I remember that my parents had a matching Siemens - F. A. Porsche Design toaster and water kettle. They were brushed stainless steel with black accents and actually looked pretty nice in their kitchen.

I wonder why more people don’t buy an old travel trailer with frame issues and an old box truck cab and frame and mate the two together. I’ve seen several contraptions like that in Europe over the years, most of them much better executed than the example below.

That’s because in Europe they do not live in manufactured home like here in the US. You either have a house or condo or live in an apartment. Other than having been to the US they would not even know what a single wide (or double or triple or what have you ) is.

Hey Miss Mercedes, just wanted to say hi and thank your for you excellent contributions to Jalopnik and way back when, Oppositelock. I’ve been reading your posts for years, and I’m always happy to find a new one. You’re a great writer and man, do I wish I had the time and/or money to have a fleet like yours. If you…

These vents under the front seats are a feature a lot of vehicles have. My Audi A6 and 14-year old Kia Sedona both have these to provide heat to the rear passengers.

As a German, I can only think: What is it with the German car makers, that have perfectly good amber rear turn signals in their native market, using red combination brake light/turn signals on all their US models? My own Audi is the same way as are most Mercedes, BMW, VW and other Audis. Mal im Ernst Ihr Dussel, das…

I’d love to come out that way, but we’re about 3 hours away in Holland and we wouldn’t make until 9ish. How about a Saturday fall drive in a few weeks here: https://bit.ly/3BX8ApK

2009-2011 Audi A6 Avant. Available only with a 3-Liter supercharged V6, same engine you find in the S4 and SQ5, albeit with only 300hp v 333hp, but easily tunable to 400+hp. Space like an SUV, fuel mileage and handling like a car.

You know what? My wife knows how to drive stick and we both admit we’re just too lazy. We both had sticks before, I actually did for the bigger part of my driving life. Now I’m just old and lazy and every time I go back to my native Germany and end up having to drive stick I’d much rather have an automatic.

We have one of each type in each one of our vehicles and as long as they’re shaped like the seat I don’t see much of a dis/advantage of either.

1976 Italian Sports Car with a flat 8 rear engine, front wheel drive, called the Lazise after the city on Garda Lake in Italy, that’s fun to drive, but rusts horribly.

That was my first thought, as well. Or the pre-facelift sedan. They both aged very well.