Another option - use a Chrome plug-in called Requestly. You can set up language and IP-range parameters and modify your http/https requests to spoof many sites into thinking you are coming from an EU/EEA locale.

(of course, you need a requestly_rules.txt file that defines these parameters, but it is possible to build…

Pro tip. Carry a 1-gallon gas can with you. If you are concerned about the gas you may receive from a no-name station, pump a bit into the gas can and then take a look at what’s there to make sure it is the right kind of fuel.

(I’m also thinking about the other scenario - gasoline in a TDI - which will fuck up your…

I’m going to be the contrarian and say the flares really ruin it for me.

These guys are my heroes.

Dammit, Matt. You had great chemistry with Chris and Rory (especially the former - the Japan and 2CV bits were brilliant). You were one of the reasons the post-Yobbo version of Top Gear wasn’t a failure (well, once they got rid of that Evans twit).

Back in August of 1995, I was about to get married. I was borrowing my dad’s 1984 Toyota Corolla to run some pre-wedding errands. I was driving west on NW Glisan Street, with my left arm hanging out the window. Just as I reached 14th, I pulled my arm in so I could hold the steering wheel while shifting to 3rd. Halfway…

Do it for the tube worms!

Yeah, and if we kill ourselves off by fucking up our planet with runaway greenhouse warming, there’ll be a whole lot of oil just waiting for the aliens to stock up on when they finally visit our dead planet.

He was strumming chords a la Lemmy, and then picking the arpeggio / walk before the scream (if you are referring to the OP video).

Another option: Microsoft OneDrive will run on Windows, iOS, MacOS, and Android (plus there’s a Web experience). Hopefully I don’t get tarred and feathered for suggesting a Microsoft product.

(Unfortunately, the Linux experience is not really there yet)

Goddammit. Ralf Hütter is obviously key-synching there on the teeny-tiny keyboard - he’s lucky the cassette tape didn’t break during their so-called performance.

[wanders off grumbling about when *real* Krautrock bands would play their compositions live]

Solution: buy a BMW with the ‘Convenience Package’. It’ll be guaranteed to fail within 3-4 years so you’ll always have to use the key fob in the holder to start your car.

Works in Italian or German sports cars as well of similar vintage (a wood Nardi 3-spoke is perfect for an early 911 or 356, for example).

Other than the rubber-band timing belt and the water pump (why, oh why, BMW, are you unable to figure out water pumps?), the M20 motor is fairly simple - in the best possible way - and built like a brick shithouse. With the iron block, it should hold up well if you keep up on the maintenance schedule (and if you’ve…

Gorgeous. The only way to drive one was pretty much full-on as the 4-cam Carrera engine would foul its 8 (!) plugs if you didn’t keep it above 4000 RPM.

One of my bucket-list cars.

I (unfortunately) can top this. When I was in little league, I played catcher (I was one of the few kids who could throw from a crouch / half crouch to second base and wasn’t afraid of pitches or charging base runners). We had a lefty pitcher on the team who was basically a junior Nuke LaLoosh - really fast, really…

I’m just here for the photos of the 411.

So...if you bought a grey market shell, and grey market motor, and grey market suspension, etc. And, as an end-user, assembled it yourself, would you be covered under the kit/show car rules?

Asking for a friend.

I believe the original CIA A-12 (single-seater) was a bit faster, mostly due to reduced size, but its operational lifespan wasn’t nearly as long as the SR-71.