Yes, northeast Minas is very much the same as Goiás.

I wish they would stop pulling out the safety car bullshit excuse and just go ahead, be honest and say the truth that the importation law is made to ensure large corporations don't get shafted out of new car profits. That was the main drive to Mercedes Benz and Porsche to lobby for this law over three decades ago.…

At the same time, the draconian law that restricts the entrance of a perfectly safe European- (or any other country) spec due to "safety concerns" allows the unrestricted importation of 25 year old cars that are as safe as a Budweiser can, such as this 25-year old Trabant.

They are VW-like, usually with lower specs or older tech, but materials are typical VW.

100% Brazil. I would venture to narrow it down to the states of Goiás or Tocantins, due to the accents.

Sampo Rinne

I miss THAT from being a crew chief. Awesome flights like that. I have done dozens like this in California, Arizona and Nevada, seems like a life time ago. What I don't miss is crashing. That is never fun, and the reason I don't go on joy rides like that anymore.

Just hope you don't ever have to replace that thing. It looks more expensive than a Ford Fiesta.

Oh, and I love the Espace, especially the older ones.

120,000 miles with one oil change sounds asinine. I know motor oil is expensive in Europe, but even if they recommend me to do that I will change my oil at least every 10,000 miles. On my Saab 9-5 I know it's time to change the oil when my fuel mileage starts worsening. I'll change the oil and suddenly I get 10-15%…

Sure, but the van is certainly a car if the 80s.

How is an aircraft that can't stall scary?

I learned to drive on a Fiat 147, the Brazilian version of the 127. It wasn't a bad car albeit it was very spartan. Our car had three options: 1.5 liter engine (hot rod engine in a light Fiat), 5-speed transmission for highway cruising, and a heater. The car was ethanol-powered, and that gave us another 3 hp, which is…

Sorry, but little the Renault Espace isn't. It's not as big as the minivans made today, but it's as big as anything America made in the late 80s.

Also one that is quite often featured on the front page.

Sure, but once is on the main page, does it make a difference?

And that other post in Jalopnik today said SUVs were safer...

As a helicopter mechanic and having seen all the FOD awareness videos I could care for, all I can think is "what the fuck? Really?" Yes, he's damn lucky.

Still an ugly way to deal with aerodynamics.