FrontSeatPhil
@frontseatphil.bsky.social
Full-time automotive journalist for newspapers, magazines & web. Also publishes Professional Van and Professional Pickup, Average Janes, Average Joes and CALIBRE. #824307
Tesla registered 12,173 cars in the UK in June, ahead of the quarterly earnings call. In July, it managed 512. No comment.
Fiat sold 49 (I think) Abarth 124 Spiders. That's it, in total. How can 36 of them be on AutoTrader at the same time? What's going on? Still, £10k...
I'm watching The Menu on Disney+. I'm roughly 15 minutes in, and so far it's like sooo many car launches 😂
I love conspiracy theories. There's really great stuff out there that's fascinating to read or watch. It's endlessly entertaining. I have a particular fondness for the flat earth theory. I've watched proof by people timing aeroplanes landing, opening a swing gate, and shining lasers along canals.
Just had a driver collect a vehicle. He was annoyed that I didn't have the charging cable. I don't know where the charging cable is, and I've never seen it. He was adamant that I had to return the charging cable, and that he'll have to tick the box saying I've lost it. It's a diesel van...
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If there's one thing that's going to ensure I don't subscribe to @bloomberg.com, it's making the site completely unusable.
Is there an equivalent of Cardle that's a little more European-focused? My knowledge of mediocre mid-2000s American market models is a little thin.
I guess this is a pretty rare spot. How many were sold in the UK?
Are we at the worst point of AI, where it's confident and believable but wrong, with millions of people emotionally invested and believing whatever it says without question? As an aside, here's a menu item. That Melated Cheerd Cheese looks very meaty.
Post something from your camera roll that comes up when you search yellow car.
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Google has replaced the Assistant with Gemini in Android Auto and made everything SO MUCH WORSE. It's utterly infuriating and makes driving more difficult.
Annoyed Woman's Daily Horrors
ALT: Annoyed Woman's Daily Horrors
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A Rolls-Royce Cullinan with a very distinctive reg has rocked up. Obviously, I checked the history. It's just over 3 years old and had 2,355 miles at its first MOT. That's about 65 miles a month. And they've chosen to use some of this month's allocation to got to Wendy's at Brampton Hut services.
Not many years ago, we were staying for a few nights at the Washington Hilton, where there's been a recent kerfuffle involving Trump. We were there when a very serious military dinner event was happening. Top brass, highest level military, seemingly, and hundreds of guests. 1/?
I don't want to, but I really need to move the Saab 93 Convertible on. It's not been used in a year(!) so is just going to waste away. High VED has killed its value, but don't make me scrap it or break it - it's all in good order and a lovely car! Totally unedited photo, taken on Thursday.
Hopefully there'll be an update soon. Excited for the new F1 season...
I've created a new logo (I'll politely call it a concept) in Pixlr (stop laughing), but as I have little artistic talent and I'm colour blind, I need somebody to take my work and create something viable. Is anybody able to help me out, using the two-out-of-three rule? Fast ❎ Cheap ✅ Good ✅
It's not just cars and vans, you know. Sometimes I do proper* consumer journalism about other things. averagejoes.co.uk/food-drink/f... * There was nothing proper about this!
Festive lattes on trial: We ordered the Christmas coffee so you don’t have to - Average Joes
We taste test 2025’s Christmas coffee from Costa, Starbucks, Greggs, Pret, Nero and Tim Hortons to see which actually match the marketing.
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It's not just cars and vans, you know. Sometimes I do proper* consumer journalism about other things. averagejoes.co.uk/food-drink/f... * There was nothing proper about this!
Festive lattes on trial: We ordered the Christmas coffee so you don’t have to - Average Joes
We taste test 2025’s Christmas coffee from Costa, Starbucks, Greggs, Pret, Nero and Tim Hortons to see which actually match the marketing.
averagejoes.co.uk
Car brochures and spec sheets that aren't available to download as a PDF are high on my list worst things in the world. Looking at one today that's awful to use, and not accessible in any way. Truly dreadful. I'm looking at you, Vauxhall.
a man with a beard is wearing a red shirt that says ' ted talks ' on it .
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a red shirt that says ' ted talks ' on it .
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I've been invited to share my views on a podcast. I might pass on it, though, as I did when L'Oréal invited* me to talk about how a strong haircare regimen is the perfect expression of sustainable beauty. * They didn't. Just to be clear.
No photo, as I was too busy staring, but G-BEDF, or Sally B, the only remaining airworthy B-17 Flying Fortress in Europe, has just flown directly over my house on its way from RAF Syerston. I guess it's heading to Duxford... Cool.
As a freelancer, it pains me to threaten legal proceedings against a client for unpaid bills. To do it twice in three months to the same client is oddly satisfying. Unsurprisingly, I won't be working for them again. (Also, I *absolutely will* follow through on the threat!)
a woman in a wheelchair has a bandage on her head and says wait i don t get any money
ALT: a woman in a wheelchair has a bandage on her head and says wait i don t get any money
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Opened an old box of toy cars for the boys to pay with, and found this mint Volvo 760. Love the model and colour, but it's the number plate that makes it!
Sat in Starbucks, listening in on a group conversation about EVs. Every talking point raised so far — terrible for the environment, only lasts five years, fire hazards, no chargers, etc. — is both angering and amusing me. Time to put some earbuds in. Also, my fab... what?
