I really want to see him in a winning car - hoping for good results with the McLaren next year.

The camaraderie between Seb and Lewis was really nice to see.

As much as I dislike seeing Danny Ric finishing back in the midfield, that was quite a race and a fitting podium - great to see Lewis celebrate his WDC with a win.

That’s a fair rationale. The speakers in my car are sufficiently poor that I hardly even bother listening to music while I'm driving, and I've put my headphone money into over-ears I use at home (got a great deal on a pair of Fostex TH500RPs a few years back) rather than something I use while I'm out, but I can see…

Ah yes, The Rational Male. Named in the grand tradition of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Oh probably. There are lunatic malcontents around everywhere.

I think the quality thing is the issue - without really, really good IEMs (over-ear headphones don’t offer sufficient isolation in public, with the possible exception of the high-end noise-cancelling options from Sony), or an in-car entertainment system of the kind you probably only find in Bentleys and the like,…

As President- and Vice-President-elect, Biden and Harris should already have Secret Service details. I wouldn’t expect the wolverine warriors having much luck going up against that.

The 919 wasn’t a diesel (that was the fuel used in the Audi R10/15/18 and the Peugeot 908). The 919 used this jewel-like 2.0 petrol V4:

Hasn’t a Boomer been doing just that for the last four years?

It’s not that difficult to parse the sentence. The response of automotive writers (i.e. critics) to Mazda’s move upmarket has been positive (ergo they have been critically successful).

It’s no doubt a serious performance car - if I had the funds available at the time, I would have put my money down when the pre-order book opened here in Australia (the deal they were offering was insane too - the damn thing was $10K off MSRP!).

Speaking of Porsches we didn’t see enough of...

Belsnickle in Pfalz has a switch, and Krampus carries a bundle of birch branches to swat children.

AWD, a solid roof, four seats, an economy car platform that’s not designed expressly to minimise weight, turbocharger plumbing...

As Norbert himself would likely say, GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!

That was my first thought. It's "Dora Maar au chat", rendered in stone.

Ah, no worries.

Damn, that sucks. The i30 hatch (in N-spec) is the only Hyundai I’d buy (at least until the i20N arrives, and I guess the production versions of the 45 and the Prophecy might be interesting).

Good point.