In this case, from what you've said it's evident that you were poorly trained and didn't react as you should have. Yes, you're human, yes, it's natural to freeze, but also yes, it can be trained-out.

Sorry, but you were just poorly trained. US military, I presume? Some of the best material in the world, trained badly, for the most part.

You should try learning why it is that F1 is happy to pay him so much money. He's not a bad guy at all - he was at least as influential as Jackie Stewart in making the sport safe, particularly in finding the money to do it. He himself makes a lot of money out of the sport because he continues to offer more than anyone…

If the Miata has a Skyline engine I'd have to think hard about it.

"Who's the guy hanging out the back?"

I don't think this idea is a good solution to the problem - and it's certainly not original. In engineering terms, the additional complexity it requires is enough to seriously compromise the suspension and layout of the car.

That space is more than big enough for the little Citroen. The cheering is because the guy's making such a ham-fisted attempt at parking. These things are all relative, though, and those are German men criticising. I don't know what they'd make of my sister - she's been known to arrive somewhere, step out of her car,…

No automaker. The Nurburgring ruins (almost) every production car it touches. Some billionaire, on the other hand, could do the automotive equivalent of founding a university, and endow the place as a public institute of racecraft.

If you do the maths, you'll be amazed to find out how little difference that would make to anything except your odds of winning the jackpot, due to the way the Euromillions prize structure works.

11, 19, 33, 48, 49 - 2 and 9 are the lucky stars.

Everyone's subject to the terms of their employment contract. If Bahar did not do something which is classed as 'gross misconduct' then he can still be fired, but his contract has to be paid up.

"take it for a test drive. Where my car immediately proceeds absolutely vomit oil, as though someone shot a hole through the crankcase."

It's a Q-plate - but why?

Fiction? You don't need to look past Tom Cruise.

The Bat Bomb surely rates high on the list.

Where has this idea that Bangle has stopped designing cars come from? He doesn't work solely in the automotive industry any more, but one look at his website shows that he clearly is still heavily involved in car design.

"do you really hate cars that don't look like bars of soap?"

You could get a good Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evo II for that money. Faster, better looking, better handling, better built (and there's not much you can say that about when it comes to a Lancia) and infinitely cooler.

I don't understand the hate. I love his BMWs, and the fact that he was obviously visionary and correct can be seen in current Mercs and Audis, as well as pretty much every other car on the market.

Depending on whether you mean stylistically or in engineering terms, either Chris Bangle or Gordon Murray. Best combination? Horacio Pagani.