Counterpoint:

Rude Negro is wise.

1. Buy lots of state-of-the-art modern cars which have efficient, reliable engines - often hybrid - and zillions of horsepower.

The *only* vehicle with retractable indicators? Are you sure?

In other news: New cars in the UK have a 2-digit code on the numberplate which represents when the car was first registered.

I am on the UK Jimny waiting-list. I signed up with the local dealer and don’t know if that counts towards national totals.

No Jalopnik coverage of the Belgian military is complete without “Dude, Where’s My Pandur?”

A lot of it looks cool, if slightly derivative. But the guys in fezzes? Hell yeah, a post-apocalyptic fez gang is perfect. Can I wear a velvet smoking-jacket too? Leather and rusty steel are *so* overdone.

Meotter96 is wise. This is pure Jalopnik awesomeness; a brown Targa is just the icing on the cake.

Rally Porsche is best Porsche. I love this. Good find!

For me, heated seats are “meh”, nice to have but I wouldn’t pay extra for the option.

However, ventilated seats with internal fans - to keep your sweatiest parts cool on hot days - are the best invention since sliced bread.

I would love to buy a Bollinger B1 - I am on the waiting list - but I am skeptical that they will actually solve the practical production & regulatory problems and sell a usable vehicle.

Sorry :-)

The usefulness of the passcode trick may vary between jurisdictions and may vary over time too. There are not many countries where the police can routinely compel you to provide one kind of key to unlock your phone, but not another kind of key. In the UK, for example, the authorities can compel you to provide a…

Yes. Giugaro’s 1970s concepts are all ripoffs of a car that Vector made from 1989 onwards. That’s the only possible explanation for all the similarities.

I think the problem is still around range-anxiety. It’s not about convincing people who have a completely irrational fear, but if you want to make electric cars mainstream you have to win over receptive-but-skeptical people who think “Sure, 98% of my journeys are less than 50 miles, but what about that weekend when I…

I think it has a clean look; the parts mostly work together.

How about the bilingual English/Afrikaans version? :-)

You’re right, Australia is the spiritual home - but they pop up in other parts of the world - Indonesia, Southern Africa, &c. :-)