Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Your occasional update on the legendary Twickenham Renault 5. It's still hanging on in there, gawd bless it. 2283
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If it had at-seat phone charging, the 1960s BR Mk2 coach would be pretty much the perfect rail conveyance even today. 6161
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I feel bad for everybody born too late to experience this era 2233
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026So, I'm not keen on too much AI, but I just fed a rendering of a fantasy coach I made back in 2002 into Gemini, and I kind of love what it made of it. 141
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hoped this was a Rover tuning book. Turned out to be about calorie control. 040
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Love that there's a 50 year-old Forward Control Land Rover at the heart of this behemoth 052
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I could never be a car designer these days. I'd want my interiors to have something in them. 310
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Slightly unfortunate slogan for the Astra GTE, given its theft record... 3120
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I know "because racecar", but could also be "because broken" 120
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Spotted these little guys under the back of an Ineos Grenadier and now they live in my brain 6222
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026It is unlawful to not post an Audi A2 when you see one 6917
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Does seem ironic, given the strength of Tesla's driver-assistance tech, that so many are driven by tailgating morons. 130
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Wandering down Old Broad Street, and noticed "oh, that's not there any more" 010
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I finally own a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz (.... in 1/18 scale, by Maisto). I've actually fancied one of these since I first saw them in the Florida Mall in 1993 (I was 12). The model isn't particularly high fidelity by today's standards, but it still holds up pretty well. 1171
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026It's never too hot to drive a black car with black leather and inop A/C... ... if it has a V8. 0130
Reposted by Chris HainingAntony Ingram @antonyingram.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Don't believe in heaven and all that stuff, but whenever I see a "Christian" being awful I always think how funny it'd be if they get to the pearly gates and St. Peter says "nope, God tells me you were a cunt" and boots them down to hell. 2667
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Forgive me for boasting, but this new corner of my garden is one of my very proudest achievements 1100
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Volkswagen Arteon really is / was handsome, isn't / wasn't it. 3210
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026OBVIOUSLY REQUIRE METALWORK APPROXIMATELY THUS FOR MY BANNISTERS DON'T I 170
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Long-range spot (from a moving train); Mk 1 Fiesta looks deliciously crisp. 3312
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Rehoming the name placque that my grandparents had over their front door onto our new pergola makes me feel all warm and fuzzy 0180
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I don't even care that the A/C doesn't work. That's how much I love this thing 1312
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026For me, R129 was the definitive SL. Never bettered. 191
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Stag Beetles are cool. Makes me wish I had an N-Gauge model railway to let one loose on. 130
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I'd really appreciate it if YouTube ads weren't almost exclusively for Aliexpress-sourced scam miracle products. 240
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026If I was an AI person, I, too would have a display cabinet full of crisps in my living room 58711
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Infinite mirrors give this hotel stairwell a Large Hadron Collider aesthetic 0131
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Oddly comforting to see a chain-feed dot-matrix printer in front-line use at Rome Fiumicino airport 3231
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I like to park my Rover and my BMW in the order that I love them. 0242
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Always pleases me to see a 24 year-old car on the drive of a newbuild. 4644
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Only managed this useless pic, but a 1988 Suzuki Swift randomly turned into my cul de sac today. On a rare Wednesday working from home, at a moment that I just happened to glance out of the window. Yet I will NEVER win the lottery. Prolly get struck by lightning tomorrow. 2170
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Early Busso Alfa 156 wins the music festival car park 1142
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Worst thing about an M25 commute is that you encounter the same dangerous pricks the same time every day. The black Model Y with dark tints, weaving through traffic at 90+; the white Tiguan that does similar but with extra tailgating. If you don't like the regulars at a pub, you can use another pub 240
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Yeah I know it's a "budget" Ibis. But even pissing Travelodge gives you a teabag. Pretty sure a £4 teabag paywall is a contravention of human rights 4130
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026One of these two cars is good. But I'd rather own the other. 2150
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I'll take the Bladerunner 2019 vision of AI, where it looked after dangerous shit in off-world colonies to protect humans... ...over the 2026 version where it farms engagement via social media clickbait and has impressionable folk questioning proven reality. 010
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Renault... please, please add this as a skin on your infotainment systems. 080
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I'm calling it. Coolest family wagon in the Algarve 0132
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026My turn! First full-length What Car? video. Yeah, the range is.... modest... but the Super-N is pretty neat in other regards youtu.be/yi1jLtibCPM?si…youtu.be£19k Honda Super-N First Look – RIP Renault 5?YouTube video by What Car? 1100
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Always speak to a human when buying a train ticket, or buy online. Ticket machine: press 'Cheapest Ticket' for a Super Off Peak Single on the 20:00 from London Liverpool Street to Mistley. £41. Human in ticket office: Split ticket via Chelmsford on the same train: £29.30. 151
Chris Haining @roadworkuk.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Found the showroom display plates for my E39 and it makes me happy. 0220