Replace them with a nice set of 18 inch VW Rotarys…

Modern vehicle safety is a miracle. Watching the video I 100% expected this to be a fatal accident.  

I live in Frankfurt, so for me the beautiful light design of the Ioniq unfortunately is not enough to offset the horrible Offenbach (OF) number plates. Another car ruined.  

The difference is you’re not paid to write clickbait. 

Several issues, including noise (loud fan & no dampening from a water jacket around the cylinders). Very difficult to generate enough cooling for 4 valve heads or higher revving engines. Passenger compartment heating is a challenge. Finally the cooling fan eats significantly more horsepower than a water pump.

 Better mileage with a carb? Not in a million years. The reason the same engine got better mileage in the Pinto is that the Pinto had a much smaller frontal area (i.e. lower wind resistance despite worse drag coefficient) and that it weighed 2.000 lbs, whereas the Aerostar weighed at least 3.400 lbs.

Exactly. Less tech - fewer chips. 

By virtue of being a low-content cheap car with older technology the Sandero is far less affected by the chip shortage. That’s the only reason behind the outperformance.

The rear lights are far less exotic, they’re from a K70...

why not?

My guess? Truck registration, so cheap tax. 

H-reg doesn’t free you from TÜV scrutiny. Your brakes have to work the way they’re intended to, regardless of registration type. Considering brakes are a safety issue and should be part of regular maintenance anyway, I agree with TÜV in that regard.

LAU is Lauf and der Pegnitz, pretty close to Nürnberg.

No, “H” registration does not include any use restrictions. That is only true for the red numberplate “07" registrations.

If it was legal when the car was new, it is legal now. It all has to be in good nick, but TÜV doesn’t require you to upgrade anything to newer standards (with the exception of blinkers and hazard blinkers that have to be retrofitted in very old cars due to a 1962 law).

“and robbing Webber of at least one title in there.”

MPM Erelis, I saw one in Frankfurt 2 years ago...

The 914 engine however was a type 4 (shared with the bigger 411 and 412 types), while the type 3 engine was essentially a beetle engine with a flat cooling system. 

That’s a BS video. That was a rusted out T3 loaded to roof with concrete driven into the wall at speeds way over crash test levels. It was used to proof the stability of the test facility.

I highly recommend VHS Rallies. This hero is digitizing his 200h+ collection of 80s BBC Rallye reports in high quality. Absolutely glorious.