I don't know what you've bought, but I've bought 3 cars from private sellers and seen countless more and literally all of them _insisted_ I take them for a test drive. half of the time they let me take it out for a drive without even wanting to be in the car.

I can't disagree with 6 and 10 more. You are completing a mutually beneficial monetary transaction, not making a new best friend.

people forget that the first week of searching was in the wrong area. i doubt bodies float for over a week, especially in some the roughest seas in the world.

a pilot can glide a 777, a skilled one close to a stall. In the indian ocean swells are large enough that it wouldn't necessarily have to hit lots of choppy waves.

tip i learned from driving a school bus with really bad brakes (no clue if it works for others): if the trans won't drop into low gear, cruise control has some magic tranny control drivers aren't afforded. set it to 10mph slower than you want to go.

I think you both saw it when the Icelandic support crew did it to Top Gear's toyota on the north pole special.

Fun fact,