Hahahaha, wow, ten whole hours to decide to launch a goddamn war.

It was one hour of debate, nine hours to update all of their GPS maps to be sure they understood where Turkey’s border was.

I promise, most Americans that are tied into current events (especially military ones) are well aware that the Brits are, and have been helping.

I believe it’s known as democracy. You know, the thing we’d like to protect.

Now all they need is targets.

Voting? Discussion? Who needs that horsecrap? Just shoot from the hip, watch your Halliburton stock rise and send in Browny to clean it all up when yer done. Yeehaw!!

The point is to stop IS from taking control of the region. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter who actually wins, as long as it’s not IS. The bombing campaign seems to have propped up other forces sufficiently such that what was once a rout into a stalemate.

1. This really was inevitable. Russia running combat operations and making frequent incursions into Turkish airspace was bound to result in a shoot-down eventually.

I don’t think we are disagreeing. But let’s be honest - there are a lot of very lazy people who won the genetic/social inheritance lottery too, and barely do anything productive to continue their wealth. They delegate all their capital decision-making to a few companies, and live off the spoils.

To be fair, the Maestro was a thoroughgoing piece of shit. My neighbor had to reject the one the dealer brought him, because the passenger-side door was (according to him) from a different model of car entirely. He told me the replacement arrived at his house already rattling and squeaking from several different…

“‘80s and ‘90s UK is not something I look back on with pride, apart from some killer synth bands.”

there was a vanden plaz trim interior option on the maestro for the up and coming petit-bourgeoise.

2005 XJR for $14,686.00

I feel like a used Jaaag could be the answer to most of these challenges. Here’s a rather nice one, red 2002 XKR, lovely beige/cream interior, plastered in wood and divorce papers. And, of course, a 4.2L Supercharged V8.

I came here with every intention of hating on the ever-increasing inclusion of tech in automobiles, but I think I’ve just stopped caring. I wouldn’t miss any of this shit if it weren’t there*, but it no longer bothers me that it is. It’s not like I have to schedule starts, or check my tire pressure from an app. I can…

No Need for the FOI request, It publicly available for download already...

As of February 2014 there was 37573162 people with a full car license and 585178 people with the auto only license, so about 1.53% of people in the UK can only drive automatics.

Over 60 English here. I learned to drive at age 13 on a Massey Fergusson 35 tractor. Three speed manual (dual range) gearbox, no synchro and a hand throttle. I taught myself to double-declutch through the gears, up and down without a crunch. Look Mum: No Hands!

Yup, Allison 250 it looks like. I got to take one of these apart in aircraft mechanic school a few months back. Very cool engine. We had to be able to explain the fuel control as well, which was very very interesting. Thing weighs about the same as a VW bug engine and in some configurations can put out 700hp.

That Allison 250 is a free-turbine engine, like a PT-6. That means that the power turbine isn’t connected to the gas generator turbine, and when the thing is starting up and running at sub-ground-idle rpm there isn’t enough gas pressure on the power turbine to move it much (notice how slowly the blades turn until the…

These engines go to 11.