Well the current GLC is made in Europe for the American market. So they’re not really losing it. They’re just not going to start producing American market cars.

FUCK YES, PEDANTRY!

If it has B and C pillars, it’s a sedan.  Absent a B pillar, it’s a coupe.

Then he’s a piker. All the really, REALLY rich assholes are building bunkers in New Zealand.

According to the article linked, it’s going to be a DIRT runway, not concrete. Also, 100 ft is not very wide for a runway, so it won’t be able to handle large planes. One of the reasons behind the length is that he may be planning on making it into a residential airpark development, and he wants residents to have…

I didn’t have much luck with the turtle wax one but my headlights were really bad. I ended up getting the 3m kit with the drill attachment for sanding and it worked much better. I had to sit with the drill on somewhat low for a long time to get it where I wanted but I was extremely happy with how they turned out.

Nope. Even friendly foreign countries require a real, current Passport for most normal transactions. In Norway and Germany, for instance, you may even get a break on your VAT while shopping as a visitor. Anything that you would need to show a driver’s license for, in another Country, generally means a Passport.

Uh no. Since 9/11, the U.S. imposed a requirement for Canadians to have passports for admission to the U.S. by land or air. Canada imposed similar requirements shortly thereafter.

This woman was foolish for not having her actual Nexus card and passport with her especially since the story says she was heading to TN for…

To cross the border, Canadian citizens need their passports. It’s the law since 2006.
But our driver’s licence are valid everywhere in the States, even if its written in French.

This may have changed in recent years....

The last time I drove to Canada (now this is US to Canada) I was required to have either
-Passport
-Passport Card (like a passport but a card... and only good for land/sea travel to connecting countries).

I don’t know about Canada to US.

Eh, no.

Have been to Japan, China, Canada, Mexico, and a few other locales and NO WHERE I have ever been accepts pictures of your passport as valid ID.

And yeah, if your passport gets stolen/lost then you have some hoops to jump through just like if any other ID gets stolen.... It’s called life.

10 years ago I was assigned one of these as a work vehicle (I worked at a shop that serviced school buses). Compared to my colleagues who were driving assigned mini-vans, I had this huge bubble boat that felt the part driving it. It did do it’s job well with ample power and surprisingly good steering but it was…

I think it’s safe to say that these days if you’re buying any used performance car, you need to budget in for repairs and preventative maintenance. Never take the owner’s word that what you see is what you get. I’m doing the same thing right now: just signed the paperwork on an imported Suzuki Cappuccino and waiting…

Back in 2004 when I bought my 2001 VW Golf TDI from an out of state private seller, I spent a few hours on tdiclub.com to learn as much about the car as I could. I bought a $60 Bentley shop manual off eBay and a Vag-Com OBD scanner. I bought a one-way ticket on Southwest for $29 and arrange for the owner to pick me…

If $2K in unexpected expenses on a used German car is a nightmare, this chap might have the wrong hobby...

I’m a certified idiot, but this story worked out great.

At this point, I would just wait until I have the money and own the car out right. I’d also buy from a private party or a forum member, with service records. Service records are the reason I’ve never bought a used vehicle from the dealer. 4 years ago, I could’ve bought a 2001 BMW M5 from a used car lot for $15,999,…

...so not just some geek off the street...

The 700-mile discrepancy is very troubling, but if it was in fact a 997 Porsche, $2k to get it running well? That’s nothing, it could have been WAYYYYY worse.