Scary Cars

Well, it is Halloween.

Three cars from three Autocar stories this week - and they are all electric cars.

Friday saw the Volkswagen ID5 GTX story.

It is described as a "Hot Performance" car.

But it is an electric cross-over.  Yawnsville.

So they made it look like a Matchbox toy.

Horrific.

Friday also saw the Hispano Suiza Carmen Boulogne story.

Now that just looks scary in its own right - sort of Batmobile meets The Munsters.  And being electric it could probably sneak up behind you.

I tried to find out who Carmen Boulogne was but she doesn't exist.

If she did, she would be an actress and probably have been cast as Morticia Addams by now.

Bewitching.

Then finally we have yesterday's Ora Cat story.

It's a Chinese electric car that looks like the previous series Micra.

It therefore makes the ID5 interesting in comparison.

It also has nothing to do with Rita Ora.

Or cats.

Shocking.

The Wet Maestro

"Do I Not Like Ash Sutton?" I asked that question August last year.

He went on to win the BTCC Driver's Championship.

He did it again this year - he was crowned at Brands Hatch last Sunday.

I've decided that I do like him now.  He's got a genuine sense of humour.  And a hell of a lot of talent.

This was his third championship and he wants to go on and win more - more than anyone else.

That means he will need at least five titles.  Currently sharing the top of the board are his arch-rival Colin Turkington and Andy Rouse both on four.

Now, talking of Andy Rouse, this story from Autocar is quite interesting to a person of my vintage.

He has got hold of three original Ford Sierra bodyshells into which he will be installing a freshly built versions of the 575bhp Cosworth YB engine and five-speed Getrag gearboxes.  This will produce, for the princely sum of £185,000 (for a base model!) a continuation run car eligible to compete in historic races.

So what is it with the wet Maestro?

Commentator and pundit Tim Harvey referred to Ash as "The Wet Maestro" complimenting him on the fact that he is extremely accomplished at racing in the rain.

Mind you, since he is also so accomplished at driving when it is not raining, he should also be the Dry Maestro.

I'd Like a Big Knob I Can Twist

No, I haven't left my laptop unattended with a juvenile person around.

It is a quote of the lovely Vicki Butler-Henderson in this trailer video:

Despite what a lot of the commenters on the YouTube site say, I am looking forward to this.

Why not have an electric version of Fifth Gear?  It's not like they are saying they won't go back to the old style again - although it may become moot in the future.

Shame no Tiff in this - many of the disgruntled commenters are lamenting that too - but the addition of Rory Reid should be good - and Fifth Gear always was designed as the place for presenters who Top Gear thought they didn't need any more.

Another good thing about this is that I only have to wait one week longer to see it on Quest after the less stingy people have watched it on Discovery.

I'll just end by saying that if Vicki wants an innuendo - I'd be more than happy to give her one.

Nuts Story From Fargo

 I like Fargo:

I also like squirrels:

I'm quite indifferent to Chevrolet Avalanches (mainly as I'd never heard of the vehicle before) but I did enjoy this Fox Story which combines all three.

I also like Foxes but no fox appears in the story - it is Fox News unfortunately.

Basically, as illustrated by one of their photos...

...A squirrel spent four days hiding 175lb of black walnuts (which I also hadn't heard of but they evidently are not black) in the pick-up truck.

And, unlike most Fargo stories, nobody got hurt.

"Join us as we eviscerate this profoundly idiotic premise"

I've said it before, twice in fact, and now I appear to be saying it again:

I do like the writings of Ezra Dyer - the title of this Post is a sentence he so eloquently uses in this Car+Driver article today.

The title of the piece is

No, EVs Won't Make American Roads Look like Cuba's in 20 Years

It comes with a picture of some old cars in Cuba:

I may have deliberately chosen a bad example for the story there.

But it does sort of back up Ezra's case against a particular New York Times article that has irked him.  I think that I like The New York Times - I've never read it but they do enjoy attacking Donald Trump so that gets a big tick from me.

I would love to dissect his article dissecting the NY Times one but it makes much more sense to read his dissection first-hand by clicking on the C+D link above.  And, given that Ezra and I are both eminently sensible people, that is what you should do.

Enjoy.