Monthly Archives: February, 2011
Are Useful Things Ugly?
I know this is a car blog, but I wanted to mention my bike today. Go with me for a bit because I’ll get round to the Audi RS3 eventually. I gave up smoking last year and started running. I’m not a jogger. I do not jog. I am a runner and I run. As …
Things I Like, Part 2 – Old Cars Being Spanked
When you think about it, caning an old racing car around a circuit or up a hillclimb is an entirely rational thing to do. It’s what they were designed for after all. Even so, I am always surprised by the enthusiasm VSCC members show in thrashing their cars in competition. It’s not that the drivers …
Catfight!
I am grateful to my old friend Nigel Smith – @neij on Twitter – for drawing my attention to this story. A Swiss bloke with lots of dosh and presumably a preference for old Jag styling over contemporary commissioned a Swedish company to build him this homage to the E. The car is called the …
On Having And Having Not
I bought a car mag today, two of them in fact but I only intended to buy one. It’s Wednesday and that means that it’s Autocar day. I was in town this morning for a meeting and went into WHSmith, avoiding eye contact with the Big Issue seller who was standing in the shelter of …
There’s Always One
The journalist Misha Glenny wrote a very good book on organised crime called McMafia. In it he shows that south east Europe is a major conduit for smuggling goods and people into the major retail markets Europe. It’s been a hotspot of all sorts of skulduggery for centuries and now some Croatians have blown Lamborghini’s carefully planned …
Like Keeley Hawes In Lycra…
I love this picture so much I have it as the wallpaper image on my desktop. I showed it to my wife who said, “That’s just pornography.” Who am I to gainsay the woman of my dreams? The picture shows the new Maserati GranCabrio Sport, a tweaked and tuned version of Maserati’s outrageously sexy soft-top. …
Back To The Future
There are a couple of anniversaries this year I’m keen to mark in some way. The Geneva Motor Show opens in about 10 days and it’s the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Jaguar E-type. I’d normally expect a new concept from Jaguar to mark the anniversary but last year they built the rather wonderful …
I’m On A Boat
Look at this wonderful thing. This is the Cigarette Racing 42X Ducati Edition and it’s all kinds of horny. For a start, it’s more priapic than an E-type Jag and there isn’t an under-endowed man on the planet who wouldn’t want this sort of over-compensation. It has two 1,100hp Mercury Racing engines and even someone with my …
Only A Wannabe
I have a Twitter feed for this blog. It’s @motteringrutter. I wanted @mutteringrotter but that’s been taken by a real muttering rotter and someone I’ve read a lot, John Hayman. It’s possible that I’m turning into some kind of Twitter stalker because I’m his only follower, he hasn’t Tweeted at all and isn’t on any …
When Harry Met Sally. (Not Really.)
admin ♦ February 12, 2011 ♦ 1 Comment
Because When Ford Sued Ferrari wouldn’t really have worked as a title. Well, I thought about it and then changed my mind. I mean, I wanted to do something about faking a spectacular orgasm but couldn’t work it in neatly enough. There was something about faking a spectacular toy ejection from an over-large perambulator but …
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