Former engine designer here:

“This incident could have had a much worse ending”

(Airline pilot here if you have questions) Well, yes this is true, although trivially true of any incident. The danger shown here is that, unlike an engine failure which is a rather benign problem as long as it’s handled properly, the biggest threat is damage to…

I may be the biggest HD hater i know. I once was so petty, i made my father stand by while i counted the number of HD logos on his Screamin Eagle. It took 15 minutes, and its over 100. I made fun of it the entire time.

It wasn’t just Harley, it was the dealers, too. I remember going into a local Harley dealer to look a Buell Ulysses. There was a Buell corner in the showroom. When I walked in, I was greeted by a salesman. As soon as I said that I was interested in a Buell, he walked away from me. I stood in that little corner for 15…

What is this, a car for ants?

I bought this exact car (in red) used in 1989. It was the single biggest POS i have ever owned and it was so bad that i have flatly refused to own another car from the Big 3 ever since.

What is it with people with 80s-era economy cars thinking they are somehow worth serious money 30 years later, just because they sidestepped the crusher?

So he’s the German version of me then.....

They glom onto megastructures so they can stick their names on them. 

I cant imagine what the Isle of Man government think of this proposal.

This is one of the reasons I screw around in snowy parking lots every year. I’ve had a couple of code brown moments hitting ice on the interstate and having experience with how to steer a sliding vehicle is invaluable.

I’d guess it looked something like this

Copied from the other article.

Obligatory.

Depends where you live. Here in Quebec, if you’re not in Montreal or Quebec City, you’re SOL. You can easily be a 8-10 hour drive away from them. And yes, before any one asks, Volts/Bolts do get sold in the boonies here as well. Electricity is dirt cheap everywhere in Quebec, gas... is not.

Yet another McLaren I will see in the wild and go, “hmmm, I have no idea what model that is” which is sad because my GF considers me basically an encyclopedia of cars. Any time she sees something sporty or rare she will ask me what it is, and I almost always know, but with McLarens I just say it is a McLaren because…

There’s no mention from the seller as to whether the engine runs or if the car moves under its own power. The install does look complete and there’s a cooling system and a battery so there’s no obvious reason for it not to.

As a criminal defense attorney, allow me to state first and foremost that the vast majority of police officers are trained pathological liars and that if one of them tells you so much as the time or the color of the sky you should first mistrust and then verify.

I really like these cars. The problem for me is that you need to be almost a detective to tell the difference between this and the contemporary E300/320 or E400. With this yawn inducing color combo and the 150K on the clock, it’s too much loot in my opinion.

It’s cool, and I like it, but 40 large?  For real? Collectors will immediately strike it down for the insane mileage.  It’s not unique enough to stand out in the crowd.  I couldn’t even see this selling for half that much.  So much crack pipe.