I think racoons look cute as hell, but I’m a Brit and we don’t have them here. I notice that many Americans say they’re annoying little fuckers.

Looks grumpy.

You have to wait until the road bends in such a way that you can get a peek, then you have to wait until you can see past and you get a clear shot at overtaking.

Also if your passenger and you aren’t fluent in the same languages. Once I was joining a fast moving* Italian 2 lane road**, my German passenger said passenger “Yes” in response to my question and so I pulled out smoothly into the side of a speeding truck. He meant yes there’s something coming.

Ah the “Triumph” Acclaim, everybody’s Dad had one, my Dad had one, I passed my driving test in it (I just felt at home in it after failing in the horribly sharp clutched MK1 Fiesta and the driving instructor’s Polo).

Yeah those damn Westies eh? They were after some of that sweet Trabbie action but the Central Committee in it’s wisdom saw through them.

I know, right? Who couldn’t love a regime like that.

Ah vive La France.

In either words, somebody else’s car.

What Jason said form all those reasons. Except maybe look for a diesel?

Very nice for those that have that sort of dosh. Where does the V8 come from? A Range-Rover?

There was also the MG RV8 - a ‘90s attempt by BL/Rover to make a factory restomod using the fuel injected version of Buick/Rover V8 out of the Range-Rover at the time (3.9 I think). Leather, wood, metallic paint, 183hp but still using the old MGB body shell... more or less.

I bought a Range-Rover. That wasn’t the problem. The straight six Ford York diesel that had been transplanted in was.

You’re more polite a person than I am then. I’d have told him he clearly didn’t know how to drive a manual and to stop trying to damage your car.

All else aside, if I had a “Pajero” first thing I’d do is prise and scrape off the name badge, I’d replace with the British name for them “Shogun”. Perfectly respectable name for a Japanese off road vehicle... as opposed to Spanish for “Masturbator” which I suggest is not.

Yes they are very breakable. Unless the Maruti ones are manufactured to a higher standard than the Spanish or Japanese ones.

Weight, and size too, to an extent.

Why is it referred to as a Jimmy?

This is relevant to my interests.

I just came here to say: F*ck me that’s ugly.