If the absorption in the radar band is as good as the absorption of visible light it will be a great car for speeding without getting a ticket.

Don’t know is the upload works but here is a Picture of Erich Honecker’s Citroen CX. A Dutch car enthousiast owns it now. The image was taken in april 2016 during a protest drive against excluding youngtimers from Rotterdam’s low emission zone.

Tesla is missing in the list.

If you thought the traffic jam in France (Paul Ricard) was bad, have a look at the provincial roads that lead to Zandvoort. I hope they’ll organize something really smart using public transportation. 

Excellent job!

You are suggesting a solution without stating the problem and showing data proving the problem. Please show the accident rate per mile traveled by 90 year old drivers and compare it to other age groups before proposing this burden of testing on this age group.

When I see dirty water that’s greenish and fluorescent I think of growth of Pseudomonas bacteria. Wikipedia:

When Ferdinand Piech bought Seat and Skoda he positioned Seat as “Alfa Romeo mediteranean flair” and Skoda as the budget alternative. Turned out Seat was a headache with regards to quality and Skoda developed into Piech’s love-baby. “They are incredibly knowledgeable in building cars.” He was quoted.

An older MX-5 does not offer a lot of status but the pop up headlights on my yellow 1995 model make people smile. People like the car and it reflects on me in a positive way. That’s not why I bought it but it’s a pleasant surprise.

If you visit the Netherlands, don’t miss the Louwman museum in The Hague. I could not create a link to the English page, click the flag in the top right for English.

Well, if that means we will have a NE MX-5 in 2023 we are still in for 12 years of fun. To me there will always be a place for a light fun manual car with a combustion engine. I hope the lawmakers won’t tax it to death.

Great work!

Study the inspection system in the Netherlands. It works pretty good. Mechanics follow courses to become accredited as inspector. The inspection criteria are clear, written down and detailed. Cars are tested against the rules for the year they were registered so newer laws don’t apply to old cars that were not…

I can see a fun curve coming that I want to take in second gear so I put it in second before the curve. My Camry can’t anticipate like I can. By the way, can someone take me out of the grey?

On the circuito de Maspalomas on Gran Canaria I got tuition in a stripped down MX-5 NB 1.8. On the same track I drove a Ferrari 360 Modena, a TVR Tuscan and a Porsche 911 GT2. The expensive cars were faster but it surprised me how fast the MX-5 was in comparison. The joy to drive the MX-5 came very close. Sure, I…

Pharmacist here: It definitely makes sense. This technique has been used for decades to sterilize fluids in closed bottles in hospital pharmacies. The sterilizing machine is called a rain autoclave and it works at 120 C / 248 F. You have to set your process parameters right, meaning temperature and time. The water has…

I need to practice this more in a safe environment. I get scared, apply a lot of countersteer and as a result I end up backwards on the side of the road. Twice on the inside of the corner, once on the outside.

David, when they use high tensile steel to save weight I assume this means achieving the same strength using thinner steel. Now what does this mean when the frame starts to rust a few years down the line? Wouldn’t the frame loose strength faster?

Tune up for a 1995 Mazda MX-5 that stutters at low rpm and idles between 1000 and 1500 when warm: replace fuel filter, replace spark plugs, replace spark plug leads, replace carter ventilation valve, replace all vacuum hoses, clean throttle body, replace air flow meter that some moron adjusted off calibration, replace…

My 1997 Camry V6 Aisin transaxle had a flush performed around 250000 km. It shifts smoother after the fluid change.