No ski rack.

Gut gesagt (well said). -- American who speaks German and lived there multiple times.

“Nice job, asshole.” -- The World, speaking to Radim Passer.

Double Merlin!!!

For car use, that’s a great case. I was dismayed when BMW went to V8s to make up for what the 6 (at the time) could not achieve.

Fun engine: single-cylinder dirt bike. Grew up on ‘em.

No, it’s an excellent take. :-).

I love that point! F1 is even American-owned now. But F1, the racing side of the business, is unabashedly smug that US teams are a non-factor in the sport — and that is not likely to change.

F1 has always been a Euro sport; that’s not to say there have not been attempts by Americans on both the team and driver side. The rules are made in Europe, most of the rule makers are Europeans, and most of the teams are based in Europe; Haas has a UK facility, and if it weren’t for their existing NC facility, 100%…

“The number of cylinders shall be 8. Not 3 or 4, not 5 or 6, nor 10, nor 12, and never 16 shall they cylinder count be. The number of cylinders shall be 8, not 1 more, and not 1 less.”

You know all of those safety in the workplace jokes and memes? The one that comes to mind is, “Safety Third!”

Indeed. Auto companies fought particulate filters seemingly forever. Soot + acid rain was not a good thing for buildings and monuments.

“Am I destined to be annoyed and annoying? Most definetely yes.”

You are correct, and my statement makes it sound like a deliberate a-for-b swap. It is not; more a temporary swap.

...which is how diesels came to be popular in Europe in the first place. It was tax policies on ownership & fuel that tipped the tide heavily toward diesels years ago. But thanks to the double threat of EV’s and VW’s Diesel Debacle, it’s a new day for Europe, where vehicles are expensive to own and operate as it is,…

Exactly this; thank you. Somedays I think the industry / automotive world has lost its collective mind to keep letting him get away with this perpetual mis-representation of reality.

When your front license plate is so janky it’s not even worth fixing because

Tesla, or as reality knows them:

Right?

The thinking / common wisdom was: