"Coo, isn't it lovely?
It's like... modern and old-fashioned at the same time. But why's it got them black stripes on the side?” Sometimes an audience is engaged and wants the technical details and sometimes, well, sometimes their dog cocks its leg on a lamp post and an innocent trickle starts running under the tyre of the car you're discussing.
A sharp tug on a lead. "Oi, you! I'm so sorry about that.” But the moment has passed, the terrier departs with a certain jaunt in its step, the intrigued onlooker tally falls by one and the opportunity to discuss the air-cooled rear-engined origins of VW vans and the symmetry in the new ID.Buzz vanishes. We're outside Desk Hop in Newquay. It's one of those hot-desking pop-ups that chimes with the VW's forward-looking philosophy. Sounds like I planned it, but I actually pulled over for the slumped glitz of the amusement arcade next door. Nevertheless, maybe not where you'd expect to find the first ID.Buzz on the road anywhere in the world. Hello, Cornwall.
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