"$33,000"

"Which has to be the biggest speeding ticket ever issued."

Ummm, no...


Wall Street Journal

January 2, 2001

Finnish Drivers Don't Mind Sliding Scale, But Instant Calculation Gets Low Marks

By Steve Stecklow

HELSINKI, Finland -- Jaako Rytsola, a 27-year-old Finnish Internet entrepreneur and newspaper columnist, was cruising in his BMW one recent evening. "The road was wide and I was feeling good," he later wrote. "It's nice to be driving when there's no one in sight."

But this road wasn't empty; a radar-equipped police car was clocking his speed. The officer pulled over Mr. Rytsola's car and issued him a speeding ticket for driving 43 miles an hour in a 25-mile-an-hour zone. The fine: $71,400.

The staggering sum was no mistake. In Finland, traffic fines generally are based on two factors: the severity of the offense and the driver's income. The concept has been embedded in Finnish law for decades: When it comes to crime, the wealthy should suffer as much as the poor.

etc.

"Lexus of watches"

Careful... on this site shouldn't it be "Cadillac of Watches"?

I had a comment deleted from the post announcing the Luxist Awards because I dared suggest that sponsorship was going a bit too far with award titles like "Cadillac of Furniture" & the ludicrous "Cadillac-pedia".

Do writer/contributors get deleted or edited for not toeing the sponsor's line too?

"TACHOMETER" on the tachymeter bezel may be deliberate, given the watch's car-racing theme, but... does anyone else wonder whether it's a spelling mistake? I couldn't bear the possibility of someone noticing the wrong spelling & thinking to themselves that it was the type of thing that gets accidentally overlooked in a cheap chinese knock-off.

Not the kind of feeling you want to have after spending $10,000+.

In what language does one spell "Sydney" with an "i"?

Living here, all I can say is "How rude!"

Has my browser thrown a wobbly or can everyone see the lolly-pink dusting on the photos?

Who knew you could make faux suede by recycling cognac?

lol

I'm pretty sure you'll find this is a dolphin-like marine REPTILE, not mammal...

There's only one "u" in AGUSTA

Nice, but 1 slight correction... we suffer not-quite-so-pitiful 576i, not 480i...