Clarkson on the new VW Phaeton 5.0 Diesel

[QUOTE]You expect the softest of purrs. But what you get is the sound of a Third World building site. What

 

Nick Graves'll be on in a minute for a definitive answer! I think he's a BIG LJKS fan...

 

Clarkson, while I find him amusing, is no Setright.

Setright was an engineer, Clarkson is a self-confessed buffon when it comes to making cars do what they do (at least he admits to it, many don't and then come out with such howlers as wold make old LJK spin in his grave).

Different products of different eras, both have merit however.

 

I thought you said "boffin" for a second, then realised you meant "buffoon"

 

No, I meant Buffon, it's foreign for, something. About cars, probably.












I'm such a buffon

 

Gianluigi Buffon, the Italian national 'keeper?!

 

No, his younger brother, Mario - he was a famous Italian motoring journalist who didn't know anything about car mechanics.

 

It's your hair style isn't it, Mark?

 

or car electrics, presumably?

Clarkson's column is the only reason I read the Driving section of the Sunday Times (or whatever its called these days - "In gear"? ).

 

My LJKS comparison was more to do with a mutual dislike of diesels, most definitely not their writing styles.