Count Luca

@autocar Are the 1990s Simpsons fans taking over Stellantis? youtube.com/watch?v=BUrfmS…

REVIEW: Can DS rewrite the luxury saloon rulebook again? We've driven the unusual new No8 saloon-SUV - and we're impressed... buff.ly/MW8llJ1

@GingerPiston @sniffpetrol I think that will come with the Stellantis "STLA" remix

@sniffpetrol Where’s the rest of it? Hoping for Faithless-esque massiv drop when the chorus kicks in?

The DVLA

@jasonplato His fever was infectious and we're all so fortunate to have caught a little of it. I hope never to find a cure. #Fever

Thinking of our dear friend HHF today. We all miss you so much Mr Fever ❤️❤️ #Fever

@DanNeidle @ConcernedofBri1 @paullewismoney I was visiting my mother last week and she was having her garden fence changed. The fencer was restricting his workload to keep his turnover under VAT-registration as the impact of going over are too great...and he can't grow his business to a size where it's absorbable.

@ConcernedofBri1 @paullewismoney The businesses most hit are “micro businesses” with very little input costs. Imagine a plumber, for example.

If you ever wondered what cutting your nose off to spite your face means, it is this bit.ly/4rFjPxa cutting the turnover of your small business to avoid registering for VAT, which anyone with a spreadsheet can sort out in half a day every three months

@thecarsthestar @5054magazine Cooper S? I think they were Euro IV but theOne and Cooper were Euro III

@CountLuca @5054magazine What? I had a 52 plate mini that was ulez It was an unreliable piece of shit, but undeniably fun and ulez friendly all the same

That London last night. Only walked two short streets and saw three very old R50 Minis, all looking good. A 53 Plate in South Ken. 23 years old... And a 52 plate hatch (24!) and 04 cab in Battersea. Is it one of the most reliable and rust proof cars ever made in the UK?

@5054magazine It wasn’t terribly reliable… Wiring looms, PAS pumps, stereos; the list could go on…but many repeated / plural failures.

@CountLuca Wtf

@SimonCarGuy @AutoPap My mother had an E91 for 13 years. She loved the car and her dealer treated her like visiting royalty. When it was time to replace, last year, I suggested she look at another BMW and her response was, "I don't think I can own anything that ugly." Bring on the Neue Klasse!

@AutoPap Neue Klasse cannot arrive soon enough.

Apart from a couple of models most new BMW’s make me wince

@archer_rs He has clearly read no (or maybe just the first half) of Douglas Adams: “He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.”

I am currently reviewing a CV for a position we have in the USA, the person has described himself as, "a dream maker, a visionary, a juggler of demands, a surfer of clouds in a world of those who remain on the ground" The position is as a quantity surveyor

@sniffpetrol They did put some through rental fleets in 2008; I carry considerable guilt for how “robustly,” I drove one for which I was the first renter. I feel less guilt for the Vectra I had / ran in the next week (appropriately registered AN08…) which somehow still seems to be alive.

The great mystery of the VW Scirocco, solved with help from TV's James May. Just one of the things you'll find in Petrolhead, a new compilation of my evo columns from the last 22 years. Get it here; amzn.eu/d/9nQJvey

@AntoineNivola Many congratulations! What a gorgeous car!

Nine years ago I lost my job after a robbery ruined the shop I worked for. Friday I bought my 997.1 GT3. Proud doesn't even come close to what I'm feeling.

@freddiecamp Autobahn? I had an "unscheduled," fuel stop on the autobahn a couple of years ago...and the €2.56/l is etched in my mind in annoyance. (all my own fault, due to catastrophic fuel consumption between 120-145+...)

Daylight robbery. I know it’s 102 Octane…..but €2.53 (£2.20) per litre! 😬 🇩🇪

@KirstieMAllsopp If one reads the, the surcharge is triggered by holding any share, however small, in any residential property held in any country. It’s an extremely poorly drafted piece of legislation.

before, but because our girl has still got her flat in Leeds that she worked so hard to buy, because that what you’re supposed to do isn’t it, the Government says that they want £75,000 in Stamp Duty on this £850K purchase. I’m interested in knowing what people think about this.

A strange tale, a girl gets a job & buys a flat aged 24 in Leeds for £117K, 6 years on she’s living in London, her new partner receives some money in his grandfather’s will. Now together they can get a mortgage & spend a max of £850K on a home in the capital. He’s never bought 🧵

@specutainment @AutoPap What drivetrain is in that? It looks to have a 5 speed auto (with conventional N-S gate, as opposed to original S-N gate) so it's some way from stock!

One for @Autopap Darker red than yours Shsmi..

@Ant_RTW The button is like gear paddles on a car's steering wheel. Use them twice and then back to what you know.

Do people actually use the camera button on new iPhones?

@hjwakerley @ListerLawrence Having seen it today, you're being extremely modest. It looks sensational.

@ListerLawrence Thanks very much, its not perfect but hopefully by the end of the year it will be close :)

Washing cars in the dark is fast becoming a Scramble tradition. Very happy to finally be taking my pink Hammer to one of my favourite places ☺️

@sniffpetrol @munchcorp Est-ce qu'il y aura une edition spéciale qui s'appelle "Le Cinq Malheureusement?"

@munchcorp Malheureusement je pense il n'y a pas l'espace por un grand chien.

En Angleterre la nouvelle Cinq electrique avez alloys sur la model basique. Mais en France, le moins cher modele avez trims s'appelle 'Disco'. J'aime ca!

@KirstieMAllsopp @william3rd1982 @SeanJacks It’s some time since I read the legislation but I think it’s any residential property or share thereof, anywhere; not just in the UK. SDLT needs urgent reform. In the SE, everyone extends instead of moving and it’s removing supply and mobility from the market.

@william3rd1982 @SeanJacks Any residence you buy if you already own any property or a share there of.

@Carpervert Does @sniffpetrol mean that your sweet, sweet merch looks like Fiat's Fully Integrated Robotised Engine of 1985?

Did you really say that? You wand.

@hjwakerley I remember when I first saw those wipers as a child on a neighbour's new 190. 36 years on, the wiper motion is just as fascinating as it was then!

Buy more wagons 😵‍💫 No one on Instagram gets this. I know you all do.