Today we are pushing the boundaries of Fermat's Last Theorem and the inexorability principle while asking the big questions, like: Why does time only flow in one direction? Why do spare parts for cars cost so much; and why do Ferrari, Hyundai and other makers not believe in Australian Consumer Law?
We've been promising the giant expose on the spare parts and service rorts in Australia for as long as the Ford Ranger has been the best-selling car in the antipodes (tough luck Tesla).
If you buy a new car in what passes for Australia and you have a problem that the maker or dealer can't solve, your fudged. No one from what passes for a government will help you. Only going in front of the beak (which is expensive) may get you something if you win and even then it's expensive.
Time for a motorists' party (political not a Coopers one)? No one else, including the anti-motoring organisations like the NRMA, RACV, RAC WA, RAA SA, RACQ, RAC Tas, AANT is on our side.
Moving on, let's catch up on this week's episode of RMD of M: Just as Mohammed Ahmad Sultan Ben Sulayem (FIA president) enlists a spiritual guru to help the teams feel not so bad, the 22 Rich Male Drivers repeat what MotorSport magazine said, that "Since taking office in December 2021, Ben Sulayem has described an alleged valuation of F1 as 'inflated'; criticised drivers making political statements; and made inflammatory comments about women's intelligence".
Then Danny "Honey Badger" Ricciardo says no talkies from Leaping Lance Stroll after Leaping Lance shoved his Aston Martin into the rear of Danny's ATM in China. But after Danny spoke out, Leaping Lance's Dad, Laurie, reported a humungous loss at his Aston Martin car company as SUV sales lead-ballooned by 60 per cent in the first three months of the year.
Then in exclusive reports in Business F1, editor Tom Rubython says that Red Bull boss Christian Horner is "drinking at the last chance saloon" and that "Christian has told so many lies in so small a time that his situation has become unsustainable."
Then Tom tells us that the independent lawyer, Blake Turner, who investigated Chris Horner's sexual harassment allegations, wasn't so independent. No, Turner is the London legal rep of the Yoovidhya family which owns 51 per cent of Red Bull.
Moving to Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, a big cheer for our eastern state's former supercar champion, Scotty McLaughlin, 30, who won the Alabama Indy Grand Prix in his Good Ranchers Team Penske Chevrolet from our own Will Power.
Talking of Chevys and Australians, 51-year-old Barbados cricket team owner, actor, producer, businessperson and rapper Mark Wahlberg is now calling the eastern suburbs of Sydney home. Mark not only has a very serious collection of metal, he loves cars so much he owns four Chevy dealerships in Ohio.
Via the physic internet, Marky Mark tells us to get in before close of business on May 9 to book the Airbnb at the Ferrari Museum in downtown Marenello. Hosted by ex-F1 racer Marc Gene, you get a hot lap with Marc in a Feezer 296 GTB, tickets to the 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and a free dinner at the Ristorante Cavallino.
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