Agree with you on the first part. Not sure about the second. Why do people keep banging on about the new comments system? You just have to click through to read. It's way better than the old system in my entirely unhumble opinion.

IOMTT is the greatest motorcycle race to happen ever. Every year.

Oh dear, Jalop. If that's who I think it is - and he sure as hell looks like him - that's one Israeli who you _really_ don't want to insult. Let's just say that the likely reason he doesn't give a fart about the tyre is that the car isn't his - it's collateral until one of his 'customers' repays the money he owes.

Not even the quickest in a straight line - you can get a bone stock Mitsubishi Evo that'll stay even on a drag strip, and embarrass the Corvette through the corners. And it has four seats. You can also get some well-known tuner packages for the Subaru Impreza to make it just as fast for the same money.

Merc 300 SEL 6.0 (1970)

I went with Chimaera... :)

I think you might have a good point if maintenance was factored in. As it is, though, I think there're a few cars which could give your Mazda/Cobra - Mazbra? - a run for the money. Just having a look on Autotrader here in the UK and you have a choice of, amongst others:

Phaeton was one of my thoughts, too - but you can get older ones for a lot less than $20k now.

So, here's how I understand the question: obviously every Jalop - just about - would have a hoon of any car if offered, so that's not the point. But if you're actually going to drive cars regularly, rather than just collect them, there's a very real limit of maybe half a dozen to split your time between, however much…

It's not a beer, but the closest US equivalent to Stella I can think of is Jack Daniels - it's not bad, as such, but the image as 'premium' is more marketing than substance.

Hope he stopped for new rubber at some point.

The English Premier League reaches something like the same number of people around the world each week as Hollywood does in a year. If anything, the sponsorship deals are far too small - compared to other sports, Hollywood, and so-on - so GM are getting great VFM.

Getting a bit of publicity for the town was a bad thing?

Ever driven one or been in one? I think it was a far better attempt at what the Panamera's tried to do, and actually not a bad car at all.

I'm not so well up on US car brands, but that's the same company made the Aztec, right?

Here in the UK, stop signs are vanishingly rare. When they exist, it's for a good reason, and amazingly enough, people obey them. If they were inappropriately used, as here, I'd expect everyone to treat them as 'be careful' signs instead.

People can be dumb - but roundabouts really aren't hard. They're just a normal piece of one-way road which happens to be curved. The problem is that many people drive on autopilot, so if they haven't seen a roundabout before they need to actually switch their brain on when they encounter one. Depending on the time…

"Our '08 Passat Wagon was 24K brand new."

To my eye, him being rubbish at ducking down is in line with all his other driving skills. Was it his first ever go in a kart?

"Preparation, materials, and knowledge are all training too you know"