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Ben Hooper
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That youth who managed to blag a column for ‪@classicretromodern.bsky.social magazine. Defender of the Tat, 47 since 2005, owner of 0 sensible cars. #WeirdCarTwitter Exile
"Quixotic Quattro" is brutal
December 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
December 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
What a fascinating story, a real business maverick, for better or worse, of the sort they usually teach you about, and yet his story is often overlooked. Thank you for sharing!
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
As used in Out Where The Buses Don't Run. IYKYK
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sorry, my age is younger than my years. What was the Botnar War?
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
One of the cleanest that has been listed in a while
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
How many of these were sold over here? I know we never got the 968, but this might be one of the first Soviet cars sold here
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ah yes, the Audi 80 B2 "we have at home"
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The latches were plastic so only thing left to do was lever it out with a bottle opener. With flap flying off, it was then just a matter of muscling the gate open and the car could be refueled

I repeat, if the push to open function fails, the only option is to rip the thing off. Come on GM...
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I scoured the interior to find a secondary release, only to find there wasn't one. How is this a good idea?
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Knew which one it was before even clicking the link lol
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Yes you aren't going to stop it, but as my colleague once said, Insurance is the only legal form of gambling.

(A bet is not a legally binding contract so the bookie is under no obligation to pay out if you win, unlike insurance)
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
They are honestly a cancer upon society, and I use that word very deliberately. I do wonder how much better off we would be as a country if gambling was much harder to access, or even banned (again) altogether
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Nah they paid out immediately, couldn't be bothered to fight it
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM