Just what the Bus needed: a Hitler moustache! Boys from Brazil indeed...

Made me think of the time my family went to Hawaii for Christmas in 1985. I turned 15 that March and was getting deeply car-crazy since I was now so close to finally being able to drive. Compared to Vancouver the streets of Oahu seemed to be teeming with interesting cars I hadn’t seen often or at all: a Triumph GT-6,…

I’ve finally made it! You like me! You really like me! *sniff*

Damn! I can’t find on YouTube a clip of Amy being sold the Beta-Romeo (the deluxe edition had a dash inlaid with the beaks of a thousand eagles... also there are some eagles under the floorboards)! Also, that upholstery is just about the ugliest, tackiest I’ve seen on a car, and I knew someone who had a Levis edition…

Let me know if they drop a piano on Clarkson. I will tune in for that especially if it happens when he’s in he middle of babbling. Hell, I’ll buy the special box set, collectors edition!

Those are great pictures, thanks! It’s revealing to have a direct comparison. The R35 in isolation does look a lot bigger than the earlier machines but the side-by -side pictures show the reality.

You just need a loud enough stereo and a copy of Miles Davis’s Agharta or Dark Magus to play over it. That’ll get their attention. Actually, if a system that does that was an acceptable way of meeting the NHTSA requirement I would fully support it.

So, now we have it as the official position on the NHTSA that loud pipes do indeed, save lives? The guy in my neighborhood with the open-piped Harley who would frequently come home at four in the morning was right?

My sympathies. That’s a rough way to go.

I read the whole print article. The story pretty much said that if you have the sort of tools, know-how and skill to design and fabricate your own turbo installation you can make this kit work. Which begs the question of “why buy the kit in the first place?”

Yeah, I’m not a big fan of the R35 myself and love the R32. I remember when it was announced that North America was finally going to get a GT-R. I was excited. Then I saw it, and found out it was no longer even a Skyline. I was dissapointed. If I had the cash I would still walk into the dealership and buy one though.…

You speak the truth sir! (Or at least the truth as I see it) For a nav system or for the more in depth functions of the audio I’m OK with a tough screen display. Volume, basic channel, tuning, track control should be controlled by dedicated physical buttons and knobs. Same with HVAC. I’m not generally fond of…

Unfotunately, one of the things I want an RV for is for a trip to somewhere in the western U.S. on the centerline of totality for the 2017 eclipse, there are no motels anywhere near there. The other type of trip I want it for are expeditions to fly gliders in various places in western Canada and most several of the…

“a situation you could never be in without proximity keys: losing your car keys in mid-drive.” I’ve owned two vehicles in which that could happen: a 1974 Capri and a 1994 Nissan pickup. On both of them the lock cylinder was so worn that the ignition key could be pulled out with the engine running. I don’t own a car…

There’s a really nice GMC for sale near me right now and I really want an RV for next year - unfortunately I can’t manage the $40,000 price. Even the $20,000 or so that good Westfalias go for now is a reach. Three years ago I had the opportunity to buy an immaculate 1988 Westfalia from a friend who had owned it since…

I got an Audi A6 as the 99% match - and there’s no way I’m ever going to buy an Audi or modern VW... on the other hand the WRX-Sti, FR-S, 370Z and Mustang GT all showed up in the top 25. All cars I have on the short list for my next machine. I really didn’t expect that. 

I should have known one of those existed somewhere.

You can keep arguing this or you can try teaching a seagull differential calculus. I think the bird mathematics lesson would be a more productive use of your time. Once you’ve brought John Browning and the Colt corporation into the argument on your side and the boneheads still insist on being wrong it’s obvious that…

I always thought the rule was that the best hunting (or any outdoor sport requiring drivng on murderous roads for that matter) is any vehicle belonging to someone else. E.g: you and a friend are going to Lake Hellandgone and that means you will need to traverse Last Will And Testament road. The road that keeps oil…

Haysus! I had shingles and it was all I could do to lay on my couch, loopy on codeine watching cartoons for a week waiting for it to go away. You are a true man of iron sir!