Where I live, you're supposed to have a first aid kit in your car and the relevant law details the stuff the kit has to contain. Some of these items (like sterile gauze, antiseptics) have an expiration date. In recent weeks, the police has been - reportedly - harassing drivers, checking the expiration dates on their…

The "Frogeye" Sprite. 45 bhp, 0-60: 20.9 s.

Now that's why I don't have a stripper girlfriend. That and because I'm ugly and poor. :-)

Long live Czechoslovakian rednecks...

The Tornado vs. VW accident is also quite famous.

Actually, fighter vs car crashes do exist.

Actually, the aircraft is a decomissioned one, and was on display in the city centre of Besztercebánya (Banská Bystrica) in front of a shopping mall, advertising SIAF held at Sliač (not Silač) Air Base.

Be absolutely self-critical. Don't think that you're a race driver two days after you've received your license.

"I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling commenters!"

Replacement of the timing belt. If something goes wrong the result might easily cost a lot of money. If you have your belt replaced by pros, they will provide some warranty.

Prius (or any similar hybrid/econobox).

I remember how my parents waited for their Skoda 120. Then they were notified that the Czechslovakians stopped production of the 120. Instead, they had a couple options, and they chose the Wartburg 1.3 - a pretty decent car for the eastern bloc with its VW Golf engine.

In addition to the obvious (when to have fluids, belts, etc. changed):

Citroen Xsara Picasso

Tatra 613. Known as probably the best car of the socialist bloc, everyone remembers the 603. But its not-so-stylish successor is quite unknown.

Volvo S60R

David Purley

Agreed.

Renault Safrane Biturbo V6. An odd, huge, unreliable machine... but fast.

I just hope when he screws up, he crashes into some oligarch's black SUV...