British drivers tend to be very disciplined,  and are well trained.  Would also like to see the experience profile of the participants. Don't doubt the gender thing BTW.   Other countries will be interesting. 

Not a 80's car in the sense of being a 1970's model. W124 is, however. 1984 launch, and so capable and well engineered, plus the styling is pure 80's, but better than any other “proper car”. Not knocking the w123. It is a gem.

The Indiana case and the 1992 “x” case are quite similar in horrific background. And there were other similar cases. The Savita case was a different manifestation of the horrible ban. And also, we failed to legislate for the gap in the law after 1992. She died due to two decades of cowardice by politicians...

We plebs get to vote in referendums to change our constitution.  Not perfect,  but much easier than for the US constitutional amendment process.   I wish you luck, and less than 35 years we needed...

Irish person here: 1983, we introduced a constitutional ban on abortion. Badly, flawed wording, so in 1992, we had to confirm the right to travel and right to information. A stronger ban was attempted in 2002, but narrowly failed. Finally in 2018, we managed to repeal the 1983 amendment. By a 2:1 ratio. In an…

Complaining about $10/gal fuel when us Europeans are living that dream....

Lane keep assist which turns on every time you start the car. Looking at you, VW...

In this market? Quite a lot. Buying the ES cost 23k. Same car on forecourt (same age, spec, mileage) 44k. I bought it out. Because it was the best 23k car on the market. Sure, I could take my (pre pandemic calculation) “equity” and then buy a worse car for more money.

Drove through Death Valley once, but it was spring, so OK. Did Mojave in Sept, at night, and the car, (rental Taurus, struggled, had to do the no Aircon, open windows at one incline on the way to flagstaff. Not pleasant at all.

Lexus sat nav also sucks. Android auto makes it totally fine. the touchpad is OK with AA or Car play.  But the UX entering addresses is appalling. To the point of being unusable. 

Ok. Who doesn’t use the parking brake? Seriously. Outside of freezing weather in northern states, when actually freezing. And if that cold, surely you would chock the wheels so you don’t have to beat up on the (frozen and brittle) parking pawl....

Came here for Opel Astra, can totally concur. Had several of that vintage as company cars/vans. Spent a lot on getting back prodded back into shape. Ditto base BMW E90 seats. Hard, and sore after a few hours. When elder boy went car shopping with me years ago, he implored me to get the Lexus IS, as it was actually…

The Yugo was cheap. And nasty. There is a far bigger sin when a car is expensive, and from a manufacturer who knows better, but makes a rubbish car. So Lada and FSO and pre VW Skodas get a pass.

Counterpoint: emissions often affects the gear ratios, so the car passes “the test”, or gives a “good” 0-60. but at the expense of drivability. The “worst gearbox” poll touched on this, but it is an issue.

In Colorado, in 1995, I had to explain the highway code to a traffic cop who hauled me over while cycling...

I remember a 1.2 Opel Astra (1999) with a similar lack of go, and bad ratios. Worst was a E60 520D manual. Hear me out. 2nd was too tall for slow traffic and 1st was too short. It needed a different set of ratios. The E90 318i replacement did not have this problem, despite being way down on torque.

If a 1.1L , 55bhp 1985 Ford Escort won’t stall, the Civic won’t stall.  This is what my mum did to teach me.  Now,  add a hill, and good luck...

If they have learnt anything from Mercedes fiasco of rebranding a Nissan, they won’t just stick a logo on an Amarok. Need to base it on the Q7 chassis to hit the right level of obnoxious.

Had a read through the comments on the earlier post. Only the cynical Mercedes X class, and the BMW X6 and X7 feature from Europe.

Ireland had a licence amnesty in 1979. And up to a few years ago, you could drive unaccompanied on a learners permit (provisional licence), which was merely an eye test, and proof you were over 17. You couldn’t drive abroad, or on motorways, but that was moot back then.