Asimo

Some quick pics of the Shad as promised, Mr WC already wants to take it out in Convoy with the Guy Arab when that’s back on the road so expect some Rolls and Bus action soon, I also took it to work this morning and managed to attract a crowd almost instantly mainly from my colleagues who were probably wondering if the CEO of First Bus had just showed up for a random Audit 😆
I’d like to give it a really good wash and detail very soon as it got absolutely filthy from the drive home yesterday 

Better a percentage of the vehicle’s list price when new.

You had me at corduroy seat covers. 
Talking of which, leather seats are massively over rated. Especially some of the modern grey ones. if you're going to have them they need to be a proper colour and have at least 50 years patina.
But even then a decent velour is better than leather any day.

This may or may not be the case but the Triumph straight six is the best sounding engine ever made so nobody really minded losing the V8. And in TR6 spec it was actually slightly more powerful so no loss at all really. I'd love to get a Stag and put a straight six in it.

It's not even in the top 10 Jags. The XJS is so much nicer from every angle.

MGBs with rubber bumpers look better than the older chrome bumper ones, They were a successful facelift. 

Absolutely cloth is better. 
The only decent leather seats I’ve ever had was in our 1990 Range Rover and I wouldn’t buy a modern with leather seats even if I loved everything else about the car. 

It can also be seen in this.
 

It can also be seen in this.
 

Lesson not learned last time then?

Absolutely spot on.
 
In fact, the Escort it replaced was so absolutely fucking terrible that the Focus could have been made out of mouldy bread and Pot Noodle lids and it still couldn't have been worse than the former. 

I agree unless they are the Toyota / Lexus sort of hybrid. I don't understand why the genius of the "Hybrid Synergy Drive" is so little appreciated. The battery energy storage part is the least important, least interesting, least innovative part of this system.
Electric transmission, without any of the disadvantages and inefficiencies to be expected, seemlessly matches the road to a petrol engine that has been tuned for thermodynamic efficiency above all else.
Complex? I don't agree.
No gearbox, manual, automatic. No drive belts, accessory belts. No clutch or converter. No starter motor, no alternator. The engine has a very limited rev range so no VVT stuff is necessary. Plenty of electrical power available so pas and coolant pump are electric.
The engine is attached to one motor/generator unit and the final drive is attached to another motor/generator unit. A small set of differential gears combines these. The battery need store very little energy, just a KWh or so is enough.
 

While there are some advantages to rear engined cars, by refusing to change, the Porsche 911 essentially has come to fetishize the idea.
I'm not saying they're not brilliant to drive, striking and well made. I'm sure all that is true. 
Engineering since the 60's has dealt with the tail happy handling.
However, no-one with a blank sheet of paper designs a car like that in 2024.
Now the car seems to be celebrated by it's special editions, inflated values and stitching on the seats.
So whisper it quietly, is it a bit of a parody of itself?

I agree unless they are the Toyota / Lexus sort of hybrid. I don't understand why the genius of the "Hybrid Synergy Drive" is so little appreciated. The battery energy storage part is the least important, least interesting, least innovative part of this system.
Electric transmission, without any of the disadvantages and inefficiencies to be expected, seemlessly matches the road to a petrol engine that has been tuned for thermodynamic efficiency above all else.
Complex? I don't agree.
No gearbox, manual, automatic. No drive belts, accessory belts. No clutch or converter. No starter motor, no alternator. The engine has a very limited rev range so no VVT stuff is necessary. Plenty of electrical power available so pas and coolant pump are electric.
The engine is attached to one motor/generator unit and the final drive is attached to another motor/generator unit. A small set of differential gears combines these. The battery need store very little energy, just a KWh or so is enough.
 

I agree unless they are the Toyota / Lexus sort of hybrid. I don't understand why the genius of the "Hybrid Synergy Drive" is so little appreciated. The battery energy storage part is the least important, least interesting, least innovative part of this system.
Electric transmission, without any of the disadvantages and inefficiencies to be expected, seemlessly matches the road to a petrol engine that has been tuned for thermodynamic efficiency above all else.
Complex? I don't agree.
No gearbox, manual, automatic. No drive belts, accessory belts. No clutch or converter. No starter motor, no alternator. The engine has a very limited rev range so no VVT stuff is necessary. Plenty of electrical power available so pas and coolant pump are electric.
The engine is attached to one motor/generator unit and the final drive is attached to another motor/generator unit. A small set of differential gears combines these. The battery need store very little energy, just a KWh or so is enough.