What planted parts all over the place? I don’t know much about ‘Stralia, but I strongly suspect there aren’t all the bits you need to get a car going just hiding under rocks. That said, that was an awesome show that got me into making and fixing things, I wish it was still on.

Pirates? Pirates. Pirates? Pirates! Pirates, arr you kidding me?

Now that would be something, the glimmer of white enamel in the sun, the whirring of the compressor motors, the faint whiff of Freon on the breeze. Badges gleam and chromed racks reflect the childlike glee of the attendant enthusiasts as the assembled specimens turn an ordinary public space into a temple to the food…

Kind of looks like that dude from Ghana’s helicopter prototype. There is an almost childlike innocence to these contraptions, the belief that if you make it the right shape, all the other things will fall into place. I used to build things like that, until evidence suggested that my carefully constructed speedometer…

Cool! I wonder what ever happened to the fridges!

Tesla Autopilot: One way or another you will wind up at the hospital.

Billy Joel denies any involvement, in fact he tried to fight it.

This might work well for a modern car with a gas engine, but for guys like me that drive geriatric diesels this is going to be a disaster. I pick my driving food based on minimum surface area to hand contact, I love the smell of diesel and oil, however taste not so much, and the only time I ever stop to eat while…

This looks like the alternative ending to Top Gun. Maverick got kicked out of the program for his antics, and as predicted by his instructor, wound up flying cargo planes full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong for the next 30 years. Finally after a career of "I could'a been" lectures to his co-pilots he attempts one…

Missed this by seconds this morning. Sometimes the internet lobs a big easy pitch at you but some other bastard gets inb4!

Me too! Had to wait ages for it though.

I am only 29 but I look like I am 40, this is a direct result of working long hours in extreme weather in remote locations at a physically demanding job. Luckily this works in my favor, I think I am getting better looking with age, and my wife agrees with me. Something about a dude who looks younger than he is just…

I bet the stolen car got traded for a private island. Not as nice an island as you could get for a 918, fewer features, slower 0-60 time, less prestige of ownership, but a private island none the less.

This is an issue that is near to my heart, I had to get rid of my favorite Land Cruiser because it was falling apart, and the landlord complained. I didn’t have another place to put it, didn’t have money to store it, or deal with the fees, so I gave it to another LC guy, who parted it out for his projects. One of the…

The driver must be disappointed too, he missed the top speed of that Seat by 1mph.

925 lb feet? Those must be some big shoes!

I feel for the kid, having your first crash is bad enough, but losing lunch and ending up on the internet is way worse, taco-bout bad luck!

I was surprised that this was an Ontario build, Alberta is the natural home of monsters like this.

I am a sentimental cheapskate, so I secretly contacted her family and managed to score her long deceased great great grandmothers engagement ring. It cost nothing, my (now) wife was absolutely thrilled, the fit was perfect and it suits her to a T. It means more to us to have a family heirloom with real history like…

It must be nice for people who are able read the phrase "in the world" without hearing it in Clarkson's voice, and descending into a fit of laughter. I am not so lucky.