This looks like Nick's work (Perry Bible Fellowship), am I correct?

Half Baked. Gotta watch that again this week.

Best of luck with your new endeavors, and feel free to drop by every now and then with us commenter folks like Spinelli does, it's always fun.

I was making an Archer reference, but this could be dragged on:

Just the tip?

Also consider: regular mouthwash i.e. Listerine. It's actually a very good disinfectant and while the burning sensation will initially compound the pain of having a sore throat, it will reduce recovery time. That, I believe, should be the ultimate target when facing ailments.

Not that I know of, which is why I specified that it may just be a European thing. To be honest, I think the 4-bangers from BMW have been underappreciated. Sure they aren't as silky smooth as the 6-pots but they're still leaps and bounds ahead of many other 4-pots, both diesel and gasoline.

Not to nitpick, and this might just be a European thing, but the 320d has always been a 4-banger around here, along with the 316 and 318 (which I admit are not mentioned).

Don't forget education. Since books are such a 'hassle', I distribute my course material and curriculum/syllabus information through a Facebook group, and odds are my students will some day adopt this approach in their own dealings.

Reverse: I had the same predicament when I bought my 205. It was a love/hate relationship until the day I decided to gut it. There came a point where keeping its originality would be just as expensive as just taking everything out and joining amateur rallying. It's not hard to guess which decision I made.

My point exactly.

2nd: Here's a first world problem Ferrari can solve - pedal adjustment travel. Italian supercars of yesteryear had this crazy arms and legs fully extended seating position which was hardly adjustable by moving the steering wheel up or down half an inch. Sure, height and rake adjustments along with better seating…

Those things are gorgeous, and I agree. a nice prancing stallion or several hundred would be nice.

Dacia Duster 1.5 dCi. Low running costs, capable off road, cheap, good enough for everything.

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Heads up, the reserve has been lowered to 3500. Even at 5k, a clean example like this is NP. Sure that's well into Miata territory, but for all its merits, the Mister runs in a different dynamic league. The first gen is much easier to control than later iterations, it's fantastically quick on its feet and hearing the…

In fact I think the only auto journo to drive it was the late great L.J.K. Setright.

I'm managing to click through to the jpg, but I'll see if I can upload it somewhere else...

I'm not going into one of those "why isn't this on the list", but the Chrysler Patriot is basically massive American innovation in racing that was stillborn curbed by regulation and cost-cutting. It was a pioneer in flywheel technology and could have been doing what Porsche is now doing with their hybrid flywheels. It…

Bumblebee.