Austin Maxi

What's wrong with you? I'm John Grindrod, author of Tales of the Suburbs, LGBTQ plus lives behind net curtains.

I was chatting to novelist Will Wiles when he lured me into the boot of his Austin Maxi with a Greg sausage roll before driving away like a lunatic.

So, Will, where the bloody hell are we?

We're in picturesque Mile End, East London.

Tim, may I ask, how old are you? I'm 44.

So your memories will be different to mine because I was born the year of the Pentangles light flight, the Austin Maxi, and Abbey Road, work it out.

So therefore, my memories were slightly different.

Yes, and I was

...

while talking, [laughs] while talking animatedly at my wife about the," [laughs] at my wife, "about the possibility of it having the gearbox out of an Austin Maxi and marveling at how not rotten it was.

Not only did she not care, but she seemed weirdly more concerned about being in a traffic accident than looking at a Lotus.

Strange.