Basil Fawlty going insane on his car.

[Different Drummer]

[Turbineguy]

1. English cars were made for this.

[montanacowboy]

2. That was a great series

we used to laff our asses off watching Basil

[DJ Porkchop]

3. Fawlty Towers was peak Cleese

There was nothing not funny about his Python sketches, but FT was cathartic rage comedy at its finest. No one rages funnier.

[usonian]

4. That's just a British sauna with laurel leaves.

Do you remember the context?
Without internet cheating, I recall that chef got dead drunk, and Basil had to get take-out at a French restaurant, and OF COURSE, deliver it on time.

This may have been the time that Polly (his real-life wife) gave a solo concert to pass the time waiting for the food, awkwardly.

Loved that series.