I mean; at this price you’re cross shopping with Miatas and the odd MR2- both of which would be substantially smarter from a logical perspective.

Yeah - I’m not super familiar with the cars of that era but I am guessing it’s a case of “rising tide lifts all ships”. Where the tide is Ford Mondeo reliability.

Can’t speak to the OBD but Ford didn’t have a major stake in Jaguar until 1989 - and development on the XJ40 started in the 70's so it’s definitely not got a ton of Ford’s insight into the development. But I was wrong to call the X100 a “Premier Automotive Group” vehicle; yes, Ford was heavily involved in its…

No Victoria’s the Coronavirus state (at least for Australia)

so earlier in the week there was a guy who bought an XK8 for two hundred and ninety dollars. Now, there’s some folk who balked at that who might NP this, but there’s something super important you need to know first:

Have a 2000 XK8, and regarding the fuel pump, it’s a goddamned nightmare.
Some people legit just get a holesaw and cut into the rear parcel shelf (below the folding roof) and use that to get at it.

I bought a Mercedes C350e plug-in at the end of 2019 to do this thing, exactly.
Now I WFH due to Coronavirus >.>

obligatory:

looks like Brazil, here’s the other side of that flyer:

I... don’t think that’s Australian, I mean, it does look like a Falcon ute; but it looks like the wheel is on the left side of the car - no? I’m getting more of a South American vibe from this thing.

I hear keyless fobs can be exploited with repeater devices - there’s been a rash in the UK of people having their cars stolen out of their driveways using such devices

Mortadella eh?
Tell me what you think of this use of Mozzarella:

re: Neutral Ram ProMaster Van:
you ever see those transparent stripper pole trucks that drive around San Francisco to lure men to strip clubs? 
I figure I can get in the back and flop around on a pole - that way, nobody has to be ashamed to be driving a truck with me in the back. profit?

Yep, exactly (though this was a few years ago);

I feel like the expense of EVs is merely a challenge of getting manufacturing/recycling of batteries to anywhere near the extremely mature state of traditional automobile manufacturing. It should, if anything, be substantially easier to manufacture an EV compared to an IC vehicle - it’s just that the supply chain…

But how does it compare to, say, a Chang Li?
For real, let’s do a side-by-side comparison. DO IT FOR THE CLICKS.
YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE MANY CLICKS

Should you buy a new Mac right now (no) or wait for ARM (lol no)

I like that the unnecessary grilles aren’t the size of swimming pools