julkinen
Antti Kautonen
julkinen
Automotive writer based in Finland. Never paid more than two grand for a car. Currently drives a manual turbodiesel wagon.

It makes sense if you have four Harlekin cars, all different, which you can turn into single colour cars, decided by the colour of the rear 3/4 and the roof. Essentially undoing the Harlekin shuffle VW did at the factory. Read more

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Did the backwards drop break a driveshaft on it? He’s revving the engine but the BMW doesn’t move anymore, later on they’re removing the rear wheel from the corner that took the brunt of the drop. Read more

Is the paint effect done to mimic tree branch scrapes on the sides from off-roading? Read more

This is us in Betws-y-Coed with an automatic gearbox.

I’ve spent coin on some of my cars when they have had needed such major work that most people I know wouldn’t have handled the issues on such cheap cars. Granted, the cheapest way to deal with them would have been to repair them myself, but I don’t possess such wrenching skills. My VW had a busted headgasket and it Read more

It’s like they listened to what the fans were saying last year. It’s like they fixed everything. I didn’t believe that was going to happen. Read more

Me too, because I want to know which car has the best-sounding horn. Read more

The oxblood leather interior they did on the 900 and 9000 is fantastic. Especially since the dash and the doorcard colour matches the Scottish leather on the seats. Read more

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Then there’s this amazing piece on which they based the title track. Introit by William Sheller.

If Japan ever sinks into the ocean, worry not, as everything has been saved. Read more

Someone told me about their work colleagues keeping a Lada at a Lapland airport. It would be easily revived every time they went on a skiing holiday, then left to sit for ages and ages. Read more

This is exactly the story how I ended up with a 30-year-old Volkswagen with a ruined headgasket. Read more

Wondered about this last night and a friend got it: Daihatsu Applause taillights.

Shoot location seems to be Honister Pass in England’s Lake District near Keswick. We did a tour of the district last summer, but drove the Hardknott Pass instead. Read more

That’s alright, it was just my Bohse Euro-Sense tingling. Read more