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Ask The Intercooler

3 years ago

Writer:

Andrew Frankel | Ti co-founder

Date:

25 January 2023

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Eight and Twelve Overture: Aston Martin Vantage GT8 v GT12

Very special and incredibly rare, these two Astons marked the end of an era for the company. But which is best? Andrew Frankel leaves the earplugs behind

Champ or chump?

Interlagos, November 25th, 2012. As the pack exits turn four, our man is facing the wrong way. Three corners ago he was champion elect: now nothing less than a Herculean...

We wanted to let you know we’re going to start trialling a new feature today. The good news is that it’s completely free and all it requires is for you to log onto Twitter and follow our account (@_theintercooler), so you’ll forever after be in on the game.

Called ‘Ask The Intercooler’, it is exactly as described. At 7pm this evening (Wednesday) we will send out a tweet inviting you to ask us anything you like, so long as it has at least something to do with cars. And, for an hour, one or more of us – today I’ll be in the hot seat – will do their very best to answer as many as possible. If lots of you get involved and if my head doesn’t explode with the effort, we’ll do it again in a fortnight and so on for as long as there’s a decent demand. If not we’ll pretend it never happened.

You can ask sensible questions, silly questions, questions about cars, car culture, car people, car racing, old cars, new cars, future cars, The Intercooler, motoring journalism in general, motoring journalists in particular and anything else you can think of. Make sure to tag @_theintercooler and use the hashtag #asktheintercooler

Look forward to hearing from you later.

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When worlds collide

When engineers want one thing, marketeers another, rubbish usually results. James Mills takes you through some of the more egregious outcomes

I Witnessed: Luca’s last laugh

When Luca di Montezemolo left Ferrari he stuck to the corporate line, but he still left Andrew Frankel in no doubt as to the real reason for his departure

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Aston Martin Vanquish shootout – Part two

Having set the scene in part one, Andrew Frankel hits one of the best mountain roads in the land to find out how Vanquishes old and new compare

Stirling’s missile

Flat out around Goodwood in Ferrari’s greatest GT racing car and the one in which Moss took his final TT victory. Andrew Frankel saddles up

Who would buy a Rimac? 

The Rimac Nevera is a €2m hypercar with a 120kWh battery and four electric motors producing 1900bhp. It is a road-legal car that’ll cover the standing quarter mile...

How to drive an F1 car

Driving a Formula 1 car is a special thing very few people have the opportunity to do in their lifetime. These machines are the pinnacle of automotive engineering, built...

Are great engineers fast drivers?

F1 engineers don’t need to be great drivers – they have drivers for that. But what about chassis engineers? David Twohig has the answer

The real Pedro Rodriguez

Sometimes fate turns on the thinnest of threads. In this case an engine that was not even on a car, but a dynamometer. Its intended recipient was a BRM P167 sports car...