The flag of St. George on the other hand was still in the domain of the far right last time I was there.

Ideal candidate for an Mammoet SPMT swap.

Good plan, just the same as a cop asking you for license, registration and proof of insurance. Most places I’ve lived, if you can’t come up with the documents, your car gets a trip to an impound somewhere. Once you produce satisfactory documents and any storage fees, it’s yours to collect.

That’s an excellent point, not one I had considered fully before.

I see your point, but that’s not entirely true. If there’s a conflict between sensor inputs, the autopilot will disengage. If memory serves, the autopilot disengaged on Air France flight 447 due to an airspeed reading error caused by frozen pitot tubes.

Indeed. Brilliantly parodied in Galaxy Quest.

Hispano-Suiza, you say…

GMG is on strike.

To be fair, some of the ones at the front are louvres, I hope.

Would you mind having a word with my wife about speaker placement, I think she’s of the opinion that I’m barking mad.

Saw a great post on Adam Something’s YouTube channel (no link to report, sorry) about a Russian BTR. The Russians in it stopped to ask directions from some Ukrainian railway workers. The railwaymen directed the BTR into a dead and and tackled two of the occupants, the other two fled. The railwaymen are pictured in…

You’ve reminded me of a rather happier outcome, also from my brother. Another motorcycle accident, this a minor, low speed glancing blow, but enough to knock the rider off. He was outside one of London’s hospitals at the time as were a number of medical staff (smoke break, naturally). On seeing the incident, the…

My brother investigated a similar accident. Moped rider collided with a concrete bollard. He got up and was walking around, then collapsed. It turned out the force of the impact had torn his aorta and he bled out internally.

Now, maybe it was a UK thing with slightly older Scoobies*, but it was mandatory to put a waste gate that made a big “pshhhhhhhh” noise every time you lifted off the throttle. There’s no mention of it in the add, so No Dice. *Scooby or Scooby Doo was a common nickname for Subarus in the UK, not sure if that one made…

I’m glad it’s not just me. I remember reading a review of the BMW K1 motorcycle that described it a so ugly that “ children run screaming and small animals fall from trees”. This monstrosity is just willfully ugly, there’s no reason any vehicle should look this bad. I know that the Americans and the French like to…

Two words: Unimog hearse.

To quote the film Jabberwocky:

I want to trace across the firmament...

...a glowing ball of flame...

...a testament to our godliness and piety!

-What does that mean? -I don’t know, but I want it!

Yes. This. Tesla should have one quality assurance / tester who lives somewhere where cold happens.

Was making my way through the comment and replied to another commenter along the same lines (pun intended).

Well argued and insightful, to which I have only one word to add: MONORAIL!