Future imperfect

It was fascinating to read ‘Why the Thrill of Driving is in safe hands’ ( evo 230). Unfortunately, everything Mr Garrett and Professor Jackson of Ricardo had to say led me to fear the exact opposite. Electrification, autonomous driving, shared ownership?

I understand the virtues of electric cars and accept that they can be made to accelerate faster than a combustion- engined one while causing less pollution and making far less noise. But if I want rocketship acceleration with no soundtrack, I’ll go to a theme park. And a great time I’ll have too, but where’s my input?

The Thrill of Driving is in the stimulation of all your senses (well, maybe not taste), not just a one- dimensional pursuit of speed. It’s also about the hard work and sacrifice you make to realise your ambition to acquire something special, then the pride and joy of ownership when you get there.

As for autonomous driving, don’t even get me started. The Thrill of Being Driven? That theme park analogy seems even more apt. Paul Cox