I beg to differ. I mean, given the numbers, they barely existed in America, but I came across this one with Swiss plates while I was in Germany. To make things better, it was only a few feet meters from where I saw an E61 M5 for the first time.

They’ve got you covered.

I got caught in the wrong car during an unexpected late snow storm. On Michelin PS2s, no less. It worked out better than I expected.

I had that intermediate shaft failure happen (as I mentioned in another article today), although instead of the U-joint, the shaft just worked its way off the column while I was driving. It’s a bit unnerving when your driving along and your steering wheel just stops working.

When I was in high school, I got a hand-me-down 1981 Chevy Malibu wagon from my dad. At the time, he was taking his cars to a local mechanic for maintenance, who, in retrospect, wasn’t all that careful about how he did his work.

At some point, he had needed to remove the intermediate steering shaft, and apparently…

Is it possible for one car to break an entire study?

What doesn’t?

These guys had the right idea. This picture was taken in Adenau, Germany, only a few hundred feet from the Nürburgring. All three were from the Corvette club of Norway.

I think I may have come here to post your car. Did you used to autocross this in the Philadelphia area?

Sorry to hear that. I went through my Fleetwood about a year ago to stop just that problem. I caught it in the early stages—I only lost about 3 square inches of sheet metal. But it looked pretty bad, especially above the fuel tank.

See also: BMW 8-Series, Jaguar XJS, Cadillac ETC...

By limiting it to the last 3 years, they may have knocked Cadillac from the top spot, but I’m almost certain it’s the number one brand mentioned in music overall. Just keeping it to songs with “Black Cadillac” in the title, we’ve got:

Cadillac Fleetwood on the right, Daihatsu Midget II on the left. (The Daihatsu is also my profile picture.)

I can relate.

The normal German traffic laws apply during Touristenfahrten, when the track is open to any paying member of the public. Different rules apply during track days, and as far as I know, during manufacturer testing.

The driver makes an astonishing difference there. When I visited with a CTS-V, I found myself passing things I had no business passing. But then, I also got passed by a Ford Fiesta on one lap.

They’re actually quite brittle. The dealerships have rotor covers to prevent chipping when removing wheels.

But we should.

Well, that’s true. And it’s a bit hair-raising when someone doing 120 kph half a mile ahead pops out to pass a truck that’s passing an even slower truck. But it’s nice to have the option!

To be fair, I don’t remember where this happened. There’s a good chance it was in former East Germany.