Zak Mattin

I remember the story about Quentin and the Cavalier and how it had been clocked by a former private owner. QW is about the only journalist of this nature that I have had any respect for to be honest.

LOL; 17/11/18 !!

Have any of you read yesterdays Daily Telegraph Open Road section and specifically the Honest John section?? I am INCENSED by the mans comments regarding car dealers. Here's why: A reader wrote in with the following to his column: "I recently had the misfortune to purchase a 14 month old Mercedes from a main dealer.Three of the tyres were totally illegal and the dealer dragged its feet doing anything about it. Fortunately I involved Mercedes Customer Assistance Centre and the cost of the tyres was swiftly refunded. Why would a reputable franchise behave like a 1950's bombsite outfit?". Ok, while I sypmpathise with the customer if indeed a dealer has let a car go out with 'illegal' tyres, I am appalled by the response of HJ: "Because they are car dealers and want to get rich. The entire motor industry is infected with this attitude. All they think of is the bottom line". Seriously, just what on earth is the Daily Telegraph doing using this guy to be their motoring agony aunt? Can you all imagine if for instance Sarah Beeny or Kirsty Allsop made a remark along the lines of 'all UK builders are cowboys' in the property section of a respected national newspaper?? I get the impression 'the dealer you can trust' has not actually done that much car dealing, maybe a little bit of dabbling before finding his way into journalism? We need to make a fuss about this.