In that the standards don’t accurately reflect fuel economy, he has a point. We all know that in regular use the difference between a small capacity turbo and a big lazy v8 is a lot less than the numbers suggest, so why would the government be attempting to push the market in a particular direction that doesn’t really…

A star for “whelm”.

I like to think that this has aged well; mainly because I own one.

But in “normal” driving conditions the only time that power isn’t required with a dinky engine and a big car is when it’s travelling downhill at 40mph on an interstate with the aircon turned off on a hot day - that’s more or less the European test cycle.

They mean two different things here. This is an asshole:

Not so much of a problem if you aren’t American...

He’s a 19 year old kid who is one of the most talented racing drivers I’ve ever seen, so it’s unsurprising he’s being arrogant. Added to that he’s not in a championship capable car at the moment, so he doesn’t need to look any further than the checkered flag.

IMO most of the penalty was for sounding like he’s the star of one of those Real Housewives of... shows. He needs to remember he is getting paid millions to drive racecars.

Skoda sold more than a million cars last year, and SEAT 400,000. To put that in context the two brands sell about as many cars globally as Mazda.

I didn’t realise we had Whole Foods in the UK! I see there’s one in Cheltenham, which makes it super fancy. People might still go in their pyjamas, but those pyjamas would be made of tweed.

Price really doesn’t come into it. Class is a complicated issue here in the UK; it’s possible to be dirt poor nobility, and fabulously wealthy whilst remaining resolutely proletarian.

M&S Simply Food is ghastly and suburban! if you want the proper M&S experience it has to be in the town centre department store, where pork joints are oddly close to sensible coats for ladies of a certain age.

It says something to the developer’s attention to detail that they didn’t just use a generic skybox for every system. Completely uneccesary really since 99% of players wouldn’t even notice they’d put the effort in but it shows that they really love what they’re doing.

Well, there’s the odd thing - nobody makes a big thing about buying food at Marks & Spencer even though it’s the most expensive chain food store around. I’m partial to the Percy Pig sweets myself:

The one that springs to mind for me (on limited experience, granted) is “power understeer”.

No, it’s the Falklands. Why not read a little about how many people died (on both sides) before you joke about it?

It’s all relative I suppose. I guess you’d have got a similarly funny look if you called them all chavs because the only shop they had was Poundland!

Waitrose is the fanciest supermarket in the UK by quite a stretch. It’s worth checking out #overheardinwaitrose on twitter to get an idea of what it’s like.

Nah, he’s right. Think about idiots who stretch tyres, and why that’s a bad idea - snap breakaway. The “balloon” type of tyre (where the sidewall is a bit wider than the rim) means that when you load the tyre the inside edge lifts a bit as you reach the edge of adhesion, which gives a progressive breakaway and makes…