Meanwhile, Alfred Neubauer is spinning in his grave.

Think what those fools did with the Enzo. Only Enzo crash IMO that deserved respect for the driver Richard Lossee - He drove the car, enjoyed the car and didn’t do stupid things on public streets.

That guy in the BMW sounds kinda wimpy - terrified - like she is going to devour him if the police don’t come right away. And I saw no damage on the truck at least

On the 1999 Mercedes SL - I have a 1996 - and they changed the V8 engines in 1999 - 1990-1998 had the M119 - near bulletproof - 4 valve/cyl DOHC - and 1999-2002 had the M113 - - SOHC - 3 valves/cylinder nearly as bulletproof but with a tad less HP.

There was a good op-ed in the current Road and Track magazine by Bob Lutz on Tesla - and he thinks they are in big trouble.

You know your cars age old when most of the cars at the recyclers have lower mileage than yours. Still these are probably prototype - story was years ago when Honda first brought the Civic to the US there was some internal flaw - too expensive for the dealers to fix.

When I lived in San Diego in the early 80s, I fgound myself in an impound yard and there was a nearly new (~2,000 miles) Porsche 930 with the right side caved in.

I don’t see why mentioning a possible IMS issue should upset anyone - just about every car has a mechanical Achilles heel - only noticed as the car ages - and Porsche is no different.

I wonder how long-lived this drivetrain is? I guess this would fall into the suspect IMS bearing problems.

Well, years ago my neighbor had an old Toyota Dolphin motor home - and the camper part was rotting - the wood frame.

Incredible.

The driver, who is a certified jerk, is lucky he wasn’t charged with manslaughter

I can hear the rattles from here

Anyone who sees that can’t help but think of the disaster with the XB-70 prototype bomber - it was a GE promotion shoot showing the different military planes all using GE engines, and an F-104 got caught up behind the bomber in the vortices - severed the bomber’s tail

Their arrogance continues to astound me. And it wasn’t some multi billion dollar govt agency that caught them, but a few people in a small WV college.

Funny thing to me - I know that Mercedes which pioneered the auto diesel back in the 1930s now required injecting Urea into the exhaust - called Ad Blue (sounds better…

I have had its predecessor, the AW-11, for 27 of its 30 years and while they are getting very rare and it generates comments, still worth only a few $1000

I remember when the original 240Z came to the states - late 1969? it was even harder to get than the original Miata. Huge backlog. This it came right after Datsun 2000. That car ate MGBs all day long. A friend gave me a ride - I sat in the back - don’t ask me how today - but I remember the shocked look of MGB and TR4…

Having a car like that with non-standard US VINs - screws up insurance companies, too. And it would be such a specialized car that it might sit on their lot a long time - people don’t think of Carmax when shopping got a Slyline.

I’ll bet riding in that car is a hoot on a warm day

The typical Toyota will be even more fun to drive than it is now