@onerunjunior

Speaking as a (recovered) alcoholic and as someone who has worked in a heavily unionised industry (the railway) at a company with draconian drug & alcohol laws, and having lost my license through DUI, I am half qualified to stick my two pence worth into this debate, so that's exactly what I'm going to do.

They are pretty amateurish.

It's in New Jersey I think. Funnily enough I was reading up on H&M the other day as I was admiring the televisual genius of Stephen J Cannell and trying to remember all of the cool American TV series that were on when I was a kid. There were SO many! Simon & Simon? Jake & The Fatman? Crazy Like a Fox? Matt Huston?

Really? I had a 500 way back in 2008, subjected it to a year of harsh British motoring and it was fine.

Buying ANY car is a money loosing exercise. Once you realise this, what you need to do is minimise your exposure. Buying nearly new (after the initial depreciation wallop has hit) and bailing after two years or so while there is still plenty of value in the car is by far the smartest way to do this, as you are…

I'm the kind of guy who likes foam on his coffee and isn't afraid of handmade cosmetics. Were I a resident of your fine nation, I would undoubtedly be branded pansy waisted liberal.

I wish we could, but the coverage is non-existant. European ESPN has NASCAR Now (the magazine show), but no coverage of the races! Channel 5 (a terrestrial broadcaster) had a highlights show that was awful two years ago, and I have a feeling one of the drivers stumped up for the races to be shown on a backwater public…

Since when is a top hat considered non-essential? I almost popped my monocle at that statement!

"Quantity is it's own quality" - Joseph Stalin

It's a 3 point Fixed Penalty Offence here in the UK, with a minimum £60 fine (I think). Further more, if you are involved in any sort of traffic incident where the police are called, the first thing they will do is check your phone, and check with the phone company to see if you were using your phone at the time of…

Relevant?

When I'm not kissing babies, I'm stealing their lollipops.

Anyone here read Bob Lutz's book, 'Car Guys and Bean Counters'? His expertise in how to create success full automotive product is pretty sound but he's a borderline racist and an undoubted bigot. Several times whilst I was reading it I had to go back and re-read a line again, so shocking was the hostility and…

It's Aryan Crudd and his brownshirts.

Yeah, I've got to admit the Dart, from here, looks damn good. A small distinctly American saloon that is a completely different from it's underpinnings. Introduce a two door in a year's time and provided they haven't skimped on the engineering, it should be a hit.

Agreed. The article is clearly written from a business and accounting point of view and shows several misunderstandings of the European car market. Vauxhall/Opels segment offerings are more or less, class competitive with Ford/Volkswagen. Chevrolet, here in Europe are most definitely not. Chevrolet is being marketed…

Hahaha I hear you on that - I'm 6'2" and it's the only car I've owned where I didn't have the seat crammed all the to the back of it's adjustment. I had an SEi - black leather all the way round and that inner tailgate glass was genius!

I had one. I was a mug to sell it. The suspension was simply amazing - you could not believe such a big tub could be hustled so quickly whilst maintaining it's ride quality. Fittingly it was at it's best on the motorway, where it's rangey gearing and loping ride meant it could sit at 90 all day with nary a finger on…

Perhaps Sir would be interested in the Avenger Tiger? Twin carburettors, enlarged valves, 1500cc and she'll do 0-60 in under 9 seconds and goes onto 110 mph?