Back in black

Has it been going on for ages and I’ve not noticed it, or has it been getting worse lately? I’m talking about tinting the rear passenger compartment windows. I know we aren’t allowed to have heavy tints on the front windows or windscreen, but the darker the tint on the rear windows, the worse the overall aesthetic of the car becomes.

Do you want your G80 M3 in Lizard Green to look like an £80k builder’s van, Sir? Your RS6 to be specced like a hearse? No? Well bad luck, because there’s no option not to have it.

Maybe I’ll just have to drive with all four windows down. At least it’ll look even that way.

Paul D Brown