First copy of the RX-7 book has arrived in the post. With my own car on the cover, naturally. Available to order now from Crowood Press (and in all the usual online stores too).

Missed this at the end of last month. Easy to get worn-out on big-bucks restomods, but then someone puts a Saxo VTS engine in a 304 Convertible and all is well again www.manorparkclassics.com/auction/lot/...

Trying to avoid mission creep on the daily driver search but then something a bit quirky comes up like this Sirion. Shame it's an auto but not such a bother when I've already got the MX-5 to play with, and the shift buttons on the wheel are a fun touch www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12752372...

Thought I'd lost all the photos from the US road trip I took in Sep/Oct 2013 but found the folder on an old PC. Two camo cars stand out. Guessing what looks like an extended Evoque was maybe related to the Disco Sport? And the BMW is presumably the F22 undergoing some last-minute testing?

Think I'd have one of these twin-cam Celica GTs over an AE86. This one especially, with those graphics down the side www.carsensor.net/usedcar/deta...

Not that I'm oblivious to pop culture or anything but I picked this up in Primark a week or two ago and purely by chance opted to wear it today. Got to nearly 4pm before realising what day it was.

Always amazed that the car dealers whose photos are like this manage to even get dressed in the morning. Often wondered how easy it'd be to succeed in the used car business simply by not being thick.

The fake exhaust pipe of the building industry.

Always liked the E36 Compact. 318ti in Dakar Yellow looks fantastic. Only thing that puts me off is lots of previous mentions of corrosion in the MOT history suddenly disappearing. Suspect lots of convenient patchwork, rather than a full resto underneath www.ebay.co.uk/itm/29826511...

Tried a black and white edit on one of the holiday photos from last year. This is Takamatsu, viewed from Yashima Temple.

Looking at that 80-series makes me realise you could have not just a pretty good two-car garage with that and another Toyota from that era, but a pretty solid five or six-car garage entirely made up of mid-90s Toyotas, each doing something completely different.

Almera GTi's a rare old thing now. Never the most stylish hot hatch but close to the Peugeot stuff for handling www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

Want to read things by me? Three mags currently on sale with my words: CRM: Fuji Motorsports Museum C&SC: Aston DB9 evo: MSO HS

Haven't taken any more pics of my own MX-5 in a while as I've been mostly trudging up and down motorways in it, so have a snap of the one I rented in Japan. NC looks good in white, I think.

Cool thing, but you'd have to be dedicated with bidding already at £9k. Tidy but not concours, and the Silverstone came out prior to Alfa making the 155 a genuinely competitive car (in 1995) with a wider track and various bits from the GTV www.carandclassic.com/auctions/199...

Pleased that @sniffpetrol.com brought up that Metronomy album with the Insight on OTOSOT, discovered it when I had mine in the same grey colour. Other one which has always stood out is the Citroen DS on Feeder's "Yesterday Went Too Soon".

Just been watching BTCC highlights. The racing's still great but the cars really do nothing for me these days. Possibly not a great visual that you can't actually even buy the Focus, Hyundai, or Merc any more so half the cars on the grid are obsolete...

In the spirit of cars that are probably too nice for me to street park, a 28k-mile Ka with an unbelievably clean MOT history www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/...

Very into this race-prepped Fiat Uno Turbo www.ebay.co.uk/itm/33650670...

Stubby aerial for the MX-5. Rubber original was rotting away. What's the sound quality like? No idea, think I've used the radio about twice in this car...

A few more Rustival shots. Realised I've not really seen many of the new Pandas, so it was interesting to see three generations together.

What a sweet little thing. Lupo Sport with the 1.4 16v was the one below the GTI. Not many about and £2495 doesn't sound bad at all for this. Looks great, MOT history is fairly tidy too www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25746177...

Eagerly awaiting the end of Merc's "bar of soap" era.

Black is a really bad colour for a Seven as these things can hide in people's mirrors and behind A-pillars at the best of times, but this does look absolutely brilliant in this spec www.carandclassic.com/l/C2046845

If you didn't manage to pick up the issue of @evo-magazine.bsky.social with my feature on the Mazda Museum in Hiroshima, you can now read it online www.evo.co.uk/features/208...

Artemis discussion on @smithandsniff.bsky.social and pressing a button to launch the rocket makes me realise there's no means of doing that process that equals the spectacle of the rocket actually going up. Ultimately someone probably pressed a button right?

Understated the number of MX-5s I've driven. This is what I can piece together from photos/memory, and I'm probably forgetting a few here and there. Total miles probably not that high - 25k in ones I've owned (12k in the NC alone) and maybe 10k in the long-termer, plus bits in all the rest.

Silverstone today. Harsh sunlight and volume of people meant I couldn't be bothered using the "proper" camera so have some iPhone shots instead. Starting off with MX-5s, naturally.

MX-5s are probably my most-driven car too. Owned three, and on a quick count, driven somewhere between 15-20 more. Plus seven or eight R35 Nissan GT-Rs and probably a similar number of Alpine A110s.

Another great Rustival today. Big thanks to @norwichgiant.bsky.social for providing transport while the MX-5's awaiting an exhaust, and good to chat to a few others. Sorry to those I missed (again), not always good at spotting faces in a crowd...

Good of the Amazon delivery driver to confirm they'd delivered my parcel by leaving a photo of my *neighbour's* letterbox on the order page. No idea which neighbour mind, as that wasn't specified and it was just a photo of eight letterboxes for the whole apartment block.

I enjoy that the lazy-ass-moron AI-generated description for this Vectra praises its fuel economy and low insurance group in relation to "other vehicles in its class" but doesn't elaborate on whether that class includes other vehicles with six doors www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30680087...

Surprise! We’re launching a new series of bookazines - like the regular mag, but bigger (180 pages) and focusing on a particular theme. The first one is Copacetic Presents: Modified Fords. It’ll be in TG Jones from May 1st, or you can pre-order right now: copaceticmagazine.co.uk/shop/bookazi...

Went for £16.5k in the end. Unsurprisingly more than you'd pay for a nice Spridget, but same ballpark as a nice Frogeye, so doesn't seem bad given the style and rarity.

One for @ajpbradley.bsky.social, TRD-built Vitz Cup car www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11710943...

I see this website is still fucked. Which overpaid tech dipshit has been pulling random levers today?

This is kinda funky. Inside needs cleaning/finishing but I admire the sense of fun www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

Bought some Allbirds trainers last year before going to Japan. Unbelievably comfortable even walking a ridiculous amount every day. But apparently making a good product doesn't actually make money so now they're joining the Dark Side.

This is fake: fullfact.org/technology/a...

Race circuits always have such evocative corner names; Eau Rouge, Parabolica, Woodcote, Karussell, Bitch

More film stuff. Red. (Details in alt text.)

Would never buy a car from the kind of wazzock who takes photos in friggin' 1:2, but this Paseo's kinda cool www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

In the spirit of landing myself with annoying tech, I've got a new computer mouse and the buttons are way too sensitive, so simply by resting my fingers over each button, I keep accidentally right clicking and bringing up random menus. Driving me potty.

Such pretty things. Italian styling over Sprite mechanicals feels like a good combo, no?

Parts hunting for the RX-7. Driving me mental. Basically impossible to keep these things standard given the lack of OEM or OEM-equivalent parts.

Good example here of why design still matters. Whatever you think of the Juke, and even if you prefer the Lepas, one of these cars could *only* be a Juke, whereas the other could be from any one of a dozen or more brands and will be as good as unidentifiable out on the road.

Cannot help but think it isn't coincidence that after using the phrase "Marshall cabinet" in something I was writing today, I just got served a Youtube ad for Marshall.

Nothing says Y2K aesthetic like coloured translucent casing… #Nintendo #Y2K #N64 #Design #Japan #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

Assortment of film shots from the last couple of Japan trips. Info in alt text.

International Orange is a colour chosen to stand out to maximum effect. Job done, I'd say www.carsensor.net/usedcar/deta...