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Added 2022-05-15 17:01:05 +0000 UTCWell, well, well. What have we got here then? We start with the Silverstone 'wing' (elaborate building movement railway, not pictured), a classic example of zany Eurospecs, and the new Range Rover Spowaaaaataaaagh followed by the similar (?) Reliant Scimitar GTE, a car which has never been owned by anyone famous ever. Then we have a couple of examples of needlessly moved number plates on modded cars, a Toyota GRRRRR86 being driven by someone who doesn’t have to pay for its tyres, the disappointing looking Corvette C8, and an HSV GTS (which is basically a VXR8) with the lesser-spotted low rear spoiler. Now some links…
Jonny was a bit confused because mare’s tails are clouds. Or plants. But not sea things - https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/mares-tail
Gerry McGovern saying ‘reductive’ more than is probably necessary - https://youtu.be/Lv-XcVFBwVY?t=137
Autocar’s future classics - https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/autocar-and-beaulieu-name-their-top-five-future-classics
Scout coming back - https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39970134/volkswagen-scout-ev-revival/
The Professor and her Muffins - https://youtu.be/lpqDTQOFvf0
Comments
On the issue of under 23s liking the mx5, I guess I'm the odd one out. But I guess I have the grown up mx5, the mps6. And in regard to the C8s likeness to the 458, apparently GM bought an engine off e-bay and reverse engineered it. Apparently
Liam Belfield
2022-05-30 12:06:30 +0000 UTCSandals or new balances?
João Ferreira
2022-05-22 00:09:19 +0000 UTCAnd yes, still lost
João Ferreira
2022-05-22 00:03:32 +0000 UTCI was listening to this while driving to Silverstone this morning, for the first time. Not the best confidence building exercise guys, not cool 😂
João Ferreira
2022-05-22 00:03:11 +0000 UTCAhem.. Mackerel skies and mare’s tails Make tall ships carry small sails
Chris Rayner
2022-05-20 14:11:44 +0000 UTCWhat I think Johnny was groping towards are white horses; the foaming crests on waves which become widespread on open sea subject to Beaufort force 4 and above. Of mares tails I have an old sailing ship seaman’s rhyme, possibly a pirate, probably not:
Chris Rayner
2022-05-20 14:10:00 +0000 UTCFull Seinfeld spec they are.
Peter Heamon
2022-05-19 23:43:06 +0000 UTCDo we need to talk about Gerry McGovern's footwear in the RR Spowatah launch video?
Adrian Cockle
2022-05-19 17:06:45 +0000 UTCI enjoyed this episode as I love Corvettes but find the C8 very unattractive (and much less practical) and own a GTO/Monaro... Until the end when I was called a "pussy". 😂 I'm from Georgia, and there's no way I'm riding in a car with AC and not using it from May through September. I'm assuming Jonny doesn't use the heater in Blighty? ;)
Josh Hamilton
2022-05-19 16:13:36 +0000 UTCI've driven an XTS. Definitely not worth the effort. Richard
Smith and Sniff
2022-05-17 10:34:11 +0000 UTCWish that wing building was relocatable. Can't understand why they chose to put pitstops, the second most important part of a GP after the start, below ground. Other circuits have pits on a slope don't they?
Robin Capper
2022-05-17 10:07:11 +0000 UTCDoes the new Corvette remind anyone else of the Noble M10? same kind of shape....
Lee
2022-05-17 09:33:34 +0000 UTCI believe, from (distant) memory, that the Cadillac XTS *might* also have this feature. If you’re in Europe, this is a lot of effort to go to for marital harmony.
Ed Storer
2022-05-17 07:24:25 +0000 UTCThat's pretty cool👍🏻
Chris Jarrett
2022-05-17 06:06:55 +0000 UTCThe problem with the mid-engined Corvette is that it looks like the kind of generic supercar you get in a video game when the developers couldn't afford to license anything. The higher-performance versions look a lot better with all the aero. Having recently taken delivery of a new BRZ (GR86 twin), it's a bit depressing that the Toyota version is so limited over there. It's not as polished as the current MX-5, but it's really satisfying in the way that the Supra just isn't. Even if the pricepoint weren't a consideration. I suppose the Supra's extra power means you can leave the A/C on...
Brendan McAleer
2022-05-17 01:10:09 +0000 UTCThe idea of mid-engine Corvettes has been around since the '60s at least, the 1968ish Astro II concept springs to mind. Personally I always thought the front engine was as much a stubborn Corvette characteristic as the rear one to the Porsche 911.
Daniel Smith
2022-05-16 21:27:21 +0000 UTCThe scout-esque Scimitar thing was done, once. It had a modified GTE chassis to accommodate Ferguson 4x4 running gear, increased ground clearance and '4wheel drive' badges. Cool looking thing and sold for not-a-lot (relative to it's rar-raty) quite recently. Links: http://www.sporting-reliants.com/Prototypes2.htm http://www.classiccarweekly.net/2021/06/02/1972-reliant-scimitar-gte-ferguson-4x4-prototype/
Simon House
2022-05-16 19:49:12 +0000 UTCWhile GT86s do hold there value reasonably well, mine was really difficult to sell 18 months ago. Maybe I got out too early. Bought an i3 though so hopefully Autocar are correct!
Thomas Hill
2022-05-16 13:44:56 +0000 UTCYou'd have to wear the Corvette outfit vinyl Corvette jacket, Jorts, white crew socks and sandals
david marden
2022-05-16 13:41:32 +0000 UTCAll the GRR 86 are going to be absolutely thrashed in 10 years much like the e36-46 M3s with the torn out rear subframe mounts
david marden
2022-05-16 13:37:32 +0000 UTCThe Scoutsaaa had an amazing I-4 that was a v8 with 4 cylinders sawn off. https://images.app.goo.gl/auwJfTDqGWbRb2ud9
david marden
2022-05-16 13:19:40 +0000 UTCI don’t want to sound too tossy but at least some Porsches like the Macan have not only individual temperature controls in the front but also the family friendly features of separate fan speeds and air distribution. Do other cars have this because it should be !
Mark Heeler
2022-05-16 13:16:43 +0000 UTCMy Dad's 960 used have loud pumps from memory.
Robin White
2022-05-16 13:08:34 +0000 UTCThe wave things are called 'White Horses'.
Peter Heamon
2022-05-16 13:08:24 +0000 UTCThat said, some cars seriously struggle with auto, even today. I have been driving a Subaru Legacy in the US whose auto setting was atrocious and either boiled you or froze your nuts.
Ed Storer
2022-05-16 12:27:42 +0000 UTCI think mine does. I hear the compressor engage when it gets too warm on auto. This is a 1990s Volvo estate, by the way.
Ed Storer
2022-05-16 12:26:26 +0000 UTCUnless I am ultramiling the I leave the aircon in Auto and I put the seat heating on as required. This always confuses me why car reviewers complain that the settings are moving from knobs into the screen. But does make me wonder why the "auto" setting can't handle switching off the air conditioning pump when it isn't need due to ambient temperature / humidity in the cabin etc.
Robin White
2022-05-16 08:00:04 +0000 UTCPeter Schreyer does own a MK1 TT that he uses daily, think he owns the last one ever made in fact
Paul Yeung
2022-05-15 21:00:24 +0000 UTCI was once part of the Number Plate Relocation Scheme. I had an Opel Manta 1.8i, and wanted to copy the irmscher number plate look. So I bought a black fibreglass fill-in piece to sit between the rear lights (in place of the number plate) which didn't quite sit straight at one end, and I cut a section out of the bottom edge of the plastic skin that covered the rear bumper and mounted the plate there to appear hung - slightly off centre. Bugger.
Firstdan2000
2022-05-15 19:47:07 +0000 UTCI keep getting new car ordering wrong. I ordered a GR Yaris on launch then cancelled later on thinking there wouldn't be much scope for running it a year and then selling at zero depreciation. Err. Wrong. Then I have an order in for an Emira but I want base spec i4 and its going to be so long until delivery that used V6 First Editions will be available on Autotrader so no premium. Then I (as a GT86 owner) thought the GR86 was overhyped and would suffer the same fate as the GT86 where the motoring press and forums loved it but nobody bought it. Bugger.
Andrew Jones
2022-05-15 17:19:40 +0000 UTC
