Last Friday I was fortunate enough to visit the London Excel motor show for free (thanks to Satveer Singh). I wanted to go and visit the Geneva motor show earlier this year but  was unable to due to my busy schedule.

My day began by catching a bus with Satveer in the morning which brought us outside London Excel. Upon entering we had the option of entering two large halls.

In the hall on the right were your “typical” cars and on the left were all the high performance cars. If you went straight down in the middle you could exit at the back where they had Land Rover doing an off road performance. I got the chance to sit in a performance and experience the Land Rover’s handling of the obstacle course. The technology inside the Jeep is amazing. When coming down a hill you do not need to touch the controls as the car automatically drives you down (literally). You do not need to worry about anything except the steering.

I saw many dream cars but the cheapest I could find was Hyundai Coupe SIII 2.0 S.E - £18,000. £18,000 is relatively little in comparison to the other cars in the show. One particular car made me giggle; it was the Nissan Micra (the new ugly one shaped as a deformed bubble). It’s not only the shape that gets to me but also the fact that I’m having my driving lessons in one of them in full view of the public!

The Lotus’s and Ferrari’s really made me happy. Nothing beats high quality products. They all had leather interior’s with many additional extras.

I bought two bags of goodies. One was the Top Gear official magazine bag (£1 - what a bargain!) and the other was the official motor show bag which had many goodies inside including a SHELL cap.

Overall the day was brilliant. It’s revived my creative thinking and brought a few new ideas to mind for aeroplanes.