Unless he started with 30 running cars and 30 willing drivers as well as advanced notice “your city is about to be torn apart” this was never logistically feasible. I know affluent people in similar situations and they got a phone call from their security team saying “you have x amount of hours to prepare and x amount…

I was speaking in general terms, thieving pieces of shit burn the cars they steal to destroy evidence and tracking devices but battery or no, they didn’t drive this car away from the scene, they towed it.

Most evidence and tracking devices don’t hold up to fire very well.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

In the early days an automatic transmission was considered to be a “premium” option.

Technically “Alumium” came first.

Zoom in on the pic. Clearly says V8 Kompressor on the side. The Vents were a Tick-the-box extra

Hopefully you zoom in on the picture and see the V8 Kompressor badge on the side of the car.

My word am I jealous of you, Sir. That is the exact year and model I was desperately hunting for a couple of years ago.

Once had a guy get upset with me for doing the speed limit on a narrow suburban street (not fast enough for his tastes). Going around a gentle curve he pulls up along side and starts giving me an earful and then plows into a parked car because he was too busy looking out the side of his car at me. I laugh and keep on…

Eunos was the brand name. The car was sold as the Eunos Roadster. Back then Mazda sold cars under Autozam, Eunos, Efini, Mazda and Ford. It was a bunch of badge engineering.

I had a 2001 Daihatsu which had this feature. Engine running, outside door handles are disengaged.

Had a similar experience. Driving through a bad part of my city, a stick got caught in the underside of my car and started dragging on the road. I pull into a the car park of a closed store, hop out and reach under the front to pull the stick out. A gust of wind blows the door shut, the engine still running. Stupid…

Good ‘ol varioram.

I have previously used socks and hose clamps at tracks with lots of debris.

Yes, lots and lots of engines have this. Have a look at modern super bike motors (yamaha R1 and the like). It’s a big part of how they get a 1L engine to make 200hp, spin at 16,000rpm and still be totally useable on the street.

I wonder who piloted the dismantle team.

Second one. Wait for Feb 28th, walk in to a dealer like Talacrest. Take my free $26 million dollar Ferrari to auction and sell to the highest bidder. Buy a neat sweater to cover the one and only tattoo I’ll ever have. Enjoy riches.

It’s not that the E60 is a bad looking car, it’s just that the model on either side in the time line was very good looking imo.

All I want is this, it haunts my dreams: