It’s always a pleasure to return to temperate Britain after a long, hot summer on the Continent. But after the fast 80mph autostrada in Italy and the excellent French péage network, reality hits home as soon as you drive off the Eurotunnel. The potholed M20 motorway remains partially closed due to Operation Brock, where lanes are barricaded to stack freight vehicles, with its tedious 50mph speed restriction still in place. And, boy, are British roads rammed with traffic.
Presciently, in this issue of the BMW 320i Touring ‘at my age, this is the best car in the world’. I am the same age as Clarkson, and I agree with his assertion. My ten-year-old 320i xDrive Sport Touring is certainly the best motor vehicle I have ever owned – even if it is the most boring. Boring is just fine, thank you, when your ‘exciting’ car is 68 years young.
