Good-bye, Pork Pie. A kiwi film from 1981. Cops in HQ Holdens, beautiful scenery, New Zealand's favourite Mini and the world's greatest accent. What's not to love?

Aaaaah, "McSkids". I'm lovin' it.

Yeah, if you take out my foreignness (although I hold a UK passport and drivers licence) I should get a great rate. Clean licence, 5 years plus NCB and have been driving for 13 years (you could get a licence at 15 in NZ when I started). I DO live in Harringay, though...

Yeah, I know people with quite reasonable insurance prices, I was just sharing my tale of misery and woe! It does seem like they have some pretty arbitrary rules. I'm also irritated they won't accept my kiwi NCB. I just want an old Alfa, is that too much to ask?

While I dig your style, There are very few cars less suited to UK roads than a V8 Lincoln. Did you import it yourself?

Yeah, I think my grand-father would turn in his grave (if he hadn't been cremated) to see what the Britain he left behind has become. Or maybe he saw the writing on the wall back in '75 when he moved the family to NZ.

Maybe I should move there. I appreciate your reasonable insurance prices, your cheese and your relaxed attitude to fine smokables.

I think some of it comes down to a fairly high turnover. I'm not sure what the figures are now, but in 2009, the average age of a car in the UK was 6-7 years, while in my home, NZ, it was 14. People don't keep their cars as long and are more likely to buy new. There are probably many other factors (like insurance…

"I've been driving for over two years now (E39 only has a few months) and gotten that recklessness out of the way."

Yeah, its to do with me not living in the UK for over three years, them not recognising my New Zealand no-claims bonus, and one of them told me being under 30 had something to do with it too. Plus, I have no off-street parking. Back in NZ, I was able to insure an MX-5, when I was 21, for a 6th of what they want to…

While I applaud your choice of car, as its one of my personal favourites, I can't help but feel 18 is far too young for that much power. I don't mean to get you on the defensive, as I'm sure you're an excellent driver, but I know what I was like at 18, and an M5 would have killed me. Back in NZ, my mother has an E39…

More Smarts should have more holes in them. Like this one.

Yes, there is. I have a vestigial tail, but that should make me a better
driver, as it tingles when I'm going too fast. Also in the presence of
orcs.

The silly thing is I AM a UK citizen (English mother) and I hold a UK licence. Even sillier, I have been driving longer than any UK born 28 year old, as us kiwis could get a licence at 15 when I started driving. If I lie on the form and tell them I've been here for 3 years, and IF they accept my New Zealand no-claims…

I'm currently struggling to buy a second hand car in the UK. The cars themselves are dirt cheap, but the insurance for a 28 year old male who has only been in the country for 2 years is just terrifyingly expensive. To insure an elderly 2.0 156 (if I don't lie to the insurance company) was going to cost me between…

That's just some leftovers from last night's fresh Prado that Lexus found and wrapped in tin-foil. You know, for lunch tomorrow? Like this:

As is my theory with many things with bodies that lovely, it should lose the skirt and be closer to the ground (sorry for the horrible sexism, but I figured that that line made it ok).

This is what a real Prado looks like. My mum had one of these (identical to the one, pictured, right down to the bull-bar and spotlights) when I was a learning to drive. That was when I learned that driving over stuff is almost more fun than driving around stuff. Also, taking 7 of your friends on road trips while…

You are correct, but I was in a wee time-warp. Before they took the covers off the press was calling it the SLC.

This is apparently a Benz SLC test mule.