Meh. An S-class isn’t the car that people buy to make an in-your-face “Look at me! Look at how rich I am” statement. It’s more subtle than that. If you want Arrest-Me-Yellow, Didnt-Get-Enough-Attention-At-School Turquoise, or Dissolute-Sheik’s-Son Gold, go buy a Bugatti or Lamborghini instead, or even a Cayman or an…

Intent makes a difference. It’s unlikely that the learner driver deliberately tried to cause a deadly crash. A high-speed motorbike collision with a car stands a pretty good chance of killing whoever’s on the motorbike (but not the people in the car).

Accidentally veering out-of-lane because you’re intoxicated or…

This is Cindy, in her Jaaaaag. The X-type and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier are two of the most frustratingly compromised things ever to come out of the Midlands, but I have a grudging affection for both.

The body of a Smart Car will fit neatly on a Pinzgauer rolling chassis. Just saying...

Meh. After I’m dead, my body is just a piece of meat. It’s likely that my family will want some kind of ceremony to mark my death, but preventing other people benefitting from your body parts because you want the ceremony to include an intact piece of meat is bizarrely selfish.

This is sacrilege. :-(

It’s not the usual “project car”. This is a project car where somebody was doing a pretty good job, but got interrupted shortly before they finished. Putting in a new engine &c would have been a long, hard job for most people; finishing the seats or cleaning up some rusty spots would be a quick and easy fix that you…

“Proxy war”? Russian forces have already gone far beyond “proxy”.

I had one, and I miss her very much. She was beautiful, she was elegant, and I was willing to overlook the constant fear of boiling/leaking suspension fluid - which would need some special hose or pump to be airfreighted in from Germany - because everything else was so *right*.

I can understand that people opposed to Trump are angry, and want action. Resignations and boycotts &c are a type of action, right? Alas, when competent or principled or democracy-minded people step back, that just creates more room for an unprincipled populist to drive their bulldozer through.

Look, I really don’t want to be That Boring Guy, but *everybody* is going to notice this car. Lots of people - not just “car people” - will be curious and they’ll want to touch it.

My local grocery store has spots marked for parents with small children.

Comparative advantage has been a well-understood foundation of economics for decades.

Protectionism is bad policy. It hurts consumers, it hurts whole economies, and it tries to pick favourites based on geography rather than which car is actually best.

We need more of this. Dual-vehicle expeditions!

Mercedes bakkie: Always the best answer.