Hello from England!
I have much to share with you when I get back, but I wanted to give you my impressions from the riding around in a Skoda Octavia Estate and a Landrover Discovery for the last few days.
One of the very first things I was treated to was a motorway traffic jam coming out of Heathrow. Not an uncommon thing and can happen for anything from massive traffic to accidents to someone losing a bumper sticker from their car (I am only slightly making that up).
I have much to share with you when I get back, but I wanted to give you my impressions from the riding around in a Skoda Octavia Estate and a Landrover Discovery for the last few days.
One of the very first things I was treated to was a motorway traffic jam coming out of Heathrow. Not an uncommon thing and can happen for anything from massive traffic to accidents to someone losing a bumper sticker from their car (I am only slightly making that up).
I saw one of these my second day here. That is a Vauxhall VX220, based on the Lotus Elise. As you know, we don't have Vauxhall cars in the US (they are a GM concern), so this was relatively interesting to see driving around. But I am a lover of the car it was based on, so by the time it sped away, I was ready to go on the hunt for an Elise or Exige.
Really, Renault? Really? Welcome, everyone to the Renault Megane, big butt edition. I have seen a lot of these things rolling down the road and they make no sense to me. Negligible cargo space was gained by doing this and well... I just don't even know.
The Land Rover has been fun to ride around in though. Everything a car like that is meant to be, from the interior design to the suspension to the cargo space.
The Land Rover has been fun to ride around in though. Everything a car like that is meant to be, from the interior design to the suspension to the cargo space.
Other highlights have been the plucky Smart Roadster. If they had just released this in the US, I might not have such a dim view of the little roller skates. The number of Porsches of various extraction I have seen is mind-boggling.
I also got the Gearheads Dream Tour of the National Motoring Museum at Beaulieu - . I have connections there and was able to see the massive archives that most folks don't get to see. I could spend weeks or months going through them. And that was BEFORE we even got to the cars themselves. I will be doing more than one entry on the museum when I return to the US, but I saw everything from the first steam powered vehicle to be on public roads to Lewis Hamilton's championship winning F1 car. You all are in for a photo-filled series of real treats!
I can't wait to get back to my computer and share them with you all!
I also got the Gearheads Dream Tour of the National Motoring Museum at Beaulieu - . I have connections there and was able to see the massive archives that most folks don't get to see. I could spend weeks or months going through them. And that was BEFORE we even got to the cars themselves. I will be doing more than one entry on the museum when I return to the US, but I saw everything from the first steam powered vehicle to be on public roads to Lewis Hamilton's championship winning F1 car. You all are in for a photo-filled series of real treats!
I can't wait to get back to my computer and share them with you all!
RSS Feed