I can’t help thinking that in caveman times, Greenpeace would have been something of a contradiction in terms. I mean, can you imagine a “Save The Saber-Toothed Tiger” campaign – when your main object in life was to avoid being eaten by the damn things? Be that as it may, Greenpeace went caveman-retro in Brussels… Continue reading Retro-Greenpeace???
Tag: Automotive
Strange attraction
I’ve heard of unrequited love, where the object of one’s affections doesn’t return them . . . but this one is really, really weird. A man who claims to have had sex with 1,000 cars has defended his “romantic” feelings towards vehicles. Edward Smith, who lives with his current “girlfriend” – a white Volkswagen Beetle… Continue reading Strange attraction
The automotive tower of power?
I’m sure many readers have received the following two photographs by e-mail. It’s been going around for some time, and purports to show a robotic ‘parking garage’ in Germany. As usual with chain e-mails, the reality is rather different – and, in this case, more interesting. The facility shown is the Volkswagen Autostadt retail center… Continue reading The automotive tower of power?
Ouch!
If any of you are racing fans (of the automotive variety), you may have been watching the second round of the Le Mans series over the weekend. If so, you would have seen Stéphane Ortelli total his Courage-Oreca LMP1 in rather spectacular fashion. In case you missed it . . . here it is. Would… Continue reading Ouch!