I wish to offer apologies on behalf of myself and other ‘70s &’80s era Mercedes-Benz owners for skewing the average.....

My apologies... My Dad was a native-born German, I was going off what he always told me.

Unfortunately I can’t find a picture of it, but I’ve always liked My ‘88 Mercedes version. The key slot is built into a button that you simply push in to release the trunk, which is right above the bumper. No electronics because 1988 car, but when my hands are full, I’ve gotten in the habit of unlocking it on a door,…

My old Mercedes does the same thing... I believe the intent was to make it harder to lock you keys in the car. (You can’t lick them in if you have to have them in your hand.)

German law is based on Napoleonic code, unlike US law, which has its roots in English Common law.  There's some very distinct differences between the two, so I wouldn't assume that their IP (intellectual property) law works the same...

Because they need a huge-@$$ airplane, and the US government will never by a frequenly-seen, well-known airplane from a foreign company.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

FWIW, when I was in the Porsche Museum some years ago, the Type 64 was described as “the first car to wear the Porsche name", as in tge first car with a Porsche name badge on it.

Most pro racing have back-up options sitting right behind the wall. More extinguishers, buckets of water, etc. You have the one guy with the one extinguisher right there during a stop on the theory that he can react instantly and at least try to control things for a few seconds, giving everyone else time to grab more…

Well, if F1 doesn't work out, he'll fit in *perfectly* in Indycar, that's for sure.

I honestly couldn’t care less about lap times. As far as the quality of the racing, Indycar wins hands down. Even through most of the race where it looked like Power was going to run away with it, there was still a good amount of battling in the ranks. Not a ton of it, but enough to keep things interesting.

Thanks for that answer.... I’m 43, with a bad back (and don’t even ask about any joints in the legs), and I’ve been wanting to do more work on my own car.

True... I was thinking more of the various governing bodies that announce after a rule change that they’ve eliminated “flying cars”, only to have at least one competitor go impressively venturing off into the wild blue yonder at the first post-rules change event....

For a car done as a joke, that's a damn good-looking Röte Sau tribute....

Eh, that may be true, and this era of cars had a worse tendency to go airborne than most, but...

Once again, people keep seeming to be surprised when someone who knows next to nothing about the field they’re working in and has even less experience in said field is put in charge of a company in that field proceeds to completely FUBAR things.

Wow. Wrong car, wrong company, wrong track. That would be Porsche’s crosstown rivals at LeMans.

What most people outside of Europe don’t realize is that finding unexploded WW II ordnance during a construction project is a fairly regular occurance in Germany. I somewhat follow German news, and it seems like it happens every 6-8 months on average.

Possibly has something to do with getting replacement parts—I know these days every brand is manufactured in lots of different countries, but for the older stuff? Everything I’ve had to order for my ‘88 Mercedes comes from Germany, pretty much.

It’s not just “to avoid, or not to avoid”, but also about mitigating any damage. In a similar situation, while it’s not ideal, I would dive for the berm or the median if available; the end result being that my car and I still come out worse for wear, but at least the guy I would’ve hit is unscathed.