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6/6/21

I can confirm that a 1980's VW Polo is capable of some surprising off road feats. The skinny tires meant it was pretty good in the snow too. Add in a lot of practise, and once I made it up a hill, past an X5, furiously spinning all it’s wheels as the driver tried to use POWER! to get up. I was smug :)

6/2/21

To be fair, the Soviet atomic scientists were never told about the information that spies had brought back. It was just used to ‘check their work’ as it were.

6/2/21

It would work well in a wide but shallow engine bay:

6/2/21

I think Jason is the only writer I can think of that not just can I immediately tell who’s writing without checking the byline, but I can also immediately spot Torchlopnik just from a description of an article.

5/28/21

You could hear the driver scream slightly as he went into the corkscrew, and while it would be easy to take the piss, I’m pretty sure I’d have made even more embarrassing noises in the same situation.

5/28/21

My first proper bit of wrenching on my first car. I was doing an oil change.

5/28/21

My first few cars all had them mounted on the left front wing, which was a problem because I lived in the British countryside, so I was driving on the left, and often having to drive halfway into a hedge to avoid tractors.

5/28/21

I’m disappointed that “I’m driving to Durham Castle with my kids to test my eyesight” wasn’t on the list.

5/28/21

It’s cheaper than a golf cart:

5/28/21

The ur-example is to combine them with a Harliquin Golf:

5/28/21

I can’t understand how that can be done without ripping the engine apart

5/28/21

I guess the limit here is the 300-car restriction, there’s only so far a manufacturer can take the piss.

5/28/21

I’ve always thought that there’s a place for cameras on autonomous vehicles, because all of our road infrastructure is built to be seen by human eyes. So a sensor system that can process that information mates sense.

5/28/21