Word: cottenham
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...This particular car did not come into my hands as those of a motoring correspondent," wrote the Earl of Cottenham. "Indeed, in the strict sense of the term. I am not a professional motoring correspondent...
Having taken the wheel of a Phantom III, in which he was shortly to do 93 m.p.h., Lord Cottenham continued, "I shrugged myself more comfortably into position behind the wheel and cast about little searching glances under the scuttle, as one does when familiarizing oneself with the instrument layout and control locations of a new model. . . . I saw the red telltale bulb glow on the ignition switchboard. . . . The big engine had hesitated- 'hunted' we call it-for a second or two, whether because my cuff had caught the throttle lever and sharply shut it or whether, as Colonel...
Having survived the Earl of Cottenham's cuff, the Phantom III carried him "stealing quietly uphill. . . . I found myself incoherently delighted like a child. . . . Attempting to avoid nothing, in fact, choosing if anything, the worst pieces of surface, I sailed down the middle of Bishop's Avenue hating the whole performance like poison, for I loathe so to treat a car . . . potholes a foot deep are everywhere. . . . Cars with orthodox springing, even of the best kind, shake the teeth in one's head as they pass over Bishop's Avenue. . . . Ghastly thuds sounded beneath...
Finally, according to Lord Cottenham. ''with the relentless surge of a hurricane, the big car went. It neither leapt, shot, howled nor roared, as other cars are not inaccurately described as doing according to their kind. It just moved forward very fast indeed. At about 50, I changed to third. At about 70, I changed to top. . . . Thereafter, I did 93. . . . These are speedometer speeds, but the speedometer is one that satisfies Messrs. Rolls-Royce. . . . Farther on . . . I spoke a word of warning to my passengers and did a quick pull-up from 80 with both hands...
...Books by Lord Cottenham: Motoring Without Fears, Sicilian Circuit, All Out, Motoring Today and Tomorrow and Steering Wheel Papers. †Its makers were originally the Morris Garages of Abingdon-on-Thames, are now incorporated...