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What occurred to me was that TG gradually became less a petrol head car show hosted by adults who sometimes acted like little boys, than a show about and hosted by naughty miscreants who rarely acted like adults with cars as sometimes supporting actors. The stunts and gags became not only repetitive but unimaginative, patronising and insulting to my intelligence if they expected me to believe they were just accidents, like Clarkson's Citroen CX caravan "accidentally" going over a cliff - sorry, but we're all smarter than that. Frankly, I don't care who hosts it, as long as it's primarily about cars that excite me, has the production values we've previously enjoyed, is not an episode of the Three Stooges every week, and doesn't treat me like a child with the attention span of a flea on a hot plate with hyperactivity disorder. Make it adult with the odd dose of silly/funny - you can entertain me at the same time as educating me. One thing for sure - I won't pay Amazon to watch Clarkson get paid £833,333 per episode on Amazon (Past His) Prime.

Sorry. www.ao.com They sell home appliances.

Managed to get a few hours out in Buttercup today. Stopped at our favourite café opposite the beach and there was a lovely chill in the air. The beach was about as perfect as it could get. What a difference to the past few days.

With upgradeitis season upon us its time for a garage clear out. The following parts are from a 2006 wide body Duratec Sport. Most are brand new or as new condition, the rest are all in very good condition. Few if any of the parts are suitable for P&P so preferably to be collected from the Oxford area or via the WSCC courier service. Spare wheel, Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 ET25 / backspace 124mm fitted with Toyo R888 205:55:15 4mm tread, good condition, also spare wheel carrier included £80 Full hood without frame, very good condition £100 Thanks for looking, PM me for more details, happy blatting &/or fettling

Thanks for cheering us up Geoffrey. Lovely blue skies, still raining here!!

Precisely! Moreover it allows us "proper" petrolheads who have an idea of what real acceleration, rear wheel drive and cornering grip (or lack thereof) is about, to live vicariously through their exploits. I have a hankering to try the euro-hoon that took them to Stelvio et al and I'd really like to have a cruise to the Trans-Fergarishon (yeah, like I spelled that right...) Highway in Romania. But failing a personal appearance I'll live it though the Hamster, the Orang Utan and Captain Slow.