Your argument would have merit if current Mercedes Benz products actually had “the quality that Mercedes-Benz has been building for decades.”

Mustang shooting brake? At this point I’d be happy if they bought back the Kamm-back from the original Mach I.

Wait, what happend to the guys in Virginia? My daughter is 16, lives in Falls Church, and has her license.... (not that either her mom or I have the money; I need too motivate her to get a job over the summer)

Two accidents in a short period of time, and no one has ever checked my bags.

To be fair “#MERICAN $$$$” is pretty much how we won WWII.

I’m so cynical about Bernie Ecclestone that as soon as I read this I thought “how did Formula bend the rules so this could happen?”

Exactly. He’s 85, so presumably his influences are older than he is. His answer may reflect a deeply sexist society, but I’m not sure it’s surprising, or that he should be singled out for blame because 1940s-1950s society was deeply sexist.

The question wasn’t “which women writers are good,” it was “which women writers inspired you?” He answered honestly.

Which meant a blown timing belt cost more to fix than the car was worth. I knew someone who solved that problem by swapping a Peugeot diesel into one. (It was in the pre-digital era, alas, so I don’t have photos)

As of 2008, Sarah Palin drove a VW Jetta TDI. (Source: “Going Rogue.”)

But he was a member of the Socialist Workers Party (ie, a Trostkyite) in his youth. Plus he honeymooned in the USSR.

The key word here is “tourbillon” - an extremely complicated mechanical movement. $160K is actually pretty reasonable.

No - copyright belongs to the person who wrote the letter. There are Fair Use exemptions, of course.

Because they don’t do drugs? Because in some places getting busted can srsly mess up your life?

A pound? Someone may come looking for that.

Counterpoint: Americans have better air conditioning.

Crippling a competitor to the Big 3? (Not here, so much, but in China)

Because Hillary’s dog-whistle racism doesn’t count? (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/… )

And yet one of the reasons young males come is because they’re the ones who’ll get “drafted” if ISIS takes over their home area.

It’s a film from the FYR called “Black Cat / White Cat.” Apologies if you were joking and it went over my head