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20050712 Tuesday July 12, 2005

 Jeremy Clarkson drives an old banger...

Well, a slightly misrepresentive blog title designed to attract your attention! ;-) Aren't they all!

The banger in question was my 1983 Volkswagen Golf GTI (mk1) which, unlike most examples of this original hot hatch, is in 100% standard condition and worth a surprisingly high £6000 or so. As such it often makes the rounds for filming and magazine photo shoots...



I got a call from the producers of Jeremy Clarkson's videos asking for a Red Mk1 Golf GTI for filming at an airfield. There were only two conditions.

A : Could Jeremy have a go. B : Would you mind a race with a Ferrari Enzo?

Now I knew a mk1 Golf GTI with it's fuel injected 112bhp 1.8 litre isn't exactly slow (0-60mph in around 8 seconds) but expecting it to stay with a 6 litre 12 cylinder 650bhp Ferrari was probably asking a bit much of it.



Oddly enough though, the Golf won. Though I have to say, it wasn't a 'normal' race, as this tantalising picture will demonstrate.



Want to see more, you'll have to buy the DVD, out towards Christmas - 'Jeremy Clarkson, Cars from Heaven and Hell'

The day was good fun and Jeremy turned out to be quite an approachable chap, happy to pose for the inevitable 'Punter shot'.



I do think he has probably the best job in the world.

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 Record traffic to BBC News due to Bombings.

Good to see the internet played its part in keeping people up to date. From my perspective, watching events unfold, the internet was more accurate, more up to date and more indepth than the television coverage on Sky, CNN and the BBC. Media is changing quickly now, a far cry from the scorn and derision the media used to foist upon the web just a few short years ago. Click

115 Million site impressions in a day is big in anyones book. A credit to the technology.

Apparently 'London' was the top search term in all search engines on Thursday.

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 London Bombings, thank God for paperwork.



Good to see that none of our employees were killed or injured in the bombings. Hats off to the emergency services and police. Even the politicians were to be commended and great to see a show of solidarity at the G8.

Particularly like this picture from a fellow blogger...



I was fortunate to have been delayed by paperwork on Thursday morning, otherwise I would have been in the thick of it around Aldgate. Never been so pleased that inefficiency caused a delay.



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