“The Driver” 1978.....Hell even “Weird Science” The list could go on for ever!

I strongly suggest you find Goodbye Pork Pie. Lovely 1981 film.

That beige Volvo is my old car!

Nah, he just wanted to extract that extra bit of kinetic energy via regenerative braking while Passat owner couldn’t see it and help VW restore some of that air it polluted over the years. That’s an extra 0.62 Euros he recovered right there.

I knew driver training in Germany was really, really good.

As a German I have to say, that was a great analysis.

Growing up in Germany, my perspective is more about Opel in its European home market - and that’s a bit different from yours, as you mostly focus on global and US perspectives. The VW Passat and Golf changed European volume cars forever. Until then, Opel was very much in the mix - if you weren’t going to buy a luxury…

The Admiral B pictured above had a V8 version called Diplomat to battle the V8 S-Class.

1. Opel in Germany is still suffering from the cars of the 90s, when GM decided that Opel needed to improve profit by reducing costs, impacting quality, and killing the excellent reputaion Opel had successfully worked with. The new cars are very competitive and cheaper than VWs or Fords, but still suffer from their…

It fascinates me that so many of these ‘too big to fail’ corporations are also too big to succeed - due entirely to their bigness.

I see your comment and raise you this:

Y’all can fight me any day or night of the week over what I am going to say in the next paragraph, but I don’t care. I’ll stand by my words forever and ever and ever:

What do you mean by cheap? It’s like 15,000 pounds for a decent one isn’t it?

My W210 is super well built too. The w210 follows the W124 but was engineered before the Chrysler cost-cutting years. I also prefer the round headlights.

I’ve heard many people say that the W124 was the last car by Daimler-Benz that was built to a standard rather than a price.

Leaving the ramp down was a ferry bad idea.

I mean could you really resist eating your peanuts during a show like this?

That guy in the green shirt was already eating his peanuts. What a rookie. He’s going to be screwed when he realizes that he doesn’t get any more.

Some people just REALLY want to get out of Detroit.

OK.. this is NOT Comcast.. it’s a subcontractor with the comcast logo on the side - jeez.