The U.K was recently gripped with Pope fever… the holy one blessed us with his prescence and the whole country seemingly fawned and bowed to his greatness. The trip was a farce IMO and I’m not sure when the last time was that I was so frickin wound up. As he’s a head of state (The Vatican) – we (me included) paid 7 million quid for his visit; that’s well over 10 million US bux. Mostly for security, it would seem. Why would this blessed old man need security? you may ask. Well, truth be told – and when dealing with religion; ‘truth’ is often something buried so deep that you may as well quit trying to uncover it – Pope Benedict XVI is a criminal and an ex-nazi (whether it was through choice or not, not being the point: a nazi is a nazi is a nazi). He instructed the cover-up of years and years of child abuse directly and so, harboured paedophiles. He came onto national TV here in Britain and ‘apologised’ for the child abuse and the cover-up… almost like a kid who apologises once caught but who never had any intention of coming clean should word never have gotten out. It is said that stories leaked of the horrors, through Catholics lower down the ranks who could not believe the sheer scale of abuse and lack of justice.
There was even talk, from some more bold than I, of arresting him upon his arrival. If this had occured then I’d have been more proud than ever, to be British… something that’s increasingly hard to do! Down with the criminal Pope, organised religion and every single person who came out and clapped for him while he trundled through our streets in his bullet-proof ‘pope-mobile’. Spread the word.
oh so close, though!) and the Crossfire – which did make it to production. Based entirely on an old Mercedes SLK and with 90% of it’s DNA German, the Crossfire’s outer styling was basically the only thing that the Americans got to tinker with… I test drove so many cars; TT, Boxster, BMW 1 Series, and more… They were all reliable everyday ’sports’ cars but being a dime a dozen, did nothing for me; my loins did not stir. I remembered seeing the original Crossfire concept and thinking WOW, so proceeded to hunt one down here in the UK… they are rare. I eventually found one in mint condition and now, in a car that costs less than a used 05′ Honda Civic, I get people walking up to me asking ‘who makes that!?’ I’ve literally been followed by other drivers only for them to ask ‘what is it?’. In a local pub car park, it turned more heads than an Aston Martin parked a few bays away. Funny how perceptions work… Top Gear slated the car for being an old Merc dressed in loud American garments. The German press was more kind. In any case, because of the way it looks, it was pitted 
against many true blue sports cars – it was never going to fare well.