IMO the Eiffel Tower counts as non-essential lighting.

Good point.

It might not look like it from the in-car video but I’m sure she’s wearing a full suit too. Rally Valencia is an FIA event and they wouldn’t have been allowed to run otherwise. If you search for her name there are various pictures of her at different rallies and she always has a full suit on.

Wow 2004 was a loong time ago! You really oughta get those photos off that CD before the dye begins to rot.

Wheels are easy to replace. The front fascia isn’t.

I’m a scaredy-cat and coz of that have always been a four-wheels good type of guy, but I’d make an exception for a late-60s - early 70s BMW R60/2.

Just K/LS-swap it!

Considering those things were supposed to be sounded when a nuclear attack is incoming, I suppose they thought the operator’s hearing loss wouldn’t be a problem for very long.

Any idea what distance that 150dB was at?

There we have it! Assholes with a vision — make good CEOs.

Now that I think of it, many of the founders of the companies we know today were all assholes.

I’m not surprised at all. Elon may be an asshole but he’s a real leader with a proper vision for his companies. Many years ago you could say the same for the other car companies but what about now?

6MT fixes half the problems in the car! And at the car’s age it’s probably about time to get the VANOS pump and rod bearings checked anyway. NP.

Wow, I hate to say it @Torch, but You told you so!

It’s probably not property theft. Toyota and Great Wall Cars have multiple joint ventures, and this is likely one of the results of that marriage. They are also working on electric car tech together.

Getting old?

You make it sound like the owners are using these cars daily. In reality they probably see 200 miles a year tops, and will pollute less than Prius in their entire lifetime.

I suppose you mean the TT.

I miss when we had tiny horn buttons on the spokes of the steering wheel.

This one is great too! And probably made them realize why it was better to test using robots.