Nomenclature

What is a veteran?

And is a Viet Vet a veterinarian from Vietnam?

Yes, that really is a photograph of a Vietnamese veterinarian.  But this is a car blog so what is a veteran car?  Online dictionaries define it as a car from either before  1919 or before 1905.  The 1905 date fits in with cars eligible for the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run so let's go with that.

So what is a vintage car?  Wikipedia claims that car enthusiasts and collectors say that it is a car from the period of 1919 to 1930.

Wikipedia may be wrong - let's say it is 1905 to 1930.

So anything 1931 to 1970 is just an old car?

That sounds wrong too.

But I certainly wouldn't call 1975 vintage.

This means I have a different view to my favourite Aussie site drive.com.au

Here is their story of a Victorian man (which would make him a veteran) crashing his classic (I think that's the word they should be using rather than "vintage") Holden Torano into a Hyundai i30.

What a tit.

When you read the story, you find that it's the un-named Facebook user they quote who get's the right nomenclature stating, “Some people don’t deserve to own a classic."

And I feel more sorry for the Hyundai driver.

Meanwhile the Holden needs fixing up and being sold to a more discerning owner of a sensible vintage.

Horsepower

Jurgen Klopp has said he isn't interested in taking over the vacant Manchester United Managerial post.

But his brother Clippety might be up for it.

That joke, courtesy of Chris Evans, leads me into this story from Fox.

It is about a proposed electric vehicle that would replace the horse-drawn carriages that take tourists on rides around Central Park in New York City.

One big problem is that it looks vile:

The prototype was commissioned by NYCLASS, a group advocating for a ban on carriage horses because they say it's inhumane to have the animals working in an urban environment.  Now, I read "NYCLASS" as "NYC Lass" - ie a girl from New York City but I strongly suspect that they are "NY Class" but I'm afraid that vehicle just doesn't look classy - it looks huge for one thing - not conducive to a romantic trip around the park.

 

It has been dubbed the "Horseless eCarriage"which is what may be needed if the NYC Mayor and NYC Lass get their way.  There may well be good arguments for banning horses from the middle of Manhatten - I don't know, but it will be a shame if this is what replaces them.  I suggest something smaller and maybe more like the electric cars of a hundred years ago - Columbia Victoria anyone? - not to be confused with a Crown Victoria, of course, which is just a big car that is used to take tourists around New York.