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Comment on SMMT Test Day 2012: Speed dating, part one by FailCar

FailCar — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:16:33 +0000

Regarding the Twizy it was hilarious, very good fun and it’s easy to hop in one, thrash it round a ‘track’ and conclude that it’s awesome and a great idea for the future of Urban transportation.

Oh the other hand I would like to spend more time with one to see if the fun wore off, I mean I bloody love quad bikes, but could I commute on one every day? No.

Comment on SMMT Test Day 2012: Speed dating, part one by Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:15:39 +0000

He’s just gone up another level in my estimation. What a hero! 309 FTW!

Comment on SMMT Test Day 2012: Speed dating, part one by FailCar

FailCar — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:13:17 +0000

My best part of the day was speaking to Jann Mardenborough about what he drives:

“A Nissan Juke”

Right ok, but what do you REALLY drive, what have you got at home?

An E30 BMW 318is, my first car and I hope to restore it at some point, but I really also want a Peugeot 309 GTI …I just like 80′s cars they just have more class.

THAT BOY WILL GO FAR.

Comment on SMMT Test Day 2012: Speed dating, part one by Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:24:39 +0000

Ha! As someone who grew up in Hampshire, I have some sympathies with you, Tom. Most people got it wrong.

Comment on SMMT Test Day 2012: Speed dating, part one by Tom Richards (@teorichards)

Tom Richards (@teorichards) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:22:10 +0000

I have just seen this Gavin. I agree (wholeheartedly) that jam goes first. However, I shall not comment on the other heinous comments levelled against my Hampshire/Surrey accent. Because they’re wrong.

Comment on SMMT Test Day 2012: Speed dating, part one by Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:08:59 +0000

Definitely jam first! It’s the only way, surely?!

I’m afraid I spent far too much time in the Citigo and up! to find the time to put my name down for the BRZ.

Comment on SMMT Test Day 2012: Speed dating, part one by Darren Leslie

Darren Leslie — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:03:04 +0000

As Simon has mentioned, important things first. Jam is always first as far as I’m concerned, and it must be strawberry. Unfortuantely in regards to the pronunciation, it depends who you talk to and which part of the country you’re in. Pick wrong and you look like a tit.

I wouldn’t worry to much about missing the BRZ. Every journo and his dog has driven one and given an opinion and it’s quite nice and refreshing to find a place that hasn’t reviewed it. Although on a personal level, it’s probably quite frustrating.

And that clock. They looked cheap and nasty in the 80′s…….

Comment on Rob’s Vauxhall Insignia: Long term update by robgt2

robgt2 — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:13:23 +0000

If you have an iPhone, it’s worth picking up Road Trip from the App Store (http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/road-trip-mpg-mileage-fuel/id298398207?mt=8). It’s £3 for the full version but I found it really useful for tracking my mpg trip by trip and seeing, for example, how much the car really cost when I tried changing my driving style for specific tanks of fuel.

Hope you get well soon too!

Comment on Is the Perodua Myvi cooler than a Peugeot RCZ? by Simon Hingston

Simon Hingston — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:48:52 +0000

With any luck the Peugeot will be swallowed whole by some of the casts vajazzles?

Comment on Is the Perodua Myvi cooler than a Peugeot RCZ? by Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:18:33 +0000