2 - That's why I said the marine's unit need to come good for the victim.

Why not try doing as I suggested and googling his family firm and family history?

I thought there was some legal precedent to that effect, but I can't find anything about it now. Basically, those who are trained have a greater responsibility not to use that training.

Has he just come back from deployment in a war zone? If so, allowances should be made.

Oh, let's add a few more bits. The Laudas were good friends with the Mitfords, to the extent that Diana Mitford translated Nikki's biography into English - she certainly couldn't get any work elsewhere, being an unrepentant Nazi supporter and wife of the leading British Nazi, Oswald Mosley.

Do you know anything at all about Lauda? It's all easily verified. Look up the family firm, and the honours and wealth they gained under the Nazis - including the forced labour they apparently used. The Lauda family were instrumental in facilitating the Anschluss. Helps if you speak German, but Google translate can…

I've heard stuff about using LPG/autogas/propane in diesel engines, but none of the explanations I've seen actually make much sense. They generally say things like it will improve the completeness of the burn, but as far as I know modern diesel engines burn 100% (or very close to) of the fuel they use.

I know Lauda was a top driver who got straight back into the car after a serious crash, but given his odious political views, can't we try and forget about him? He became a racing driver as a direct result of his family being leading Austrian Nazi collaborators - that's where he got the money to fund his early career…

A cynic would suggest that Maduri just attracted a whole load of extra views...

Apart from the issue of unsprung weight and rotational inertia, they seem to be ignorant of the basic physics involved in keeping a bike upright.

The reason for the difference is simple: they've changed the rules since last year.

I once had a Maserati door come off in my hand. On a car only a few months old.

For BMWMini to lose their way here requires that they once knew what they were doing. That's an extremely dubious proposition. All BMWMinis are hateful abominations, and putting a JCW badge on any of them was blasphemous from day one.

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Actually, I'd really like to see a class at Le Mans for cars like this, the Veyron, and so-on in standard road-going trim. Drive to Le Mans, race for 24 hours, drive home. That's the way it's supposed to be.

The gearheads' public holiday has to be called a car-nival, no?

Surely Wankel day should come round three times a year?

It was great inside, but I know I'm not alone in thinking it is one of the most hideous cars ever to put rubber to tarmac.

As others have said, partly saving space in the back. Also, I think it's cheaper due to more component sharing.

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