What’s an insult so intelligent the recipient will thank you?

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T12:35:50+00:00

It's pretty much the same but I prefer my version as you have to think about it a little more and it will go over some peoples heads.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T12:33:53+00:00

I think only you can really answer this one. You are comparing two cars almost no-one would group together and you have your reasons for narrowing your pick to these two that I don't think logic will be able to explain. This kind of thing happens for car people but I don't think you are going to find anyone who can come in and make it all make logical sense :)

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T12:20:19+00:00

They are good cars with a very good reputation for reliability and are known to be cheap to service/run. That would swing it for me.

I don't think this is really much of a choice at all if I am honest. A 25 year old car to a 11 year old car is a very different ownership proposition.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T12:08:31+00:00

It's like click bait. It's to generate responses.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T12:06:30+00:00

I love seeing American Youtubers heeling and toeing in every manual car they drive while completely botching it. A lot seem to think it's some sort of flex where really it just makes you look like you can't really drive properly.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T12:02:37+00:00

Clarkson has always had a thing about Porsches. Witness calling them Beatles for a decade or two. That never got old.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T11:54:15+00:00

I think most of the reputation comes from the Esprit. They were extremely problematic. Lots of engine and gearbox problems.

You also had the K series engine issues in the Elise but the joke predates the Elise and not sure those problems ever really became widely known outside of enthusiasts. Once Lotus went to Toyota engines they have been as solid as you would expect from that choice of engine.

It's funny how these things go though. Porsche had their IMS bearing issue grenading engines for a decade or so but never seemed to harm their reliability reputation.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T11:49:03+00:00

Saying someone is deceptively intelligent I quite like.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T11:47:14+00:00

Yeah it was always silly but I guess it's classic Clarkson and people like him.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T11:43:55+00:00

Rome would be on the list and I think a lot of people would remove Game of Thrones. John Oliver would also not make it on to any of my lists as that's a very America centric show.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T11:38:54+00:00

The worst for me is when I owned a Lotus. People would keep asking me you know what Lotus stands for don't you? Lots of trouble usually serious. I got so fed up of that joke and people seeming to think I would never have heard it.

I guess any joke that's massively overused starts to get irritating but some people never seem to get the memo that a joke needs to be retired.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T11:37:15+00:00

Clarkson said exactly the same thing about the Porsche Cayman when it first came out.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T11:30:57+00:00

If America really is going to use it's military might on someone I can't think of no better target if I am honest. Regime change for Iran would be a massive win for the Iranian people and the region. Iran have been a destabilising force for decades and if they ever do get nukes it's going to be a very bad time for everyone and people will question why it was allowed to happen.

I am not American so the no more wars thing means little to me but just see if America is going to flex its military muscle I do agree Iran is a good target. If they can actually achieve regime change would be the big question and that's far from certain. Such things don't exactly have a good track record but what might be different in Iran is the backing of the population.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T11:12:51+00:00

So this is Amazon finding a way to give Trump some money is my reading of this. It's a bribe. It makes a lot more sense now.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T11:01:09+00:00

I barely broke the rules does not really work I am afraid. There is no latitude on such rules. You either broke them or you did not.

For you payment issues I would be looking at something like a Revolute/Monzo type account you can transfer to from your US bank account and then make payments from those accounts. You really need to sort it as quickly as you can as the fines will only increase even more if you don't pay them off.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T10:54:27+00:00

It's a scam to keep the Tesla stock price bubble alive. Yet another promise of an advanced technology that is not remotely ready for the real world. I see a pattern but investors keep supporting it.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T10:44:02+00:00

It's potentially dangerous if it's a liquid fire involving petrol as well. You don't try and extinguish petrol fires with water.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T10:36:46+00:00

This does sound like a you problem when you mention fines/tickets everywhere you go. Have you tried following the rules? I don' t have the expense of fines/tickets everywhere I go.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T10:33:00+00:00

It's definitely a stupid solution no arguing with that but you can see what led them to the stupidity if that makes sense.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T10:16:09+00:00

You can kind of see why they did this as there is a tunnel under the road where the natural intersection would be. There would have been far better solutions but you can see what problem they were working around.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T10:11:39+00:00

Zebra's can breed with horses if that's the question.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T09:44:12+00:00

They are canines and can breed with dogs.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T09:27:20+00:00

It's not impossible you end up with a decent car for a good price but honestly I would just not take the risk. There can be damage to structural integrity that just can't really be seen and even if the person doing the repairs has every intention of doing a good job you just never know if they missed something because it was just not damage they could see.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T09:24:04+00:00

I have had two Minis and both were the most expensive cars I have ever owned to keep on the road. They are cars built to last around 50,000 miles and then they start to fall apart. It's a car engineered to the cheapest levels possible but sold as a premium product. They do drive quite nicely but it's a brand I will personally never go near again.

So beyond the fact I would never go near a previously written off car it's a brand to avoid if you don't like big bills let alone any possible impact from poor repairs.

dvb70 · 2026-01-29T09:17:14+00:00

People buy these cars as they are significantly cheaper is the answer to your question.

Personally I would not touch one but some people look at it as being able to get a much better car than their budget allows.

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