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Winner of last month’s crossword Paul Blake issue’s crossword must be received into the office by 11th May. Winner will be announced in next issue. The first correct crossword chosen at random will receive Meguiars Goodies. Please email all completed crosswords to office@bmwcarclubgb.co.uk or post it to BMW Car Club GB, Unit 5h, Glan Yr Afon, Aberystywth, SY23 3JQ
May 2022 Crossword All entrants for the May
Answers to April 2022 Crossword Across: 1. Granite, 9. Electrical, 10. Sale, 11. TC, 12. MK (Milton Keynes), 14. MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company), 16. Aircons, 19. TT (Tourist Trophy), 20. TE, 21. Crewe RR, 22. Erg, 23. EW (exawatt), 24. AI (Artificial Intelligence), 26. AMTC, 28. Autonomous, 32. Polaris Down: 1. Glacier, 2. REL (Reaction Engines Limited), 3. Ace, 4. NT (Northern Territories), 5. IR, 7. EC (European Commission), 8. Electrics, 9. Estate car, 12. More, 13. Knew, 15. Stratus, 17. cc (cubic centimetre), 18. SW, 25. Boo, 26. AMR, 27. MOI (Moment of Inertia), 29. TP, 30. NL, 31. OA
BMW's Westminster, Central London dealership that has a dedicated 'VIP customer team' (4,4) E.g. BMW colours Polaris, Reflex, Sterling (6) …Husband: BMW Car Club Regional Officer for Cornwall (3) Internet country code top-level domain for Mauritius (1,1) Internet country code top level domain for Sweden (1,1) Tom…: British Touring Car Championship Team BMW driver 2019-2021 and winner at Brands Hatch in June 2021 (8) …Schmidt-Kiendl: Instructor at the Munich BMW Driving Experience who specialises in Safety Training for people with physical disabilities (4) Could be National Crime Agency (1,1,1) First 3 letters describing a motor vehicle transmission that does not require the driver to manually select gears (1,1,1) Ancient Incan sun God, revered as the national patron of the Inca. Could also describe trying out the new BMW 128! (4 / 2,1,1) Landlocked country in Central Europe where Jaguar Land Rover has a manufacturing plant at Nitra producing the new Defender (8) …Racing: BMW-supported team that has won Pirelli GT4 America championships and has BMW M4 GT3 models for 2022 (1,1) Could be Aston Martin (1,1) The fictional artificial intelligence character in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1,1,1) Suspension components e.g. those developed by Earle MacPherson that perhaps first featured on the 1950 Ford Consul (6) BMW Car Club E9 Register Officer (4,4)
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yourletters UBER DRIVERS REPLACED BY GOLDFISH This is not a headline from the Sun or, in fact, any newspaper but in a post truth world, who cares. Amazingly, there is a little truth behind it. Scientists from Ben Gurion University have developed a robotic vehicle which goldfish can manoeuvre by swimming close to the side of a tank fitted to its roof. The goldfish learn that they can reach a food source by altering the course of the vehicle to bring the vehicle into its vicinity. This is serious research, not a joke, and the experiment has been peer reviewed in Behavioural Brain Research. If you have nothing better to do with your time, unlikely in this post Covid world, the experiment can be viewed on YouTube. The reality of goldfish navigating our streets picking up Uber hailers is probably a long way off. It does raise the question of how a complex skill like driving and managing a car is being slowly eroded. My theory that road safety would be vastly improved if all driving tests had to be carried out in pre 1945 cars is for another day. It is sufficient for the moment to reflect on what modern cars do for us that generations of drivers have done for themselves. My fairly middle of the road BMW takes it upon itself to switch on the seat heaters if it thinks I might be cold. It asks me politely
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if I’m tired and would like a rest. Worryingly, it no longer brings up suggested hotels, restaurants or scenic picnic areas and now displays a list of local care homes. (A mystery: Ed) If I ask it to ring my wife, it actually brings up a list of people who it thinks might be my wife. Now that cars feel free to suggest that we are bigamists, anything is possible. All of that is peripheral when compared with technology that denies us the right to wander vaguely from lane to lane as we admire the scenery at seventy miles an hour. Do we need to be dictated to by the car yanking the steering wheel away from us? Why does my car begin with a gentle reminder to fasten my seat belt and rapidly reduce itself to a state of hysteria if I ignore it? Do we need technology to switch the lights and windscreen wipers on and off depending on the weather and time of day when we are supposed to be monitoring what is happening outside ourselves? The list could go on. Goldfish, halibut and grey mullet may be the future, but may it not be time for manufacturers to abandon the race to deprive us of the simple pleasures of exercising our own skill and preferences as we drive? That would allow BMW designers time to spend making their cars beautiful again, but that is another topic for another day. (Don’t bank on it, David: Ed) David Mason www.bmwcarclubgb.uk
