Start a spreadsheet. Add up how much everything will cost and how long prep will take. It’s good to be organised. When you get the totals at the bottom of your spreadsheet, multiply them by two.

A few years ago I planned to buy an X-trail (in England) for an overland trip, because I wanted something with basic off-road abilities, that could deal with unsurfaced roads &c in Africa, but could still behave well on the other 90% of the route with real surfaced roads. The X-trail compared pretty well to the…

The W220. It’s not the Mercedes that we all need, but it’s the Mercedes that we all deserve.

I want to like Evo, I really do, but many years ago I bought a glossy edition of some Evo “ultimate review of sportscars” or whatever it was, and I swear that about five of them were just different Impreza variants, and they justified it with lots of intangible adjective-laden prose about how each had variant had a…

When I rebuilt the cooling system and had a part left over. It was a large spring. I have no idea why a cooling system would need a large spring, but the Jeep didn’t overheat much after that. Well, not much.

That might be the case in North America, but in most of the rest of the world, Lincoln is unheard of whilst Volvo is seen as a respectable upmarket brand. Europeans love Volvos. (I’m on my fifth).

Alas; the internet and tedious pedantry go hand in hand. :-)

Must say I’m surprised by the sentence though. British courts usually give a slap on the wrist. This guy must have had a LOT of previous.

There are problems with vehicle “Theft” in English law. It’s the intent to permanently deprive an owner of their property, and it would be easy for a vehicle thief to tell the Sweeney “I was just having some fun and I was just about to drive it back to the owner” &c. (Even if a joyrider crashes the car, the owner…

Russian backing of Serbia has been very successful.

Good.

I’d disagree, a little; having a strong diesel lineup is normal for a European carmaker. Cf PSA Citroën (two thirds of new car sales in France are diesel). Perhaps in the North American market VW put much more emphasis on their diesel options relative to competitors, but that’s a different argument...

Maybe not for many leisure riders, but NATO would give its firstborn child to have more bikes that used the same fuel as all their other vehicles (NATO are all about the commonality and interoperability). A few other fleet buyers would be interested too.

• Small, low-slung two-seat sportscar
  

I’d give at least one of my livers in return for a chance to drive a car based on the Volvo Concept Estate. (Damn Kinja won’t let me upload a photo).

I’d love to hear what American soldiers who have sat in our HMMWV’s think this compares, because from here it looks like Power Wheels car with a CD player. Again, the finalized version might have changed.

Like “Miata”, Mercedes W220 is a pretty good answer to every question. In this case, ABC (the fancy-pants hydraulic suspension) is the most frustrating thing to work on. Unlike a lot of other suggestions, there’s usually room for you to work inside the guts of a W220; it’s just that ABC has a knack of failing in…

There’s nothing more American than a Yorkshire flag. Freedom for Yorkshire!

No ScriptSafe here; but the ever-changing failure modes of Kinja are subtle, and hard for mere mortals to discern.

Neutral: What Other Little Roadster Should Be Re-Made On The Miata Platform?