kWh” is not 40 horsepower more than anything, because

I love Erwin Wurm. He is one of the most quirky, funny artists in existence. His cars not only look weird, they are also extremely lovingly done when seen up close.

Had a two-door Golf when our kid was little. I really liked the way you could squat on the forward-folded backrest of the front seat to buckle her in, instead of awkwardly leaning over and across her, as you would with a 4-door. The only downside was that gears 2 and 4 where hardly usable during snowboard season.

Still waiting for my favourite car movies, although they are pretty obvious choices.

Came her for “beast with two backs” joke. Was disappointed.

Happened to my wife when our daughter was about the same age. Key was still in the car, wife exited, closed door, walked around the car to passenger side to pick up kid - by which time the central locking had accidentally kicked in. Kid was also strapped into her seat, out of which she could not get by herself.

I sometimes start in 2nd (manual) when it’s really slippery.

The only problem with the Twingo are the really, really crappy seats. They become, quite literally, a PITA after about half an hour.

Given its length of 16'+, the A6 Avant as a wagon is somewhat akin to the Alfa 156 wagon. The latter had the looks, but if you looked closer you noticed about as much trunk space as in a standard (non-wagon) Golf.

I do miss our Carina. It was a sedan, but it was brown-ish, Diesel and manual. It was indestructible (I remember that winter when the hood latch was rusted shut and we didn’t check oil for five months) and roadholding was extremely good.