Men In Sheds

We have a special Christmas carol on our YouTube channel this year, but for those of you only letting us into your lives via your ears we have recorded this special Christmas message. Happy Christmas and Merry new year!

CAR NEWS - NOVEMBER 2017 What a month for car news! The new Tesla Roadster and Truck has caused so much butt-hurtery with fossil fuel fans, but traditionalists can be happy the new Jeep Wrangler is only 0.1% different than the old one. Corvette have gone from poor man's Lamborghini to full on Lamborghini while Lamborghini themselves have gone old-skool Lamborghini. But then Konnegseg have gone an done 277mph done an old road in Nevada. We're living in crazy times and perhaps the new new Discovery number plate position is a sign of that. CAN WE GIVE ASIA ITS EV DUES? While we've all been having a good laugh at the Toyota Prius over the years, it's time to acknowledge it's been fighting the EV fight now for two decades. Asia has led us into a new era kicking and screaming and it's all too easy to fawn over Teslas and follow ze Germans. Toyota normalised the electric car and, if you've got a taxi in the last year, you've probably felt the benefit. BADGE ENGINEERING? WHO ARE YOU KIDDING? We're going to stick our necks out here and dare to suggest there's something a bit wrong with sticking Bentley badges on your 300C. We also think that putting M-badges on non M-Sport BMWs is a bit naff too. Badge engineering has spun so far out of control now even the manufacturers are in on it. IS A CAR AN OBJECT OR AN EXPERIENCE? You know we're not scared of getting a bit philosophical and we ask the ultimate question here, should a car be a material possession or a form of theatre. The fact is driving and car ownership gives us something very special beyond the usual consumerism but we still easily lose our way. We also have to respect that the person we see driving an expensive sports car may be in it for the pleasure and not the ostentation.

CAR NEWS - NOVEMBER 2017 Tesla aren't looking so hot right now with their autonomous tech falling behind along with their production schedule and quality control. Worse still, they have come bottom of all electric car manufacturers in the 2017 UK Reliability Survey. We have a good LOOL about the new London T-charge now that diesel vehicles are rightfully being targeted. It turns out Oxford wants to ban all fossil fuel cars, Honda have sold a ridiculous number of 50cc mopeds, and Nissan might be killing of the mighty Z. BECAUSEJPN; TOKYO MOTORSHOW SPECIAL It's a BECAUSEJPN special this time round since the 2017 Tokyo Motorshow has happened. There's lots to get excited about and some duds that need pointing out too. We're particularly excited about a car designed for OAPs and a personal transportation vehicle that looks like a butt plug - stay wacky Japan! V(>_