Porsche

Had to go to the Porsche dealership in Newport to collect a Porsche Macan 5 earlier in the week. It's called a Porsche, but it's a diesel MPV, so not really a Porsche, unlike these I videoed.

The thing about expensive car dealerships is you can go in looking like a tramp and you don't feel out of place - Porsche buyers themselves dress like an armpit. Time was when you'd have to wear a suit or very expensive smart casual in order to be taken for a customer, but not anymore.

The staff are made to wear trendy, skinny trousers - even if their bodies aren't designed for skinny trousers.

I don't know why, but I'm always very self-conscious when snaffling biscuits or a coffee from the coffee station in these places. It's probably because I'm trade and picking up a 2nd hand car and not a real customer spending £100k or more. I personally would never buy a car from somewhere as plush as this place I visited, as the cost of all the fluff goes on the price of the cars.

One thing I noticed about the Macan I picked up was the speedometer.

The numbers read 25, 50, 75, 100, etc. Most speedos go up in 10s, but this one goes up in 25s - could that be why Porsche drivers tend to get done for speeding? 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 are the numbers most are interested in, but only one of them appears on the Macan speedo, so they choose the next highest.

It's not just the Macan 5. This is the speedo of a Panamera Turbo S we have at work.