I have a new project now, sitting in my workshop is an unfinished three cylinder triple expansion engine. It was destined to go into a model steam yacht. I now have a use for it! The worlds least efficient phone charger!

Other two seat minis are available ;

Your mother would quite possibly be as confounded by the cars that I drive, as I guess, would you. I take a perverse sort of satisfaction from driving something with four pedals, right hand gear change (RHD car) and the sort of cold starting procedure that involves levers and switches. What I would not do is to rent…

Those damncommie libs, trying to outlaw gas stoves al fore some stupid puhlitial stuff.

No, at Goodwood, unless specifically stated, they are the real thing. The scrutineers are VERY thorough !

Can I get a roof rack and ramps to put a Caterham Seven 170 on the top?

I have had my S4 since almost new (it was an insurance write-off with 90 miles on it when I came by it) It is an automatic, I have driven manual ones and you are right, the thing is a really proper Grand Tourer, it does what it does. Very well. At over 200,000 miles it is a bit of a ship of Theseus now but of all my…

Are there Californian firefighter shanties? Like Sea Shanties but more, er firefightery? 

There is no such thing as a mild concussion, buy a new helmet. I will chip in for the sticker. ( oh, bye the bye, stickers on helmets are not a good idea, some adhesives do not play well with some helmets)

30 degree banking is really fucking scary, MIRA has 33 degrees, Vmax is stupid fast Vmax +1% is do not pass go, go directly to another place.

The Vauxhall Prince Henry’s 25hp rating is misleading. It was an RAC rating for tax purposes. In todays money they produce around 80-95 bhp and a metric crapton of torque, good for over 90mph. Which, in 1914 was very sporting indeed. They also have the braking capability of a worn out 1970's bicycle.

Meet the Bentley Val d’Isere. A breathed on Turbo R with hydraulic motors in both front hubs providing 4WD in low and reverse gears (up to 30 mph) Basically a cross between a tastefully extended stately home and a ballistic missile. The Silver one is less, er, loud.

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I have one parked outside as I type, I am supposed to write an objective review of the thing. Quick synopsis, it is entirely possible we may have reached Peak Car. Can I please have my old life back, when cars were just, I suppose, cars. I find myself becoming an almost fanatical advocate for well run public transit…

Possibly the best bit of driving instruction I have ever received;

It is not a timepiece, it is a clock. Funny thing really, if it makes even teeny tinny bongs on the hour, ‘tis a clock. Are not watch-fetishists also known as doggers?

I have a love hate relationship with ridiculous cars. I like this one a lot, in the inevitable hierarchy of who goes first up against the wall come the revolution, this will keep the burning pitchforks at bay for years. 

You might be surprised how much of this is usable, also the original engine and gearbox have already been rebuilt and tested. I do not know how many other bits have been brought together so far but I would not be surprised to se it running in 2025, even at the Goodwood revival in 2024. The people that do this stuff…

I would concur, had the oh god blind my now experiment with a Rolls Royce silver shadow 11, BBS basket weave wheels an whitewall tyres not occurred.

This has 3 double rooms, a nice kitchen and many other house stuff.