Car Madness

VW's interesting cars

Three chapters in a row of me moaning... I think it's time I thought of something nice to say.

I'm not really a fan of VW, but some of their cars I like.

The Mk.1 Golf GTI...

The G40

The G60

The... um... No, that's it. Fast stuff from the 80's and 90's...

And the XL1. Yeah, it's just a concept, but they've got the right idea there. Small and light and simple is the way forward, for efficiency, and for performance.

Instead of wasting your effort getting the fuelling even more precise for a couple of extra miles per gallon, why not get rid of the electric window motors, and the seat adjustment motors, and the air conditioning, and all these random things that have found their way into cars?

Drivers just have to be less lazy, and they'll be lugging less weight around, which is good for economy, and acceleration.

Sweet, sweet acceleration.

With the fuel you save by winding your windows and shuffling your seats, you can drive further, and enjoy your car more.

I guess people just want to chill out and zombie-drive to and from work... Thats not living.

While I'm on VW, and stupid heavy luxury crap, I am gonna say something nasty...

The Bugatti Veyron. It is, in the real world, useless, isn't it?

"Oh, by the way, I have a Bugatti Veryron."

That's what veyrons are for. Showing off. Dick swinging.

I don't like heavy cars that are also fast. It's part of what I have against SUVs... but I also don't like fast cars that are easy to drive.

It's not right. Fast cars require considerate treatment, effort and patience.

They say the Veyron is as easy for cruising round town as a Golf.

My kind of fast car doesn't do cruising. Its built to be thrashed, and always charging for the horizon... Never happy unless the revs are high.

A fast car in town traffic should feel like a caged animal. Angry and uncomfortable.

I prefer the Hennessy Venom. It's more serious, and dedicated to what it does. It'll bite you if you don't treat it with respect.

And it's better than the Veyron, not at dick swinging, but what the Veyron's famous for.

That crazy two hundred and fucking insane miles per hour shit. What was it...? 260? 270?

The Venom is faster than "the fastest car in the world", and VW need to stop lying.

Hennessy's upping their game too, with a new one that sounds like it might just hit 300.

The next Veyron is going for 300 too, and I think they could manage it too, which would be impressive.

Building the Veyron is impressive, but buying it isn't. It just makes you look a massive dick head.

Buying a venom, and driving it without dying, is impressive. That requires actual driving skill.