Proper beer shouldn’t be so cold that you can’t taste it (looking at you, lagers) but equally shouldn’t be too hot. Around 12°C is the preferred temperature for bitter - and it is definitely better than chilled beers if done properly.

Just read the majority of the pdf. It puts quite a different light on to the subject and is interesting if a little dry.

My favourites, whilst not the most intricately detailed or die cast or anything like that, are 1/18th (and a few 1/12th) scale resin models by a company called Otto Models (https://otto-models.com/en/). Based in France, their brilliant philosophy is:

Small displacement high cylinder count engines are crazy. The V16 BRM is probably one of the most extreme engines to see heavy usage - a 1.5L supercharged V16. The yowl from these engines when running properly is absolutely amazing!

Since the Alfa Romeo Bimotore has already been covered (and is probably the best example) I will have to wade in with a Bugatti of a similar era. The T45 GP car (and there were plans for a T47 touring car) had 2 supercharged straight-eight engines side-by-side on a common crankcase but with separate crankshafts.…

The one to have is the Le Mans V600 - that brought power up to (you guessed it) 600hp but also gave it decent (well - in context) brakes and suspension.

This old Jaguar XK120 is a color that you can only describe as Metallic Space Barbie Skin. It’s lovely.

BlackBerry Priv?

Or, here in the UK, lower mileage with similar spec for $2,000

Sorry - not what I had meant. They had practiced the hillclimb - indeed one article says that they were on the final run of the day - but doing a hillclimb a few times does not mean that you can try really hard.

No - that’s not what I meant. And I think in one of the articles it mentions that he was on his 4th run - so I am guessing 2 practice and 2 “timed” runs as per the proper competitors. It at least says that it was the “last run of the day”.

I am presuming that either the regulations regarding parades / demos are much more relaxed or that the organisers don’t give a shit if they are caught doing something wrong!

The big one would be having a head and tail car - at the very least a head car. That car would be under the control of one of the race officials and would therefore limit the speed that the car could achieve and thus would have stopped the accident. Also, the driver of the lead car would know the course better than…

Tell me about it. I am a Clerk of the Course for Race and Speed (hillclimbs / sprints etc.) and demonstration runs / parades are the bane of our life.

To be fair to them, whilst they aren’t “tool room” copies, they are pretty good. A lot of the parts are made from factory drawings and using old techniques - certainly a lot better than TEALs etc.

I am fairly certain that the Pur Sang cars are also eligible to enter vintage races

I have driven a manual drum brake car that has CABLE OPERATED brakes. Stops perfectly well - in fact when it used to require the MOT test (UK) it quite often would have the best braking efficiency the tester had seen for weeks. All down to drum size and shoe material.

Audi engineers to place a timing BELT - on a V8 - at the back of the engine

Nice to see this article.

As did my 1991 Renault 21 - like they did from 1988. Keep a water pump running for 10 minutes to circulate coolant through the turbo bearing housing.