The only snag with this plan is that when the inevitable fault is found, Ed will say something like ‘so we’re going to drop out the transmission and suspension using this special Citroen jig that Mike found rusting in an orchard in Normandy. We spent a few months fixing it up and now we can do the job in just six…

Thanks for the level-headed disagreement. If anything remains of FTA I hope it’s that - and, of course, the hugely amusing Russian bloggers.

I rarely had anything to add on LaneSplitter but I loved reading it and the comments. LaneSplitter *was* Sean and you can’t just insert a random person to take it over who doesn’t have the passion and/or experience.

There are only so many times I can say ‘fair comment’ to the people who say ‘don’t click’ so this will be my last.

A sound plan. I can’t leave Jalopnik - it has the funniest, brightest, daftest and most entertaining commentators around, as well as some hugely entertaining writers, and in my self-imposed ex-pat exile I enjoy reading and writing here myself.

Again, this is a fair comment and I am guilty as charged. I would love to know who any new writer is and their background though - I would love to be proved wrong, but I see no evidence of it.

I think I might have quietly burped into that night. Someone else made the well-worn, but very true point to me - ‘if you don’t like it, don’t read it or comment on it.’ Can’t fault that.

Indeed. That’s a fair comment and I won’t be reading from here on in. I’ve just enjoyed FTA so much in the past I felt compelled to say something. Tyler had a unique perspective and unique access that (insert random author) probably won’t.

As much as I love Jalopnik, you can’t seriously be considering continuing FTA without Tyler’s analysis? There are only so many ‘shocking drone videos’ we can take or ‘this one trick that makes ISIS mad’ posts.

Now, see, that I don’t recommend. Unless you particularly enjoy being shot or lynched.

I work in SE Asia these days and watched this in a hotel in Indonesia. Whilst I don’t find anything to be particularly proud of, just by being British, and I don’t particularly enjoy football, this pre-match anthem made me get up of my seat and punch the air.

You could actually change the turn signals? Not physically possible on a Volvo V70 without removing the headlight unit. Which means you need to remove the front bumper. And the airbox. And disconnect the fusebox.

Find or create a small child. They’re about $100 an hour cheaper than a dealer.

As you’ve pointed out, this very much depends on the make and model of the vehicle you’re trying to service.

Absolutely.

As others have pointed out, the CX had some success in the Paris-Dakar and I know where you’re coming from. You’re thinking - what an awesome support vehicle the CX Safari would make.

Aww, really? I honestly wish I could teleport you next to one right now, and I think you’d revise your opinion. They look much better walking around one than they do in any of the photos.

The article is essentially correct. According to How Many Left, which is a database of makes and models currently on UK roads, Jaguar sold just over 5000 XF Sportbrakes here during the three year production run. None of them were the XFR. This is really, really poor.

The one to have is the ‘Safari’ which looks, depending on your sensibilities, like the quintessential quirky French estate car or a hearse.

It was the Miata/MX5 of its day. Affordable, chuckable, fun and not that quick. And fun for not being quick. It’s still the same car. I’m not getting a lot of support for my ermm support of the 2002 but it’s exactly as you describe.