I'd guess by German law it doesn't matter if they have a representative sitting next to you; if the driver is guilty of gross negligence, he can't blame it on someone else not discouraging him enough - it's his responsibilty as the driver even in an unknown vehicle to drive within his, the road's and the vehicle's…

As a native german speaker, I can however assure you that screaming "Keeeeeeinnn!" makes absolutely no sense; I'm no linguist, no idea what the actual grammatical distinction is, however "none" always needs a point of reference (like "kein Bier" or "kein Geld") and will never be said alone.

Disqualification for life in my book. Apart from being beaten up by all the other drivers and their rightfully annoyed mechanics right after the race.

I guess being in a shitty road trip depends 80% on the people who are in the car with and 20% on the car itself. You can have a very shitty roadtrip even when going through stunning landscapes in a 100% reliable car if the guy you're with is constantly going on about all the problems you might possibly EVER encounter…

Actually, there is a simpler solution for a stuck accelerator: Hard and decisive braking. Pretty average brakes can dissipate more than 1000hp - for a short period of time that is. So chances are, unless you tuned your Corolla to some insane power without upgrading the brakes, your brakes are more than adequate to…

Something missing on this list - I guess a number of people would be willing to pay good money for a pre-WWI vintage car salvaged (and subsequently restored?) from the bottom of the ocean about 400 miles off Newfoundland...

That was Napoleon, as legend has it to simplify artillery calculations (cause he himself had a background in arty). Hitler, or rather his ministers, did however push strongly for mass production and thus standardization of the german industry during the 1930s, taking their clues for the most part from fellow…

I'm not so convinced about the "not using right bit if pushing hard is required" statement. Maybe it's justified for woodworking and similar materials that don't "fuse" with the screw itself, but corroded metal-to-metal connections (such as when repairing stuff on older vehicles) often require more torque to open than…