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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

Marriage. Completed it, mate. Ft. my Best Car, Phil ❤️

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

To everyone asking, yes, this is Jack from Car Throttle. Happened this morning. Jack minding his own business in the slow lane, lorry driver failed to look properly when changing lanes, jack-knifing Jack's GTi and pushing him 0.5 miles down the road 😯 Jack is shaken but ok.

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Wanted to buy another X5, bought an engagement ring instead 😅 #engaged

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

6 months

#NewProfilePic

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

6 months

Mad Friday 😍 @RichardHammond

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Announcement 📢 After almost 10 years with @CarThrottle , I've handed in my notice to pursue freelance presenting. CT is my first paid freelance gig, so I'll be in most vids moving forward, but you'll see me elsewhere too. Wish me luck! (Despite the date, this is not a drill)

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

8 months

VERY excited to reveal my first ever 'proper' car. And by proper, I mean reliable, modern and uncompromised. This 530d Touring is the result of needing something ULEZ compliant, and I think I've done it right. 400lb ft, +45mpg, and it has working air con & a tow bar! Fantastic!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

7 years ago today, I bought the car that arguably changed the trajectory of my career / direction of Car Throttle. £1150 well spent 👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

Not bad for a car channel run by 3 people 👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

LEVELLING UP! Just got the keys for Autoalex HQ, 1500sq ft of space for builds, a new podcast, eating pizza and shitbox hoarding 🤓 Absolute dream come true!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Say hello to my E53 BMW X5! 3.0d manual (!!) with 158k miles, detachable towbar bar, sliding boot floor, heated seats, cruise, nav and and and! Previous Cat C write off (front end damage once upon a time) but completely straight and superb to drive. The best bit? £950! 🙌 -

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

Our £600 former camper van might not look like much on the outside, but after 6 days cutting, sanding and fabricating, we now have a Podcast studio on wheels 😀

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

One more nostalgia / 944 appreciation post, and newfound respect for mum daily driving one for 4 years. No power steering, no driver aids, just single mum badassery 👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

New purchase. 1 of 1 @BMW_UK 330i Touring manual, Individual Techno Violet with moon miles. I adore it 😍

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 years

@SuzMember Bet that twat bully never expected this!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

And the Darwin award goes to...

Zero2Turbo

@Zero2Turbo

2 years

Impatient Discovery Sport driver learns a hard lesson in the UK. Who would have thought a little Toyota GR Yaris was capable of such things 😂

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Absolutely WILD first month on YouTube! 1. Got a man off the streets 2. 325k subs and counting 3. Now selling 'Shitbox Appreciation Society' T-shirts and stickers. 4. Getting Phil back on YouTube 5. Proving to myself that life is about taking calculated risks. Happy days!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

I've never celebrated Father's Day, so when my gf asked me if I could 'quickly knock up' a gin bar for her dad (who recently beat cancer), I agreed. 25 hours and £100 later, this is what I came up with. I get to reveal it to him tomorrow and I'm weirdly nervous!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 years

My new old school daily driver 🙌 - BMW E34 525i Touring (non-Vanos) - 5spd manual - LSD - Twin sunroof Can't wait to put some miles on it 😃

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

6 months

BIG NEWS! Miles the High Mileage Hero is mine again 😍 Purchased live on the Autoalex Podcast, and now tucked up in my unit. Over the moon!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to set up a car show in 12 days, let alone have 1000 people attend - incl @mikebrewer and @RichardHammond - while raising +£30k for an amazing family. Also drove Goodwood and got a (tiny) tattoo. What a time to be alive 🤙 📸 @JFong8000

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

It was only a matter of time 😍 And this being mine, its on 205k miles 🙌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

If 2020 was a car...

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Forget supercars and frivolous finance deals. This is what automotive happiness looks like to me... A leggy E46 330i Touring (218k miles and going strong) and a 4cyl Porsche nobody cares about👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 years

Phil, v2 😍

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

10 months

Shoutout to the woman with the side profile of a fish (lip filler) in the red Picasso on the M4... Lane 3 at 65mph, undertaken by multiple cars. Finally moves over to reveal she's STILL texting. The best bit? Her 3/4 year-old son in the back! Shit driver, APPALLING parent.

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

The wait is over. The car I bought for £2000, was of course this S2000! It's rusty but it runs and will be on the channel in the next couple of months 🤙

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

The benefit of having an old car is being able to syphon fuel at home. Now, my gf's car is topped up and she's able to visit her parents before her dad starts chemo. Well done the media for causing this fucking mayhem.

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

Honda VFR400 NC30 purchased in time for this year's IOMTT adventure. 18k miles, same owner for 17 years, rides like a dream! Cannot wait 🤓

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

I may have bought a Ducati 748 today. Yes, I know it's pretty 😍

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

You know you're in the shit when you own 14 cars and the most reliable one is a £3000 V12 Mercedes S600 😅

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

11 months and 52 videos ago, I launched my own YT channel. Today, that channel hit 500k subscribers 🤓 It's my fill time job, I get to travel, mess around with cars and motorbikes, and I honestly couldn't be happier. If you've got a dream, CHASE IT DOWN and make it happen!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Well, this is awkward. Today I posted about the van I bought my best friend as a wedding present. And right now (as in right fucking now) they're somewhere on the M1 in it with a seized engine 😅

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

The world has gone mad, but I'm here for it 😆 The channel I launched on Thursday has just hit 100k subs! This was legit my 'unrealistic' target for the end of 2022...🤯 So erm...thanks? I legit need a lie down.

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

Finally able to reveal what I bought my gf for her 30th 🙂 This Audi TT 225 BAM quattro needs work (wing, alternator, new turbo, cam chain, belt and ccm) but she's over the moon. I'll do the work with my buddy over a few weekends and then it should be good to go 👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

Acquisition #3452 😏

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

Quick trip to Bruges to pick up a Christmas tree. As you do. Guesses on mpg?

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

6 years

This is Christian Von @koenigsegg , maker of the world's fastest car. I said hello to him yesterday and the first thing he said to me was, and I shit you not, "how's the V6 running in your MX-5?" Turns out he watches the channel and owns a mk1 1.6 MX-5! How awesome is that?!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Oops, I may have bought another E46 Touring today 😬 330d manual. Needs work, but just smashed +300 miles without stopping.

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

Much to the dismay of Jack, I liked this 944 enough to buy it. That's right, as of today this very car is all mine and I couldn't be happier!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

Spotted this pic of mum standing next to our old 944, and thought fellow car bores would appreciate. The Porsche replaced our old '85 Granada whose auto box died a few miles from my Grandmother's place in Germany. What an upgrade 👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

A good day was had with arguably the best looking car ever made 👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

Drove the @CyanRacing P1800 yesterday. The most reckless, pure and perfect car I've experienced. 5-speed dogleg 'box, 420hp, 950kg, no traction control, no ABS and unservoed brakes. Madness, but it works. Just please, put it on 16s 🙌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Excited / shit scared to announce the launch of my new channel, AutoAlex. Video 001 will be live tomorrow around 5pm, but for now, here's a link to my channel and a first look at my new logo 🤯

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

I just used my broken E46 M3 to jump start my broken S600 V12. I need to make better life choices 😅

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 months

I may (or may not) have bought my dream car...a Porsche 993 😅 Can people please advise good Insurance companies for such a (hypothetical) purchase 😉

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Well, that lasted long 😅

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Another day, another 100k 🤯 For someone who thought they REALLY knew YouTube, I really don't know YouTube, because this is not how I expected to start the week. Better start making those videos now 😅

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Technoviolet never gets old 👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

With Barney now insured, some proper pics and details. Individual 330i Sport Touring in Techno Voilet. Manual 'box and apparently 1 of 1 ever made in this spec. Super high miles (217k) but the M54B30 sounds smoother than any other 3.0 I've heard. Life's good 👌 @BMW_UK @BMW

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 years

A few nice shots of V6 Phil, ft. stunning new Soul Red respray 👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

For all the doubters about my "April Fools" news yesterday, I can confirm today that after almost 10 years with @CarThrottle (the best 10 years!), I'm now fully freelance, and am happy to say that CT is my first official paid gig. From an audience perspective, very little changes

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

6 years

Phil's new engine, ladies and gents 😍

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

450k subs in 8 months = mind blown 🤯 Roll on 2023 for big trips, a series on a cheap V12 and maybe even a brand new podcast! Until then, thanks for the amazing support, and have a great New Year!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 years

I've ridden to work from Ealing to Farringdon, 10 days on the trot. So far, I've saved: - £72 in tube fares (including £7 fuel) - 17 hours commuting times - Being at the mercy of signal failures Riding, can't recommend it enough @HondaUKBikes 👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

Bought an Audi A2 yesterday. Guessing it'll be the cheapest in Europe, is also ropey AF, but still achieves great MPG. It's my mission to make these cool - long overdue!

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@autoalex

2 years

5 months and 21 vids later, the Autoalex channel has just ticked over 400k subs. Hoped for 50-100k by year end, so to say I'm over the moon is an understatement. Lesson here is to always back yourself and surround yourself with good people. Happy days!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

Merry Christmas, one and all! 🎄🎁🥳

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Say hello to my new daily driver tow car! 250k miles, front suspension needs bringing back on air, but otherwise clean and tidy! I won't tell you how much I paid for it because I didn't pay anything 😆

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

I'm in love 😍

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

My E34 voluntarily shat out its cat. I'm impressed!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

The new, ULEZ compliant tow rig! Cayenne 4.5 S MANUAL (currently with a broken clutch 😅) What we thinking? @PorscheGB

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

This is what torque looks like in the wrong hands:

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@Pirateofchance

3 years

I dislike Tesla’s more each day.

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

My mate just called: "my front left wheel is making weird noises when I turn right". Wheel bearing? NOPE, the garage that changed all 4 tyres 1 week ago FAILED to torque that very wheel. His BMW was minutes away from becoming a Morgan. Surely repercussions are in order?

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

My girlfriend made a coffee cake for Easter, iced it and drew a picture of Phil on top using chocolate sauce. How awesome is that? 😍

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

Oh shit...anotheR one 🤣

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 years

Met Tom Matano today. He's responsible for designing the MX-5 30+ years ago. I pretty much owe my YouTube career to this man!

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Mental that I've just hit 50k subscribers on the new channel 🙌 The support, well wishes and offers of cars for me to play with has been awesome, so to anyone who that includes, big love! Thanks 😘

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

Picked up a free bench from a neighbour and spent all of yesterday restoring it, complete with Polestar Blue 🙂

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 years

My new longtermer for 4 months has an identity crisis 😅

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 years

Wanted to share something good with you guys 🙂

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@autoalex

4 years

Proof that humans can be awesome and really dumb at EXACTLY the same time...

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@d_rafi1

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The scene from Westminster bridge #ClapForCarers

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 years

A few more pics of Phil's epic transformation 🔥

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

Some people are cu*ts. - empty beer bottles - disposable BBQs - paper plates strewn - fly tipping The true calling signs of society's biggest bellends.

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

8 months

10-hour round trip mission to Wales yesterday to pick up a dream bike! BMW S1000RR, gen2. 193hp and heated grips as standard 👌 Will be riding it to Bruges this Friday! @BMWMotorradUK what you think?

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@autoalex

2 years

Dogs and ducklings in wicked wagons 🙂 @BMW_UK @BMW

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

7 years

My girlfriend just asked me what the "sunglasses" button does 😂 #sorrynotsorry

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

Immensely proud of our latest video: - Lots of moving parts - 3 x shitboxes - Crap weather - 1 day to get it all shot - Proof that sponsored vids can be awesome. We even blew the CT budget, spending more than 3 figures 😅 Hope everyone enjoys 👍

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@autoalex

5 years

I'm lost for words, but @theRealTavarish has just given a really generous donation for me to buy a car for special needs kids to tinker with at the centre my gf works at. Rest assured, the car will be loved and will be called Tavarish! What an amazing world we live in! Thx T! 😘

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

4 years

Natural weight reduction 🙌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

1 year

What a cracking car 🤓

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

2 years

Bought some roof bars last night. Fabia vRS included 🤓

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@autoalex

3 years

Proper sub-£5k sports car 👌

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

3 years

...the outcome would have been VERY different. For the umpteenth time, SMART MOTORWAYS ARE DANGEROUS AF AND DO NOT WORK! (2/2)

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@autoalex

6 years

Bloke on the tube drinking coffee. Closes his laptop, puts the cup on the ground and goes to leave the train. I say: "you not taking your cup?" He picks it up like a good boy then gives me the middle finger as the doors are closing. Brave prick 🤣 #pickupyourshit

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

6 months

My video with @RichardHammond is now LIVE! Would love you to check it out 🙂

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@autoalex

6 years

Squad goals right here 😍

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@autoalex

1 year

The E53 X5's looks are only now starting to find favour, and then someone goes and does THIS?! smh

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@autoalex

1 year

I BOUGHT THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST MASERATI MC20 FOR £500! Na, just kidding. @MaseratiGB called me up yesterday & asked if I wanted to take theirs for the weekend (thanks, BTW 😘) £254k (as tested) 3.0 twin turbo V6 +600hp 202mph 2.9sec to 62mph No YT vid, just a dirty weekend 🤓

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@autoalex

1 year

Either I'm a hypermiling god, or my V12 S600 Mercedes is a liar! What we thinking?

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@autoalex

2 years

oh FFS...

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@autoalex

5 years

Would you take the blue pill or the orange pill?

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@autoalex

4 years

Welcome back to the 1990s 😎

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Alex Kersten

@autoalex

5 years

Just had a go at an old guy on the bus for telling 2 Polish ladies to speak English. When they tried to talk, he'd sing loudly and put 2 fingers up at them. As the ladies got off one said "thank you, nobody has ever done that for us before". And that's bloody worrying!

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@autoalex

5 years

So 90s it hurts 🙌 Picked up my E34 yesterday and already love the thing. Beautiful cruiser (M50 2.5 non Vanos), super comfortable, and sounds awesome (especially when the weld on the back box broke on the motorway and it turned itself into a straight pipe!). Love, love, love.

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@autoalex

3 years

Just had a call from @ethansmale who very narrowly avoided a nasty crash on a 'smart motorway'. He had to swerve into lane 2 without warning after a van in front slammed on anchors to avoid hitting a static car. Had Ethan not been in a new press car with good tyres... (1/2)

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@autoalex

2 years

Proof that my leaving announcement isn't an April Fools joke...

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@autoalex

2 years

You've got to be shitting me...

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@autoalex

2 years

After 2 years snoozing, Phil's V6 was (rudely) awoken in style on Silverstone track last weekend. This year's plan is to get him rebuilt with track days in mind 🔥

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@autoalex

2 years

Do I need to be talked out of owning this 4.4 V8 X5, or is my heart actually on the money here? Speaking of money, this is a 1 owner car, FSH, 130k miles and mine - if I want it - for £1000 🤓 AND, it's ULEZ compliant. And a bloody V8!

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