Ducati Desert X is your friend, or, if your pockets are deeper, a 1300 GS. Both are like big supermotos, but retain the semblances of practicality for touring, as well as being light enough to not feel cumbersome for the everyday riding (commuting, town work, etc).
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You are absolutely correct. I wanted to try and illustrate the point about pressurisation, but you were right to correct me.
The structural integrity comes from being pressurised, which is why 1mm thick aluminium is perfectly adequate. Try standing on an un-opened can of Coke, which is pressurised. Now try standing on an opened can. You get the picture.
Lotus Carlton, the end.
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Anything from any of the Taxi films. The original one for 1998 is written by Luc Besson and has one of the best opening scenes. Literally saw it by accident while late-night channel surfing (remember that?) as the opening sequence began.
Cue the annual “THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS IT SHOULD BE BANNED PEOPLE ARE DYING” comments that you see every year from the same version of “Insane Death Race Madness” crap that gets trotted out.
The British electrics are fine as long as you don’t let the smoke out. The tyres (they’re look tires, only British) look to have glossy side-walls and are probably a great barometer for the overall condition of the vehicle, I’m in!
Avgeek here - that’s 100% a Boeing 787. Giveaway are the control yokes (Airbus has side-sticks) plus drop-down Head-up-Display screens, among other features.
You got me at Stratos rear lights.
If the care regime means I can use Scotchbrite and gun oil I’m in. Except I don’t want a Cybertruck, thanks.
I grew up near where this took place. I often drive past it when I go to visit my parents. Pretty fascinating story. Here is the location:
HE’S USING GLUE!!!!!!!
As a former owner of a W124 300CE I’m glad you posted this!
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Fifth Gear tv show did a Ford Focus in to a solid lump of concrete at 120mph, but I guess we’re getting in to the realms of Beam NG.
I’ve used WARM water before, with no ill-effect. Typically I’ll do this if we’ve had rain that’s frozen, and left ice that’s too thick for my ice-scraper. When I say WARM what I mean is a few degrees warmer than what you’d get out of the cold tap, and very definitely not hot. Warm enough that it won’t just immediately…
I’m British, and what you’ve said is entirely true. Anything more than 1/16th of your freedom units of snow on the ground and it’s carnage for at least 24 hours. I think it’s mainly because as a rule we don’t use winter tyres (tires) here. Having driven in Norway and Sweden on packed snow and ice I can confirm that…
I have an E270 (diesel) of the same model type (W211) which I purchased here in the UK back in 2014, with 59,000 miles. Aside from consumables it’s been absolutely fantastic. Now on a shade over 197,000 miles, and I see no reason to part with it. It’s literally only let me down once because the alternator failed.…
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Not entirely related, but far more fun, is Chris Harris drifting a C63 on space saver tyres:
Manufacturer cost-saving and presumably in finding ways to lower the published kerb-weight of the vehicle it must be easy/tempting to throw in the space-saver as a quick way to shave off a few KGs
As a Brit, I would say he got off really lightly. These days traffic fines are means based, so I would suggest the driver was on a low income. The fact that he was driving on the spare, at speed, and fled the scene of an accident would seem to back up that he was likely running the vehicle on a shoestring.