My pal lived in the German Democratic Republic (i.e. East Germany) itself. Zwickau was just a couple of hours away.

Citroën Kegresses were also popular with some estates in Scotland. They were often the only thing that could go on the boggy moors and come back.

A pal from the old GDR told me how you got a Trabbi:

The Japanese are still at it. Read and weep.

You’re completely correct, and thank you for calculating it through. I’d only add that it’d probably take a bit longer still because you’ll likely need electricity to run domestic appliances as well.

I’ve always quite fancied full electric RVs, but that’s assuming a very different kind of #vanlife: one in which where you go and when is determined by the charge in your batteries.

Ooh, the new 6 cylinder Boxster GTS 4.0?

I’d say “92% of the cabin’s top surface is windows”, but that is an even more impressive statement now than it was back then.

Given a standard barrier, why not?

Get a bicycle, and you can pretty much do that every day.

As a city dweller, EVs like the Mini SE are optimised for the one place where they are inconvenient and/or impossible to use: the city.

I think you might be mixing up your second and third order Baudriallardian simulacra. Viz:

The thing that really struck me is that there isn’t as much difference between 1972 and 1982 as I would have expected: there’s an awful lot of Fords and Vauxhalls (i.e. GM) in both. Sure, there’s fewer BMC/BL stuff in the picture from Bath, but they are still there.

Quite right. And I think he’s mistaking an Allegro estate for a Reliant Kitten, which is an easy thing to get wrong from that angle:

Low revs, but lots of torque 😜

I don’t remember it personally, but I remember the pictures. In the Netherlands, they decided to get around the shortage by having ‘car-less sundays’. Cue hippies organising happenings on the roads

For the esthetic edification of humanity, please specify Mamba Green.

Most of the Autobahn is already restricted (typically with 120km/h or 75 mph limits) but there are still sections here and there where you can drive as fast as you yourself feel is safe given the conditions.

Paris is way ahead of you there.