I knew it.

It's old school if it has a proper cable throttle. Having spent today being frustrated by the laggy, inconsistent, drive-by-wire throttle in a BMW mini cooper, I'm looking forward to going back to the cable throttle in my own car. With a cable throttle, YOU are directly, mechanically in control of the engine, which is…

The 'twini' was made by putting another front subframe, complete with engine, into the rear of the car and welding the steering gear solid. I heard Cooper was testing the Twini on the M1 motorway when, at 100mph+, one of those welds in the rear steering gear failed. One rear wheel twisted immediately to 90 degrees and…

It was 16 years ago now, I'm kinda cool with it...

On my third test I was too nervous to stop for an amber light. The examiner thought it was alright. The policeman who had already stopped at the light didn't. A few moments later, and in sight of the test centre, the policeman came hurtling up behind me, lights whirling and sirens blaring. He pulled me over almost…

I'm 5'6", and had to have the front seat too far forward just to give the guy in the back somewhere to put his feet! When my 6' mate sat in the front and I was behind him, I had to put my feet between the front seats! Considering it's basically an Espace, it is remarkably cramped.

When I was a kid, I loved the numbers associated with cars - the ever increasing horsepower and top speed numbers during the eighties and nineties. The Ferrari F40 was my God. I thought more was always more. How can more not be better?

Did you sit in the back? It's remarkably cramped...

I disagree with all of these, except No. 1.

That's my mate's car!

I love a bit of Panhard.

Does anyone know if that exhaust noise was over-dubbed...