And Germany stifles a laugh at Texas.

This is still pretty sad. I drove across several countries in Europe, and away from the cities the speed limit was 130 kph (except in parts of Germany). That’s about 80.7 mph. And they don’t have vast areas with “not a damn thing.” Their countryside is more like the east coast of the US.

Well, that’s kind of unfortunate. As much as I’d love to return and try to get under 9 minutes, I can’t afford to go back right now.

Also, is it too much to ask for knobs in the center stack anymore[?]

I rather liked the graffiti I saw in Germany.

Ah, you’re right. It probably even said so, right on the back. I still stand by my something equally ridiculous comment, though.

I saw one of these recently. From a distance, I thought maybe it was a Murano CrossCabriolet Hardtop or something equally ridiculous. It was the latter.

I came to this in London, shortly after I got used to driving on the left again. I looked left and saw a truck coming. Trust me, it was time to panic.

Saw this at the grocery store a while back.

I went to Germany a couple of years ago. There was a surprising number of American cars there. (Not sure if the Chrysler 300 Wagon (!) counts, given that it was never sold here.)

There you go.

Once upon a time, it seemed nearly every race weekend they’d finish by playing the German national anthem, followed by the Italian national anthem. It got to the point where it was one long song in my head. It was nice to hear it again.

Now wait just a minute! The law says:

Keeping some good company with that. Ferrari did the same thing on the F40.

I saw one of these about two years ago. It had a chrome Pep Boys stick-on “V” attached right under the “XLR” badge. I parked my V-Wagon right next to it.

A track day is the best way.

True. But you’re not supposed to blow the doors AT the competition.

My latest hobby is taking car names with string of letters that work as Roman numerals, and pronouncing them that way. You’d be surprised how many it works for. Such as: