I struggle to understand what the not-designers behind thethe Mitsuoka were thinking. Maybe just “...let’s cover up these awkward proportions with as many eye-cancer-inducingly-ugly elements as possible”...

This is why my RX7 has never been near a main dealer.

Oh come on... “engine needs a complete swap at 100k miles”? It depends on so many things, not least how it was maintained. A rotary can pop at 10k if owned by someone clueless, or reach much higher mileage if taken care of. It might not even break an apex, but the water seal might be on the way out - no catastrophic…

Love my FD. Mostly because of moments like this...

How about one where he’s not wearing his contact lenses?

I am inclined to absolutely and unbiasedly agree with you.

It’s like watching my car ferry coming into dock when I go over to Europe. Surprised it doesn’t have a couple of ride-on lawnmowers as tugs.

Enter Audi, 1999, with the production A2. A bonnet (hood) that only a dealer could open, and a flap where the grill is with the oil and water filler necks.

I wouldn't be entirely surprised if he was still the Stig. Big hoo-haa, sell a book, wait for everything to settle down and go back to doing what he does best.

Based on existing Ryanair principles, flying from the US to Europe will mean landing in Greenland and taking public transport the rest of the way.

^^ My FD RX7. The abridged story goes like this...

Put Clarkson into retirement.

I'd be more inclined to say he looks like a massive Quant.

Burning the tyres is one thing but seeing this sign in front of me just makes my loins quiver.

Assuming you do a pre-emptive rebuild at 60k, reusing the housings, plates and rotors and renewing all seals, the cost wouldn't be much different to a major cambelt service on something like an RS Audi around the same time. And for a competent mechanic with rotary knowledge, it wouldn't be off the road for long…

Should have crushed his rebodied Vauxhall Corsa with him in it. No wonder he's divorced, though it's astounding he ever married and impregnated another human in the first place.

Maybe some people consider it a proportional response to increasingly militarised civilians.

I'd have thought so too, but what's the alternative? Domestic burglaries have little to no guarantee of a good precious metals haul. Let's also consider that the people who stole the trophies assumed there was much higher silver content in each one also - maybe they expected a better result.

I think anyone showing up at a pawn shop with a fancy trophy with Red Bull Racing engraved on it is asking to be caught. I can't even imagine those half breeds on Hardcore Pawn wouldn't notice...

Can't help thinking the 20 dumped trophies are those with minimal silver content and the remaining 40 have already been melted down.