And if you did your research you’d understand that’s not the case.

Yep - spot on. It’s generally the music that is the issue but an increase in rights payments would be more than offset by the increase in legal viewing revenue. The BBC isn’t doing this because of ‘rights’ - they’re doing nothing because they don’t have a clue.

Just out of interest, I copied my post into Word and it’s 267 words. 267!

Umm... yes. That’s what you do now. That’s what I said.

Sadly, the BBC doesn’t understand the internet. They appear to have no idea that many simple, free browser extensions with an on/off button can be configured to make it appear you are looking from the UK.

I have no idea what you mean...

I pay my BBC license fee each year. I only spend about a third of the year in the UK myself but I don’t care if you want to watch the BBC using a VPN.

HammerHead’s post on Oppo is a fantastic explanation of the difference between US and European towing legislation. Well worth a read but, to sum up, we severely restrict towing speeds in the UK which limits the possibility of vehicle/trailer combinations getting into difficulty whilst allowing for higher weights, and…

Fair points, all of them, and I can’t disagree with your argument that the best safety aid is a well-trained and skilled operator.

We’ve got votes too. Good luck with your guns. I served alongside the US military on many an occasion and, unless you get those boys and girls on side, your collection of firearms is an amusing and irrelevant hobby.

Aha - I see I missed your original point.

The UK has quite a few companies that specialise in the modernisation of older classics like the XJR, the E-Type, MGBs et.al., and you guys have the fabulous Singer Porsches. I’m sure there are many more.

Totally agree with you. If you want to use your vehicle as a statement about who you are, pick a classic that you’ve fallen in love with. There is nothing more honest than that.

Wouldn’t we all! As long as you have a man to deliver it on a trailer to the start of the road rally and whisk you off to a hotel with decent suites when it breaks somewhere outside Monaco...!

I must point out that airliners use a huge number of the safety aids you seem keen to eschew. Whilst heads-up is increasingly common on biz-jets, it’s not often seen in airliners, but we have driving aids (autopilot), electronic nannies (speed limiters, warning chimes, buzzers, electronic checklists that insist on the…

Whilst I’m sure a connoisseur could tell you to within +/- 2mph the speed of a vintage Ferrari by engine note and gear selection alone, there is something about hand-built British and Italian cars that ooze luxury, performance and a certain disdain for actually making sure that anything works reliably.

Heh, yes they are. Too late to edit, so the mistake remains there for all to see.

I love the car, but I’m not sure why us Brits were incapable of building a car in the 1960s and 1970s with a speedometer that gave you an exact reading.

I agree fully. Existing laws are sufficient to prosecute drivers who break the law, in Europe and the USA. Far too often very specialist (and ill-thought out) laws are enacted for situations where existing legislation would serve the purpose.