by the wayside

sometimes travelling can be fun, sometimes it can get too much; milton keynes, edinburgh, st andrews, halifax, leeds, marsden and guisborough. close to 2,000 miles in almost 2 weeks, the little motor didn't know what hit it. london tomorrow...

since the last post the boro nearly got humped; whilst england did in the egg chasing.

micheal meacher goes against gordon broon and the salford chipmunk begins her scurry for deputy.

del boy's reliant sells for £44,000 - the price of an rs4 - and is duly promoted to car of the week whilst drivers in northampton try riding on ethanol, tsk tsk.

this weeks top motor

was meant to be some ford but with the moving and changing of email addresses i have absolutely no idea where the uck the picture is.... email again for next week...

instead the campaign team brings you the bugatti veron, featured in yesterday's top gear, and there are 3 simple reasons to worship this car.

oh, and since the world and his wife tuned in to top gear to see a grown man stop a car dead from over 300 mph with his head - up from its usual 4 million viewers - i have this special message [naught words] fuck off if you sat there tutting and stroking your beard you knitted-jumper wearing wazzock, we don't all think that fun is hugging trees. cars are machines and pushing the boundaries is what humans do, if it were up to you we would still be sat in fucking caves wondering why the missus is pissed that you hug shrubs more than you do her, pricks.[/naughty words].

the 3 reasons are:

it can go over 250 mph.

it comes with 1,000 bhp, my escort has about 12...

it costs so much that i will happily marry whatever animal, mineral or vegitable that can afford one.

if you have a car you want to see adorned on this blog send a pic to boardman [dot] r [at] btinternet [dot] com. give a reason(s) to help the biog bit out, otherwise i'll employ google...

this weeks top motor

i appear to have a modicum of return visitors - google analytics anyone? - so have decided to make this blog/rant/waste of internet space less passive. one of my interests is cars thanx to a dieting norn iron pal and top gear. on the top right i have added a picture of an audi rs4 which is one of my favourite motors and have invited readers to suggest a car for next week's blurb.

there is nothing to this other than my wanting to share a hobby with those few dozen readers who actualy bother to read this page. at the moment a ford is going up for next week as the tory hippy made a request; please for the love of what ever god you believe in send alternative options so i can avoid advertising a ford! for the sake of it i will add a post about each car noted - if you provide a reason why you want a car up i will use that otherwise google will be employed.

now the science bit over, the fun bit begins...

audi rs4 because...

the basic quattro model comes with a 6 speed, 420 bhp engine for just over £50,000. thats half the power of a bugati veron for 1/20 the price! and its petrol - so good for the environment ;-) as you bomb round edinburgh in second gear...

it looks good too. not the nicest on the market - db9 anyone? - but great on the eye.

the two types of audi i have driven (80 and a3) have thus in common: drive comfort, odd features designed well - such as arm rests - and clever shell features. by this i mean in both you know where the front is and the back ends which is handy for parking.

the 12 yr old 80 had more features despite being a basic model than my old 10 yr escort and 11 yr old fiesta. i will not mention the clio... the 4yr old a3 (again basic model) packs more basics than a 1 yr old toyota avensis basic. thus you get more for your money.

speaking of money - audi's cost just enough to stop them being common. the most popular audi in britain is the a4 with 18% of audi sales being a varient of this model. audi's market share is small at best. and by common i mean this - we used to talk of 'mondeo man' but now the most bought saloon in the uk is the 3 series bmw. audi build cars a little better than bmw do, but their quality is just enough to make them unique, and noticeable on the street. as opposed to generic.

what car should i rant about next and why?

email me at:

boardman [dot] r [at] btinternet [dot] com