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The lean, mean fighting machine Schwarzenegger meets the lean, green exciting Audi E-Tron
With California currently being the epicentre of environmentalism and the green car movement, Schwarzenegger takes a closer look at the Audi’s new battery powered Zero emission super car.
As a concept car that prides itself on working from four electronic motors and a lithium battery pack, it’s not surprising that the Californian governator was one of the first people to sit in the E-Tron with his action-packed background as the Terminator. Forgetting his over-powering size and squishing this into the compact Audi as opposed to a Hummer is one amusing fact, but realistically you would be more inclined to see this in an Audi dealer in west Sussex than see Schwarzenegger driving it.
Beyond its powerful electronic engine system, the striking visual design of the E-ton affirms its spot among the major leagues of sports cars. The e-tron runs to 62mph and takes 4.8 seconds, but rolling acceleration from 37-75 mph takes an impressive 4.1 seconds thanks to the e-tron’s massive amount of twist…. very oh la la!
Bat of out hell
Now this may look like a typical VW from Devon but appearances can be deceiving, i call this the monster of mayhem or the bat out of hell. With its scary speed, eering wings and devilish colour, it’s the only description for it. The golf is a stunning example of precision engineering, perfect road handling and exquisite features and accessories. This golf which looks heavily modified does not ooze its Now this may look like a typical VW from Devon but appearances can be deceiving, i call this the monster of mayhem or the bat out of hell. With its scary speed, eering wings and devilish colour, it’s the only description for it. The golf is a stunning example of precision engineering, perfect road handling and exquisite features and accessories. This golf which looks heavily modified does not ooze its natural beauty but instead fire, drive and torque!! beauty but instead fire, drive and torque!!
Skoda a.ka. The Police Grandaddy
I used to look at the police and recognise the Vauxhall Astra in a heartbeat- over the years the police car of choice has become the Skoda. Despite how much i like the Fabia Hatchback i cannot get the police image out of my head whenever i see a Skoda. Police are extremely intimidating and the Skoda has picked up on the scent. The image of the car portrays an old ‘sergeant type’ to me, with the grill looking like their moustache and aged judgement eyes that would really stare at you through the rear-view mirror, It’s a very intimidating car. Some police cars we have are quite the opposite, what with the London Metroploitan police owning a Lamborghini and the city smart cars. The Skoda is the granddad of the lot. The police must of been presented with some very alluring Skoda offers, Dorset police drive nothing but these cars so i know they are some menacing meat.
why are used cars as expensive as new cars
So it just seems impossible these days to find a used car for sale that isn’t the cost of a new car?!
Where is the incentive to buy, honestly? Yeah we know the credit crunch is effecting a lot of people but when you raise your margin on the used cars your selling less of them as a result surely? Or perhaps its just a ploy to get people to take advantage of the scrappage scheme and buy a new car instead?
Kung POW Mother Scratchers
LIGHTS OUT, guerilla radio.
Ive been listening to a mixture of John Williams, Hans Zimmer and now Tchaikovsky… it does some weird things to the brain that’s for sure. Its 11th of the 11th month in the year 2011. That’s not true, im writing this in 2009 but it doesn’t matter.
What does matter is the movie Total Recall led me to believe we would be taking trips to Mars, erasing our memories, dealing with mutant rebels and ripping the johnny cab drivers out of their sockets.
Instead we’re stuck with a Toyota Verso (looks alot like a Vauxhall Zafira doesnt it?) that gets re-badged 40 times between the wallowing automotive companies desperately clawing at anything that looks like it will sell to anyone with a heartbeat.
Anyway, this car is boring give me some more of this. And boobs, three boobs is defiantly a positive to mutation.
I love VW’s as much as the next guy but..
Okay so when I saw the VW Scirocco (I still can’t say that word, no one can.) parked up in the local pub and beer garden, I couldnt take my eyes off of it. Never much of a dub fan before that car came out, there is just something about it. More agressive, smooth but without looking too bubbly, I thought to my self, its a real good looking car.
I was wrong. This car looks amazing, especially the GT4.
The futures bright, the futures electric cars?
Time and time again I find myself dealing with something related to the electric cars buzz which the auto industry is really gearing towards at the moment.
And do you know what? Each time I ask myself (and the person nearest me) the same question…
Where do they think all this extra electricity is going to come from?
Somewhere along the line, in the not so distant future, a bright, savvy, non-financially greedy person is going to realise “oh wait… we actually need more power than can be supplied”.
Scrap the entire electric charging idea, wasting all the money that’s been spent already to meet idiotic government co2 targets and start work on something innovative and useful.
The Doc in back to the future has the idea, waste disposal fusion food processors. Simples.
By the way, what the hell is this Peugeot BB1 scooter car thing?
The end of team neesan?
So my girlfriend and I both drive Nissans, well at least we do when they are working and on the road, however currently I have been demoted to chaffuer and omega driver due to both of the cars being taken off the road.
She drives a Figaro, but it is suffering from smokers cough and pouring smoke out of the exhaust after it has been run, and wanting to stall all the damn time. And my car, well it has some issues with passing the MOT at the moment, but that’s another story.
Indestructable cars
The best car for a new driver is normally one that doesnt explode on impact with things, as lets face it, every new driver is gonna have a crash at some point in their first few years. Idid, you did, I bet even each host of top gear did too.
See that volvo there? Yeah Volvo’s are known for being tanks, the bigger the car the bigger the things you can handle, someone has done some serious damage to their car, the ovlov, sustained a loose bumper and a broken headlight, no metal looks bent. Even the headlight lense is still in once peice!!
You’ll have to go a long way to find a better buscuit
Why bother buying a car when you can rent one. I mean seriously.
The amount of hassle I have had in the previous 8 months, it would be easier to just pay monthly for the thing like a bill and when it goes wrong, send it back for someone else to deal with. Finance deals are available to everyone and everything at the moment, if I could afford it and I wasnt so attached to my 200sx I probably would have jumped on the personal contract purchase bandwagon months ago, I dont care if I have drive miles away to a main dealer like Ford in Edinburgh to get the best deal on finance, ill do it. Everything is cheaper up north… beer, women, cars, money, snow, ice and hurricanes you know how it is (there’s gotta be some downsides right?)
The point im trying to make is, look at your spending, if you really arent that attached to what car you are driving, and would like a new car that you might be able to chop in every couple of years for a newer one then don’t make the mistake I have, im too soft. Go make a car a utlitiy not a object of desire (yeah right), I bet you’ll save money.
Now its time for me to leave this place, and go home to a nice hot bowl of chilli. Peace out.
