I sold certified cars for 6 years and still highly recommend them, but I can't help but think of this scene whenever I hear "certified" being thrown around as a buzzword:

Why or why not?

10%? I add 10% when I'm taking it out to wash it.

Heh, totally right. When I wrote that I was thinking of one single item. As in, "For all the parts I'm going to need, replacing this trans is going to cost me $1000. Better give myself an extra $400."

Battery tech would be my biggest concern with a used EV. I know the technology is different with cars, but seeing what happens to a cell phone or laptop battery after 3 years and scaling it up to a car sounds pretty frightening.

And if you want to have an electric car, you totally should lease it.

DO NOT BUY CLASSIC JAPANESE CARS FROM NORTH OF THE MASON DIXON.

It's going to cost way more than you thought it would. Think you've got your budget all planned out? Add 40%, you're going to need it... and even if you don't end up needing it for the build itself, you're going to find a way to spend it on car-related stuff. I guarantee it.

I meant safe for the plane. Those things are expensive.

Actually 737-800's can be ETOPS certified which means they technically could be used for transatlantic routes, but with Ryanair's tightly-packed planes they probably wouldn't have the range to do it safely. Might be able to do transatlantic with a fuel stop in Iceland though.

Now, I don't know if it sells new cars, and I don't know if it sells pickups, or family cars, or luxury SUVs, or tiny hatchbacks. But I do know there is one man driving around Texas right now in an 11-year-old Mercedes just because I recommended it. This gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling; the kind of feeling you get…

A fully equipped eye hospital. Hat tip to Jcarr.

Other aircraft.

No big deal with the title, Georgia doesn't require them for cars 1985 and older.

Hm. My Kiwi friend found it hilarious when we went to a brewery and informed me of what it meant. I know much of the dialect is similar between the two countries, but as she would've been quick to point out they ARE different places. The more you know.

In the US a growler is a durable and reusable bottle used for taking home draft beer.

Just like going to the pub to pick up a growler has very different connotations over in Australia.

I can't help but wonder if all this is intentional. Because when Top Gear comes back, can you imagine how many people will be watching, having heard all this over the past couple weeks?

The Ford Pinto. Imagine driving around knowing all it takes is one distracted driver coming up behind you at a red light to turn your car into a fireball.

I remember trying to use this car on Gran Turismo 2, and yes, it was unusable. Wheelspin up to something like 150mph.