The classic car car business is a funny old game; residual values can be affected by the most arcane factors and are subject to the vagaries of whim and whimsey. Take the Ford Consul GT, which wasn’t a good car when it was new and hasn’t been improved by age. You can pick up a very nice example for around a grand, which is about right for a car that…

This video sums up why I hate hybrids so much. It’s not just that it’s lazy and cynical engineering designed to woo gullible and pious people. It’s more than that. It’s because it’s a symbol for all that’s wrong with the eco-mentalists who blight our world; they think that driving a hybrid and spouting half-formed theories during middle-class dinner parties they are somehow saving the world. This smug, righteous, and…