Been there, done that, have the road rash... It’s a great course. Also ran into Harry Connick Jr. there with his daughter. He was playing in nearby Christchurch.

This looks only moderately harder than me bump starting my buddy’s 1986 Can-Am Sonic 560 thumper. Even with the compression relief open, kicking the huge single jug 560 ROTAX was futile for this 160 lb kid back in the 1980’s, so I resorted to bump starting it. That meant parking on a hill every time I wanted to stop…

Probably. What a dummy.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, let me put it to you this way: this weekend I went to record my 0-to-60 time. So I pressed “START” on my phone stopwatch, and I hammered the gas pedal, and the total time came to two minutes and 19 seconds, because that’s how long it took me to find my phone after it flew into the backseat…

Never enough love... :-(

The local dealerjust received their first shipment of ‘Squee Jeeps’ ... I haven’t had time to go see/touch/smell one yet... I hate to admit it, but this thing _is_ cute... Interestingly, it has nearly thesame proportions as the XJ - a vehicle I miss dearly. I know it might not have the same lineage as the XJ, but the…

I am bummed beyond words that I can’t make this....

EDIT: I stuck around just long enough to see Elon appear in his most peculiar and nervous way... Was he hitting the pipe before this ?

Not sure how much more of this open source dub-step music I can stand....

This face and the shape of the aircraft didn’t help it win during source selection.

I agree with many of your points... Did you intend this reply to go directly to Raphael ?

Fair questions...

Careful not to focus too acutely on any one part of the military, an acquisition program, or operation.

That should do the trick.

Thanks for this, Máté! I loved both of my trips to Budapest because it has such an interesting history and Hodge-podge of cars, architecture, culture smashed I to a convenient-sized city...

Bummer... Monster was lucky...

Soap Bubbles ? :-) I like it !

I could not agree with you more. Great story as usual...