Driving test passed. Off she goes! Proud moment for sure. Especially as I got to announce it on BBC Radio Wales earlier today.

I'm entirely done in. Long day and a troubled dinner-cook. Also, I had to re-record a good chunk of this afternoon's road test after discovering it had 300cc less than I thought.

JK Rowling could be a power for good, but no. She'd rather remain spiteful, bitter and twisted. Shame really.

One heck of a local meet this morning. Check out the variety and delicious colours!

Yesterday, a Subaru broke down in a dangerous spot. We helped warn traffic until it could be moved. A pal drove past in his MG Midget M-Type! 1930s cool.

A very good reason to fly those England flags today. Some wonderful Rugby. What a match. Given Canada had to crowdfund to even be there, they did incredibly well.

The noise! Also stunning looks. Kitch ain't bad either...

Labour really did not call this one. How many signatures? It's racing up too. Ironically, maybe they've got the UK to actually agree on something.

Anyone else going to be watching the action at the Nurburgring today? Apparently there will be an English stream for the four-hour race. Currently watching quali in German...

Little and large. Why am I drawn to such oddballs?! Actually had someone come up to me to ask what the Perodua was yesterday.

Genuine wiper sadness in yesterday's Lincoln video. The vacuum wipers refused to perform. Manual mode!

Presenter: "how much is this identify scheme going to cost?" MP: "It won't cost end users anything." FFS. How stupid do they think we are? Also, hilariously, Starmer genuinely seems to think Labour is left wing. Oh please. Being more to the left of The Tories (slightly) does not make you left wing.

Illness has caused issues this week! youtu.be/j7ta6Mk0PbU?...

This Capri is a bit different! youtu.be/BdwnEMS65ls

Had to cancel two video shoots today while I recover. All very tedious so I did some designing instead. I R not Profeshnul. Gets the point across though.

Fun fact. I blew off a date with @misshubnut.bsky.social to buy this car, so she can't say she wasn't warned. It must be love. Crazy to think this was 6 years ago! I actually really liked the car but parts unavailability made it impossible to keep on the road. The spring pans rotted out.

Looking at MTD self-assessment stuff and slowly crying. Apparently it's a lot better for me...

At the risk of appearing on-trend, it seems I have Covid, which is why I felt so dog rough yesterday. Thankfully not as bad as the previous strain I had.

America is truly chilling at the moment. Jimmy Kimmel makes a mistake and admits so. Do you see the President apologising for the utter nonsense he spouts? No. He just tries to silence anyone who criticisises him.

Three years ago?! How? youtu.be/2yxzK9vc8Pw?...

Weather is finally better, so I'm coming down with a cold. Just marvellous.

This is relevant to the next test you'll see on the channel. Out Thursday hopefully. That's the video.

This morning. The exhaust leak repair got pretty swiftly out of hand...

Is this peak Volvo? Hard to think of anything it lacks. youtu.be/9DPHNFg2nWo

Watching Yorkshire Car Restoration stripping the @carpervert.bsky.social Rancho, wondering if it's giving @grandthriftauto.bsky.social nightmares...

Thought I'd check flights from Cardiff to Schiphol. The cheapest takes over 8 hours and goes via Dublin. What the heck?! Direct flights are over £400 for about an hour in the air. Is it fuelled by bleedin' unicorns?

Absolute love being splashed by dickheads while clearing huge chunks of tree out of the road. Slow down and have a bit more respect you knobheads. (Weather has been somewhat rough again)

Spent all of today trying to fix the Perodua. Made it worse. Marvellous.

Now live! Further EV Roadtrip adventures with added crypt. youtu.be/hmFd7PvdMMk

Tonight sees the second part of the EV Roadtrip. Beautiful views, annoying chargers and, unusually, the crypt at Ripon Cathedral. Who else is bringing you all that?

The Inster has gone. Enjoyed that car. About eleventy billion times better than the electric Fiat 500, on which they seemed to have forgotten to fit any form of suspension.

Desmond. Feels slower than a Hyundai Inster. Because he is. Missing actual torque already. Turbo time?

I'm now over 15 years into the terrifying world of self-employment. There are definitely days when I crave a solid salary, paid holiday and not having to worry about tax returns. But then there are days when I'm driving a Citroën ID around some really nice bits of Scotland.

Ordered this ages ago. It arrives the day the Inster goes back. Marvellous.

Citroën reflected scenes of French life with this 1981 brochure on its mid-sized GSA. The range-topping Pallas hatchback is shown acting as a wedding car in this spread. The GSA was a facelift of the earlier GS, with the hatchback being its stand-out feature over its predecessor.

I drive a beautiful Citroën not-a-DS! youtu.be/IFuop3YAUl4

Inster-shop... Ambitious? Yes, especially with three of us! University expenditure already alarming.

Citroën magic from Saturday. Filmed the not-a-DS, enjoyed a quick drive in the GS. Fantastic gearchange. What went wrong on the GSA?!

EV Roadtrip! Easier than last time? Hyundai Inster certainly impressed. youtu.be/gmKheUJXFKs

Cheers Shell. That's really useful. This was after the Electric Highway chargers at Chester failed to connect to the Hyundai AGAIN.

In Ripon for a meet up at 6pm! Hope the rain stops absolutely pouring down. Sharp showers!

Is the dreadful state of the roads in Edinburgh why all the triple axle double deckers sound like an axle is about to fall off entirely?

Edinburgh is not a fun place to charge. Tried FIVE different chargers before finding one that worked tonight. So much wasted time. Charge Place Scotland can utterly get in the sea. What nonsense is this message? I was standing right next to it!

Speed limit detection in the Hyundai is absolutely woeful. And people think self-driving cars are imminent. Not a Hyundai problem necessarily. Every modern I've driven has been similarly wrong. Not Goggle data as Maps often disagrees.

Saw a Tesla Roadster in the wild today. I believe that's my first time. Enjoyed the A701 across Scotland. No pic as I was driving. Quickly. Great road!

I like the @hyundaiuk.bsky.social Inster clocks. Fake clocks, but very nice ones. Charged up ahead of 370 miles tomorrow... In theory, I'll only need one charge stop.

So much urban roofing or we could cover car parks but no, we seem to put solar farms in fields. Doesn't seem ideal. Current news report in Wales suggests solar farms do real harm to nature. But hey, we're saving the planet!

Love these.

A little light reading tonight...

I love that the Renault UK Media website appears not to be compatible with mobile phones...