Chris Grove

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@ListerLawrence @bydarrenstyles I just do not understand why every car on the road now is white black or grey. That Bentley looks stunning in red, I hope seeing how good these cars look changes the fashion for boring coloured cars!

I love a Mulsanne, but this bright red example spotted at the Rosewood and owned by @bydarrenstyles looks absolutely fabulous. What a statement car! 🚘 So much better than the usual black or silver.

This guy lost his daughter because of an incorrectly installed guardrail that killed her in a motor vehicle crash. He's devoted his life to finding these incorrect installs and getting local governments to fix them. 619 followers. 619. Have you a think on that.

@BellaBaddie__ Clearly mostly Americans replied as nobody has suggested Clive.

what is the whitest name of all time?

@PeriklesGREAT Ford escort 1.3 popular. Just, if the Speedo was to be believed!

The First time I did 100 MPH was in a ________________ ??

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@AutoPap Mercedes E63 AMG with the naturally aspirated V8. Just an epic engine. Honourable mention to my BMW F10 m5 the last of the rear wheel drive only monsters

What car have you regretted selling? I’ll start.

@AlTheBoss03 Johor Bahru.

Name a place you have been to, but have no desire to visit again.

@lady_valor_07 Black pudding

Be honest, what’s missing?

@Old_SchoolEddie 7 - I need an aisle seat because I’m far too tall for plane seats and I don’t want someone sat immediately next to me.

Given the choice, which seat would you choose on this flight?

@JamesMelville The bends - Radiohead. I know most people think ok computer but the bends was how I discovered them and it came out when I was 16 so has huge memories attached.

@Wisdom_HQ An indicated 202 on the autobahn. Definitely an ambition fulfilled.

@R8ORC 4x4’s in general tbh. Although also most Audis. Even the fast ones with great engines (the 4.2 v8 was a peach!) they just don’t do it for me. Too much understeer, no feel and I’ve never loved the styling.

@VinnieSull1van @Britains___Pubs I love jam roly poly but sticky toffee pudding is still #1

Jam Roly-Poly and Custard is the greatest dessert/pudding to ever exist, followed closely by Apple Crumble. We need to see these back on pub dessert menus. I have spoken.

@AutoInfatuation I’d go with the Jag it’s surprisingly good fun. I avoid the Saab like the plague, I’ve lost a fortune on saabs over the years. The Subaru is decent as well.

Estate/Kombi/Wagon under £2,000 baring in mind I have trade access too. 2006> Petrol, ideally Automatic and high spec, leather seats, sunroof, Xenon’s etc. Bit of a laugh with decent power. Runaround/Spare car, thinking these are some options: - B8 Audi A4 Avant 1.8/2.0 TFSI - E91 BMW 320/325i Touring (Hard to find in higher specs) - MK3 Ford Mondeo Titanium X Sport 2.0 EcoBoost Powershift (Had 2 MK3’s, 2.0 TDCI & 2.5T. Both EcoBoost engine and Powershift gearbox are quite blowy-uppy but good when they work correctly 😬) - Jaguar X-Type 3.0 V6 Sovereign Estate - W211 Mercedes-Benz E200/280 Estate (Petrols are rarer) - Renault Laguna 2.0T GT/Initiate Estate (Petrols in these spec are very hard to come by) - Saab 9-3 Aero Estate 2.0/2.8T - Skoda Octavia VRS 2.0 TFSI Estate - Subaru Legacy 2.5/3.0i (Ideally Spec B either as a normal Estate or Outback) - Vauxhall Vectra Elite Estate 2.8T (Found a mental spec one in the trade 🤷‍♂️) - VW Passat 2.0 TSI or 3.2 V6 Estate DSG (Again, rare but findable) - Volvo V70/XC70 2.5T (Unlikely to find a decent one but mega cars!) Am I missing any you can think of?

@YesterdaysBrit1 I got the Commodore 64 but always wanted one of these

Who was lucky enough to get one of these for Christmas back in the eighties?

@AlanJLSmith Having worked on several fund raises in the tech space I can absolutely concur. The uk has terrific talent and some great start ups but the eco system to invest is not there. Raising £1m-10m is nigh on impossible and series B has all but disappeared.

UK Innovation Is Bleeding To Death: The House of Lords Science & Tech Committee just dropped a brutal 2025 report: “We’re world-class at inventing… and world-class at losing it.” - DeepMind? London-born. Google’s now. - Arm? Cambridge chip genius. SoftBank owned. - Graphcore? Bristol AI unicorn. Folded into SoftBank – 500+ UK jobs gone. - Skyscanner? Edinburgh unicorn. £1.4B to Chinese Ctrip - control vanished. - Hopin? £4B peak in London. Liquidated UK ops in 2024 to chase US scale. This isn’t bad luck. It’s a system failure. THE DOOM LOOP 1. UK invents 2. No capital 3. Forced to sell/move abroad 4. No jobs, tax, growth 5. Even less capital Productivity is flat since 2008. Real wages stagnant. We’re trapped. 5 KILLER FINDINGS - Pensions ghosted tech - UK funds invest <1% in growth ventures (US: ~8%). They’d rather buy US bonds than back British AI. - Gov is siloed & slow - Innovate UK, BBB, NWF all separate. UAE deploys billions in a call. We play checkers while they play chess. - We block talent - £1,500+ visa fees + 8-week waits. Top engineers go to Berlin/SF. DeepMind thrived on immigrants - then Google poached the ecosystem. - Regulators fear risk - Over-regulate at lab scale, wonder why no one scales. RADICAL FIXES – ACT NOW 1. Pension Power-Up Mandate 5% of UK pensions to growth equity by 2030 → £100BN+ patient capital. 2. British Scale-Up Command: Merge Innovate UK + BBB + NWF into one agile agency: • £10BN fund • 90-day decisions • Co-invest mandates 3. Golden Visa for Founders • £0 fees • 24-month scale-up visa • Settlement at £10M revenue
Attract 1,000 global founders/year. 4. “Fail Fast” Regulation 24-month sandbox for all new tech. Regulators in startups. Fast-track winners. Learn from failures. 5. Celebrate Builders • National Scale-Up Day • Tax breaks on employee shares • Founder in Residence @ No. 10 
Culture eats strategy. Make building cool again. We’re at a tipping point. Lose another decade = more DeepMinds lost forever. Act now = next unicorns stay British. Read the full report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldse… Tag your MP. Share this. @Barney_H_Y @alexfmac @DanielPriestley @HarryStebbings

@ExoticBMW I’ve had M cars but I think I’ve always been an amg man at heart. The c63s is a phenomenal car. (Despite owning a heavily modified camaro as I’m not big on American cars and definitely not Cadillacs)

Top, Middle or Bottom 👇

@tom550993 @ListerLawrence @LUDENClassics @AutoInfatuation Very nice, I love the wheels. Great looking car

@EnglishChapInPT @ListerLawrence @LUDENClassics @AutoInfatuation Got mine out yesterday for the commute. I’m going to drive it for a few days, I think!

What’s everyone’s view on this? I can’t help but love an Alpina blue B3…as we know 😆😆😆 thoughts @AutoPap @ListerLawrence @LUDENClassics @AutoInfatuation ?