T h i s i s de mon s t r at e d i n my a r e a
by their speeding up to a T-junction,
ideally with wheels over the white
l i ne. T h i s m a k e s it lo ok a s i f t he y
are going to come out anyway and
has the additional ‘advantage’ of
preventing pedestrians from walking
in front of them, thus ignoring the
Highway Code and saving precious
seconds on their important journey.
I learned to drive long enough
a go t o b e i n s t r uc t e d t h at t he de f au lt
p o sit ion he r e w a s t o g i v e w ay t o b ot h
cars and pedestrians at a T-Junction,
and always stop short, but now
the position has turned round 180
degrees – at least in the mindset
of those drivers who have no
thought for others.
John Bath
Worcester Park, Surrey
Call the doctor
After decades of naming convention
using first numbers and latterly
exotic names starting with the
le t t e r ‘E’, s uc h a s t he e vo c at ive E l i s e ,
Elite, Esprit, Exige, Eclat and Evora,
some idiot in the Lotus marketing
department has been at the gin.
Evija? Imagine if your other car
was a Lamborghini Urus. Imagine
further that they both broke down.
Trouble with your Evija and Urus?
You’d probably head off to the doctor
rather than the garage. Really. Get a
grip, marketing people!
Richard C Anderson
Seaton, Devon
Broken narrative
It might suit BMW’s current
marketing narrative to say that 85%
of 1 S e r ie s ow ne r s don’t k now t h at t he
car is rear-wheel drive (First Drives,
17 Ju l y), but it i s a l s o a sho c k i n g
indictment of the company’s failure
to explain at the point of purchase
why the cars are RWD and how
it plays a part in them being the
‘Ultimate Driving Machines’.
If Porsche found that 85% of
Cayenne and Macan buyers didn’t
know that the 911 pre-dated them
by many decades, would this be
considered something to crow about
or instead a failure to communicate
the brand’s heritage?
Ranjit Dosanjh
Hertfordshire
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