Patreon Exclusive - Car Chat

Is this our first glimpse of Mrs Techmoan? (Sorry if this has already been mentioned in the comments, had a quick skim read through them but didn’t see anything) Long time TM viewer but only just signed up to Patreon and working my way through the old exclusives.

Rest assured that a lot of us in the US have to deal with having to fit our wide cars in too small of parking spaces (Referencing mid-East). Too many spaces required for business plots and those businesses trying to squeeze as many spaces as they can into as little land as possible.

£6,000 to fix a lousy wiring loom?!? Ouch! I bought an out-of-warranty North American Fiat 500 Abarth and my £430 of repairs are a pittance by comparison! However, I'm now at £900 of mods and climbing! 😁

Really cool! If I COULD afford it, I would probably choose between a Mini Cooper SE, Honda E or perhaps (if I can find one) Seat Mii Electric. I also really prefer small (preferably quick as well). I liked the alternative look on it all. It's very Techmoan to buy two cars. Neither of which you really like ;) Cool!

Thanks for the video Mat. I enjoyed it. My next car will be a Prius as I sometimes do long journeys and the electric charging infrastructure is in my opinion poor. Best wishes.

Will agree with others to tell you to take some time off, recover and recuperate. Will also add that I'm in 100% agreement re/the appeal of utilitarian vehicles. I keep hoping that the shift to electrics will mean more leeway in design, but that doesn't seem to be happening, at least not in a revolutionary way.

I'm sure others have said it. Take some time off, you're worth the wait. Get well soon, and happy 50th. I miss my Ford Puma. Owned it 20 years then had a little shunt at a roundabout and it was a write off. There hasn't been a drive since that I didn't miss it. Still, only doing 3,200 miles a year now. I'm surprised touch screen cars are allowed, it's a big distraction compared to a button you can find without looking.

I'm so glad that the Mini Rocketman concept is 'finally' coming to fruition, 'only' 10+ yrs after being first shown at the Geneva Motor Show! With the current Mini range, BMW is taking a few liberties in still calling the range 'Mini', especially the Countryman SUV, which is anything but mini! It should really be called a Maxi! (I wonder if BMW also bought the rights to the Maxi name from British Leyland when they bought Mini? 😆) Anyway, I look forward to the return of a real mini Mini (in 2023?). 😊

Really enjoy these informal chat videos you make, and its always fascinating for me to see where we agree - small cars all the way! I LOVED the smart roadster when it came out, i wanted it so badly! Now im older, i've got the second tiny car i fell in love with - a Toyota IQ! Just a bit bigger than a smart car, so you can either have some boot space, or 2 extra seats in the back. Theyre not comfy seats in th back mind you, but theyll do in a pinch! And its got no road tax, and free residents parking! I got it for £2K with only 55,000 miles on it! Perfect for London, and feeling a bit smug getting into spaces other cant! Anyway, happy birthday mate, and enjoy your time off! Youve earned it.

Mat is patient 0 for covid over 10 years ago when he lost his taste!

Appreciate the personal story of what you bought and why. Specs aren't everything, especially if you have to de-rate by 50%! I'll probably never own an electric car (distances are too great here in Australia) but having a tiny car in the UK makes sense for parking, if nothing else.

Happy birthday and many more of them!

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday - you beat me to it by just a few months. I figured we were very close In age. Your observation about being able to buy any car and not really liking any on the market is spot on! I look at bringatrailer.com Hope you get to see parents soon - I can relate

I turn 52 in 1.5 weeks, Mat. Look on the bright side: you're no longer the wrong side of forty, you're the right side of sixty! HA!!! Happy Birthday.

It's certainly a fun vehicle with many possibilities - potentially a bit unpredictable but so far surprisingly great. I worked in a Macclesfield newsagents in my formative years and so the name is apt, too.

Thank you for an entertaining video - really enjoyed hearing about all the various considerations and experiences of your cars both old and new. I'm not a car fanatic by any stretch of the imagination (although I have a fondness for 1970s and 1980s rallying - 70s Escorts, Group B cars etc.). The EV 'revolution' has passed me by thus far and your tip is really timely and something I'm going to chew on as I'd love to own an electric car one day. However - I can only put it down to watching too much Techmoan, because in the thick of this pandemic without too much thought I bought a 26 year old Mazda Bongo. A 90s Japanese import with 6 previous owners including myself. Not so much a vehicle as the equivalent of a JVC KD-A7, with (supposedly and analogously) a temperamental disposition, dodgy cooling system, janky electrics and CO2 emissions that border on the unacceptable. But - like a 70s tape deck, featuring a 'slow eject' pop-up roof meeting the 'Dad Test' and revealing - handily - a cosy place to sleep. A roof mechanism which requires regular greasing, the occasional new rubber belt (correction - seal) and a frequent squirt of contact cleaner on the switches that raise and lower it. Really, all that's missing is a decent VU meter providing the necessary bling. (easily fixed though!) Like 70s hi-fi I'm not quite sure whether it'll give up on me, whether the belt will perish, or akin to a DD Walkman the cogs will split. Having said that - like all this older technology, you tend to look after it and I'm sure it'll give us a good few years yet, being as it is a great MPV for my disabled children, me and my partner and well as a fun camper. Must say also, your video was humbling if only for the reason that you were on foot for a good part of it and not behind the wheel. Which given the subject matter was refreshing to see. Thanks once again and hope your 50th is enjoyable.

Just be glad you don't need a pickup truck for your job, as documenting that would be far worse in terms of earning the wrath of the Internet than just what passenger car you happened to pick. You can pick the exact factory configuration of a truck someone recommends, but pick the wrong aftermarket bed liner spray and you best prepare for a trial at the Hague.

Just a PS from my previous comment, I can highly recommend Octopus energy in the UK, I've been with them a couple of years. Their flexible tariff is perfect for car charging, rates go really low from 8pm to 6am, sometimes they'll pay you in the early hours ! They've got an API and you can play around with IFTT and similar apps but essentially all you need is a time switch and the pricing profile doesn't change much. Oh, and they provide excellent services, they were the only utility company who haven't furloughed staff which again gets my vote.

Thanks Mat! Enjoyable as always, get some rest, hope you feel a little better soon!

I'm just looking forward to the day we can have fully automated electric cars. As someone who just has an anxiety attack anytime they try and do a driving test, it would make my life so much easier.

You would need to be a millionaire in Denmark to have those two cars, where I come from.

I was never a "car person" so all the talk of horsepower and torques went over my head, but I always had an appreciation for smaller, quirkier cars. After moving to Japan and starting a family (2 kids) and also having a tiny parking spot, is also tiny, I was lucky enough to end up buying a Kei "box" car - a Suzuki Spacia X. It's basically a family minivan complete with power sliding doors, but it's only 147cm wide (& 339 cm long). Despite that, 6'4" me can fit comfortably even in the [fully adjustable!] rear seats. It's really a marvel of engineering. The visibility is also fantastic, with big windows all around.

You were reluctant to do this Bottom Gear show but, while I can't speak for others, this is exactly what I was hoping for - real-world experience with an EV. Thank you!

Interesting video as always... Have you seen this electic car though...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUEKtOGmpVI From watching your video I know that it wouldn't be suitable for any of your needs, I just though you might like to see something that looked a bit more interesing :) Stay safe and well.

As someone who's about 50.3 years right now, I think we both came of age during "peak small car". I'm in the U.S. and I am currently trying to find a small pick-up/small truck a la the 1970s Ford Ranger or Toyota [don't know the model] pick-up, but even the smallest pick-up trucks are monstrously huge. Of course the argument is largely academic as I have no interest in owning a car myself, hoping to once again find decent car-sharing but settling for sharing friends' cars when I *need* one and car rental when I need something specific.

I am driving an Audi etron SUV. (The equivalent of the etron 55 in the UK) And while it is fairly large in size (it sits between a Q5 and a Q7 in terms of size) and it has mostly touch controls I do enjoy driving it. Most of the touch controls I don't use while driving, and the controls that I would use while driving (music volume, etc) are on the steering wheel itself. My wife has a Kia Soul and we're already thinking about getting her a Kia Soul EV for her next vehicle.

It's funny really. I don't drive, never even had a lesson, and generally no interest in cars... yet I watched the whole thing, as you could talk about the history of industrial spot-welding and make it engaging.

Loved the video. We brought a new dacia sandero in feb 2020 then lockdown hit think its got less then 3000 miles coming upto a year. I love minis and would love the electric one but live in a flat and my local charger has a 30 min limit. I had a two seater smart loved that car until i took it on the motorway. Great video as always

Lot of butthurt about washing dishes, saw the same on another video about dishwashers everybody been spending so much time at home guess washing dishes is a big deal

I like small cars too, which makes me a bit unusual for a Texan. Most people around here want to drive big trucks or monster SUVs. I like small sporty cars. When I had to sell off all of my Turo cars after the Pandemic hit, a lot of people were surprised I sold the Tesla Model-3 and kept the Chevy Volt. But two of the main reasons I kept the Volt was because it was smaller than the Model-3, and it has real buttons on the dash and an instrument panel in front of me. So I totally understand what you are talking about! I also wanted to mention that the Mini Electric is rated at 110 miles of range here in the USA, which is probably much more realistic. But I agree it is just a tad bit on the short side these days when most EVs have over 200 miles of range. Oh. I also agree that I don't really care for most of the new cars on the market these days. Even the "sports cars" like the Camaro and Mustang just look like an old design from the 60s and don't excite me at all. As a sports car enthusiast, I really feel the market has let me down!

Great car history there Mat. I miss my Roadster, I sold it last summer after I got a... wait for it... Model 3. Genius idea that, ordering it in February as a commuter car, it arriving in the second week of lockdown and it's only done 2500 miles, could've been much less as I was almost made redundant. 50% in winter is about right, when I rarely drive the 17 miles into the office it uses about 10%, equals about 170 miles total which is about half the claimed range.

Great video, hope you feel better soon

Just watched this video, you're a star, we have 2 electric cars at home and we understand the lack of use this year. We have an i3 and a Hyundai Kona EV, the new id3 might be right for your next car I think. Thanks for all the fab content it's awesome 👍

Great video again Mat. I treated myself to an all electric Jag IPace a few months ago, after running 10+ year old cars for years. Zero benefit in kind tax certainly helps us UK tax payers, and like you say make the most of it whilst it lasts. For anyone who owns a business this effectively halves your lease / HP costs. The range is a theoretical 270 miles but in the real world its 220 in the winter, then less any 'range anxiety' so your down to 150 miles on a long run where you don't know where the next charger is. Like you I've parents in their mid 80's, a 240 mile return trip away so I'm reliant on a 'granny charger' at their end or a hi speed charger in the M6 / Crewe area. Public chargers as you comment are hit and miss, even more so as more and more people are using them ! My other car (and I wouldn't not want to have a spare car) is a 12 year old Merc SLK - highly recommended and fits your category of nippy small cars - mine is a 3.5 litre, a good one only costs around £5,000. Any yes the Readly app is great value, I get my daily news fix from the newspaper section, then focus on enjoyable stuff for the rest of the day !

Loved this video Matt, so interesting to see the walk out on the homestead and to have some personal details. Stay well, and here's to a better 2021!

From someone who turned 40 last June, welcome to the Crap Covid Birthday club!! 😅

I particularly enjoyed this video! I've been waiting to try the Mini E over here (US). I currently drive a Mini Countryman (gasoline). But my first car was an Austin America (Austin 1300 to you). And before all that, my first toys were die cast Minis that won Monte Carlo. I "progressed" into VW Rabbits, Buicks, and Acuras. But my girlfriend encouraged me to test drive the Countryman... and there was no contest after that. It's even the same color as my Austin America! They say a red sports car is for a midlife crisis. Well, a blue Mini is for an old age crisis!...

Small car appreciation squad unite. I love being able to easily park. Something else modern cars are awful for is visibility! Drive some modern cars and the windows are so shallow you can’t see anything, even worse when they’re tinted. I get back in my Mazda 2 and I feel like I’m sat in a fishbowl, I can reverse with confidence..

I liked this video very much! Thank you, says a fellow diabetic! :-)

On the subject of cars, here is a link to a video about US cars in the 1970s from Thames TV. These are the typical cars from my childhood (well not quite the expensive models shown here) and it's interesting to see them from a different perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rib0jbmeaX0

Viewers in the USA will be totally lost in the discussion of "ordering" the car and having to wait months for it to be made. In the USA the dealers pre-order colours and models they think will be popular and buying a car means picking one the dealer has already parked in their lot. This means no list of a hundred or more options to customize the car, instead the options are grouped into "winter pack", "sports pack" etc and the combinations are massively reduced because the dealer has to decide in advance what people will probably want.

Great discussion and video! I agree with you regarding charging. Today's electric cars (until battery/charging technology vastly improves) are really meant to be charged at home. Every morning your car has a "full tank of petrol". Yes, "Tesla charging network" yada yada. No one wants to be sitting for 20, 30, 40 minutes to "gas up" the car. Charge at home. Drive around. Come home. Recharge overnight. That's (real, uncomrpomised) life with an electric car.

Most enjoyable Mat and your car history is rather good; the MR2 and the Smart Roadster especially. I like that my BMW has buttons + I share your challenge with car dimensions. Trying to find a decent car to fit in a 1970s garage has not been easy - made all the harder by trying to find manufacturers measurements with AND without wing mirrors. Take is easy and hope you feel perkier soon. If you leave the mini standing for a week or so does it lose charge?

Interesting as always, Mat, thank you. As you know we're EV fans and founder members of ElectrAA, so a couple of comments. The Mini seems a bit 'half-way house' because the running gear is from the original BMW i3 - unchanged so it's actually quite dated. We were all a bit disappointed with the car, to be honest. Your wife would not have liked the performance of the Honda E. It's not got the power or punch that the Mini has. Regarding charging away from home, may I recommend an app for your phone called WattsUp. (Not WhatsApp!) Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sanctusmedia.android.WattsUp Give WattsUp your start and end points and it will show you the locations of every charger suitable for your car on your route, regardless of provider and the live status of each of them and route you between them. Really worth downloading. Finally, like it or not, Happy Birthday - and more importantly, Many Happy Returns of the Day! Cheers, Stephen.

Mat, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who's completely "MEH" about the styling of Teslas, and the lazy replacement of every button with one giant touchscreen. While that screen would have seemed futuristic 25 years ago, everyone is aware today how cheap a touchscreen is, and there's zero that's impressive about one. I want buttons I can find without taking my eyes off the road.

Congrats and take care!

The cars that have you control everything via touch screen make no sense. I'm waiting for a new model to have a screen to steer the car, swipe left to turn left, swipe right to turn right. Press Play to go forward, press Pause to stop;-). Actually the Pause/Play symbols on the new VW's pedals are kind of cute though.

Know how you feel with the breathing stuff Mat - but cold weather really sets me off. Hope things are better soon. Hope you have a pleasant break where no anniversaries of importance will be happening.

I hope my comments don’t go on too much, but you’ve hit upon some of my favorite and least favorite things in this video. As an American kid who turned 16 in the mid 1970’s, I was probably expected to fawn over some muscle car like the Pontiac Trans Am, which was really popular back then. They never interested me. My first car was a Citroen DS21, which were unseen in the US, and I learned to work on cars using metric tools and figuring out how the hydraulics worked. My friends thought I was crazy, although in a few years 2 of my best friends also drive DSes, which meant our little Illinois town had the largest Citroen ownership per capita in the US. From then I wavered between Jeep CJs and other rarely seen European cars (Renault R10, R5, Fuego, Citroen 2CV, Alfa Romeo Berlina, Fiat 1000, Peugeot 504) and even a ‘59 Beetle. I also owned some 1950’s American enormous cars, but they had to be interesting to me. None of this T-Bird or more common cars. A couple years ago, I bought a used Fiat 500e, the electric version of the 500, sold only in California and Oregon. Certainly a car built just to meet some west coast mandates, and never really meant for the general public. The Fiat chairman at the time told people not to buy them because the company lost money on each one. But the nice thing about the car is that the weight distribution works well and the car does handle very well. It has that electric car torque and immediate acceleration, which is fun, and here in the US, it’s one of the tiniest cars around. Funny in that it’s huge compared to the original 500. The range is fairly poor but I have about a 40 mile daily commute, so I’m ok there. In the cold Chicago winters my range is probably under 60 miles, assuming I want a warm cabin and clear windshield. I have a Juicebox charger which charges the car from 20% to full in about 2.5 hours. I’ve only charged the car once away from home, and that was at a grocery store where the charging station was next to the front door of the store, so why not take advantage? I’ve gone on too long. Sorry. Be well and take care of yourself. And Happy Birthday, whether you like it or not. I hope your parents stay as healthy as possible.

Nice bit of extra for patrons! Enjoyed your views on the current state of cars, many of which I share. For me, manual transmissions are sorely missed! Give me a proper driver's car over the modern "automotive appliance" cars any day of the week. But, as it is, I'm "stuck" using a car-sharing service (one run by Volvo, so well-acquainted with the XC40 by the way). Although my wallet loves it, I'm sure... Here's something fun that came out almost at the same time you released this video: https://youtu.be/O9yCOCufjDA No doubt the Mrs wouldn't mind commuting in an electric MGB! Edit: Forgot the most important bit. Get well soon, and enjoy your time off! 👍 Also, Happy Birthday!

Those electric cars you're calling "stop-gap" cars are usually referred to as compliance cars by the YouTube car reviewers here in the US. They compare them unfavorably to the purposely designed electric cars which they call "ground-up" electric cars. When I hear that phrase I get a vision of car manufacturers taking one of their old gasoline cars, grinding them up into a powder and reforming them into a new electric model. Mat, this was a wonderful update today, it gives us a glimpse into your world and I thank you for sharing--on first glance it might look like nothing more than grumbling about cars, but I always find your stories interesting.

Great vide!. I’m not crazy into cars but I do like seeing the cars and peoples perceptions of them from different places around the world. Growing up in the US, I would have never considered parking space width when looking for a new vehicle, but I totally get why it’s a concern to people. I would very much like my next vehicle to be electric and I’m very interested in the wave of trucks that may be hitting the market in the next could of years, as that is what I’m looking to replace. Do things like the Tesla Cyber truck or the Rivian get much press in the UK, beyond the die-hard enthusiasts?

Great video, thank you! I don't drive and don't even like cars, yet was still fascinated by the discussion. That Honda E dashboard is unreal. Take care and be well!

What a lovely video. Happy birthday, mate, even though it's not what you expected it to be. If the missus asked, I'm with you on the Honda E. That's a nifty looking car.

Very interesting comments about the width of cars; A few years ago I switched from a Vectra B to a Golf Mk7. The same length but significantly wider. It only just fits through the gate at my Mothers house and I wouldn't have a chance of going in the garage. Back in 1982 a college friend brought his original Mini round to fit a CB and after driving it straight into the same garage we had loads of space all around it. I absolutely wouldn't want anything wider than the Golf. . Near here are some flats built in the 1960s with underground parking. The architects must have used a Mk1 Cortina as the largest car anyone might want to fit there. Quite often people claim that cars have got bigger to make them safer yet the Toyota IQ got a 5 star Euro NCAP safety rating. Once all the mainstream models get too big for any UK parking space maybe we will see more Japanese Kei cars. Only yesterday I had to explain to someone on Youtube what they are. I know that people in the USA regard the Golf (and probably the BMW X3) as Sub_Compacts. When you mention cars like the Audi A1 or BMW 1 series they haven't a clue what you are talking about. Recently there have been a few comments that if a manufacturer produced a true Land Yacht again there would be a queue to buy it. Regarding legislation changes when I bought the Vectra the manufacturer had to quote grams of CO2 per Km but it was nothing more than a figure on a the spec sheet. Ten years later Road Tax was based on said figure and being just on the wrong side of a threshold it was costing me about £300 a year road tax. £30 a year road tax was a big appeal for the GOLF. Hopefully it will stay at that.

Too bad about not being able to get the Honda E. It is gorgeous and cool in my opinion. But at least they're available in your region, Honda isn't bring them to North America :-( Also, feel better and thanks for the interesting video, I quite liked it!

I have absolutely no interest in cars, electric or not, but I enjoyed the video all the same. Sorry that you’ve been feeling a bit poorly, up you’re feeling better soon. Ans I note that you don’t like having birthday wishes, so I’ll skip wishing you a happy, relaxing and rejuvenating day ;)

Agree with you on the point about some electric cars having severely reduced range in winter. That was certainly the case with my Mitsubishi i-MiEV (another brilliant little car that people seemed to either love or hate for its looks). Winter is much less an issue for the manufacturer I won't mention since there seems to be so much hate for its CEO here. I mean, I agree with not wanting to buy a car for reasons of size, but since I don't read all the mainstream auto magazines I don't seem to share the same one-sided view of his foibles that get repeated ad nauseam. It's amazing how much influence advertising revenue has on journalists' thinking (and editors' headline writing). Re: touch screens, top tip: all around the bevel of the screen can steady the hand, so by holding the rear of the bevel in different places with one or two fingers, the virtual button is more easily and accurately pressed with the thumb. Still not great with a left hand, but far better. I've heard good things about Zappi chargers btw - great app UI, and future proofed for when you want to get solar on the roof, etc. Now off to watch the dishwasher video so I can comment on soaking! Thank you for all the interesting content that's kept us entertained especially this past 10 months.

Hilarious part with touch screen, good laugh 😂 Ok no laugh at space, seeing garage I bet you get lots of advice expanding walls, we're builders I guess it's easy for me to say do away with the walls, give an estimate, too much money 💰 Hopefully you can find a car that works for you

What's that glass plate clock thingy at the left of the screen? Are you going to do a video about that? And take care of yourself too, yes, don't forget to also take holidays as you're self-employed!

Enjoy your break! Very similar situation to you, with a hulking big SUV I don't really like (GMC/Holden Acadia) but it fufulled a need to travel to sick relatives and spacious for them in the back. I recently bought a second car, an old 2005 Nissan Sylphy, boring, gold (I'm 41 FWIW) but it's quick off the mark, very torquey for a petrol, predictable, as you mentioned, when you want to zip into a slot of traffic, you can. And dare I say it, almost even a fun drive after the bigger car. First car was an MR2 AW11. I ended up having 5, and I owned 3 at one point, an NA 84, an 89 with the facelift stuff and a 87 modded unit which was some guys project car I got for an amazing price which he'd put a new motor in. Like yourself I like smaller, iconic cars. I'd love an original Bambina.(500)

Hi Mat, Thanks for doing this video, very interesting. I'm considering a new car right now so this came at the right time. I had heard about losing at least a third of range in low temps and now you have confirmed it. I too like you am interested in dimensions due to drive width in my case so thanks for the dimensions website - I didn't know about that. I find it so annoying that all the manufacturers copy each other and we don't get so many interesting designs. Touch only buttons and touch screens for everything in cars are a big mistake in my opinion as well. I want to have a physical button you can use without looking away from the road. If crashes go up in a few years we may see buttons come back. Sadly I think one screen is probably cheaper than a lot of buttons. I'm a similar age to you and health issues hit me at the same time as well, hence I often say I turned faulty not forty.

Finally someone who is also into keeping an eye on cars width. I also got a small garage and can not fit a big car into it. Had a Golf MK4 which was 173 cm wide. It took me some time to find a car that fits into my garage and where I fit into with my big bum. Ended up with a Volvo V40 R-Design sports car. Never would have guessed that. The garage also needed changing the door to one that does not have arms narrowing the opening. You seem to have done something similar. I like your garage door.

Haha, no worries about contradictory opinions about cars. We all have them and we don't all have to agree on them. I've originally liked the designs of Teslas, but with all of the silly shenanigans that the CEO has done recently, my opinion of the company and it's cars have soured a lot. Take care, take a rest, enjoy 2021 and hopefully things start looking up. :)

I like small cars for the same reasons you mention - they’re so difficult to park in British parking spaces! You need Costco/USA style parking spaces these days. Plus our bendy roads make it very difficult to manage a small car. I’ve seen selfish people with 4x4 use two parking spaces because they don’t care (only selfish people, normal people somehow park in normal places). We are the same age - suddenly age 40 I got all the illnesses I could right then. I managed so much better with life when I was 39.999999. It’s shocking how 40 made all the difference. Wasn’t too long after that that I got MS - which is a real bummer. Tesla cars to me look like they’ve had an iPad glued in the middle of the dash - it’s a terrible look. Plus Elon Musk is a bit of an idiot, basically. I’d rather not.

I just want to know what that screensaver is on the display.

The width of modern cars bothers me too. I've designed car parks, and standards today still call for 2.4m. Throw in a wider spot and you have the client complaining.

Enjoyable video thank you. Although I watched the video from behind the sofa, once you'd pulled the pin - cars ! electric cars !!! Obviously my electric car does a gazzilion miles even when it's minus 30 outside - obviously.

interesting vid as always, good insight. stay focussed and keep smiling you will soon be able to zip across the moors to see ya folks and let them take you out for that belated birthday meal :) - the days are getting longer we managed 8 hours of daylight this week :)

Car discussions are usually much less emotional than the ones about rinsing plates........right? ;-)

"Whatever car you’re driving is definitely super cool and way better than any of mine." Nah mate, how could I ever beat your MR2 MK1? Let's be real here. Coolest car ever