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I'm not sure those stats are quite right. Out of 32 countries measured for gun deaths per capita, South Africa is the highest with 0.719782 per 1,000 people, the USA at 8th (just below Costa Rica) with 0.0279271 per 1,000 people and the UK at number 32 with 0.00102579 per 1,000 people. (Source...

I generally open the clam after a run to aid cooling - particularly knowing that the vents are prone to warping.... When doing an oil check, I do it after a run, park the car (engine running) open the clam (take a peek to see if everything is as it should be, despite having no idea what to look...

I think the latest stats showed nearly 100 gun related deaths per day in the USA against 40 a year in the UK (of which just 28 a year were by hand gun). So the whole gun thing is a bit alien to us. However if we were allowed to have them, I'd definitely have several!

Or McNuggets or a KFC.... Yummmmm. Cuisine at it's finest. :)

I think that may be true in the USA, but it has less meaning here. Gun crime in the UK is incredibly low when measured per capita, if you carry a gun it is highly likely that the police will shoot you... However gun crime is almost non existent here when compared to the USA.

I think the UK now has more of the world's best restaurants than just about any other country.... And not all of us have rotten teeth! :). But I agree, national stereotypes are droll.

I have a couple of shotguns and a couple of deactivated pistols (which I think are now illegal to buy in the UK, but legal to own if you've had them a while). All handguns are illegal in the UK following a school shooting ('The Dunblane Massacre') in which 16 five year old children were shot...

Over here (in the UK) it is vintage cars that make the largest returns - as always, the buyer needs to know what he or she is doing! Aston DB4's and 5's are doing extremely well as well as certain Ferraris. Newer cars are extremely high risk if bought as an investment. The Ford GT was sold at...

Yes. I've had a couple of vintage cars that made money - not much, but I came out of them in profit.....

Anyone done a snow plough yet? :)

Fine mechanical watches are a bit of a pain in the rear! It amuses me too - but it does kind of pee me off that I'm without one particular watch for nearly 3 months every 18 months or so to have it serviced. I'm told it's the smallest automatic movement of this particular caliber (caliber...

His name doesn't resonate over here - but I read his obituary the other day.... a fascinating fellow.

Wow! That looks so much fun....... five hours of snowmobiling? Yikes, don't think you would find that expanse of land easily in Europe. I would love to do that. Nice to see that big MJ smile too. :)

I have a couple of watches that were $30k+ each (bought in the days when money wasn't the problem it is now!!) and these are hand made automatics - very fine looking things they are too. I was strongly advised by the manufacturers to keep them in an automatic watch winder on the basis that, as...

Another vote here too! You don't need to drop the clutch or race the GT for the bolts to fail - a friend of mine had his fail in the middle of France in the middle of nowhere, a complete nightmare! It's not a big job for a GT tech who's done it before, I wouldn't want to attempt it myself as I...

Good for David Feherty and everyone else involved. It always chokes me to see young men wounded in such hideous ways. America seems to celebrate it's veterans more than we do in the UK - although, to be fair, we're catching up. Jeremy Clarkson (as it happens) is a big cheer leader in this...

My Ford GT! I've had it since 2005 and it's the longest I've owned any car.

Agreed. There are very few cars that can carry age quite so stylishly, this, the Muira, 250SWB, Gt40/Ford GT... A few others too. Classic style never really leaves.

Last time I was in Boston, you were out! :)

I'm a twin. Would that mess up the survey?