Drew Smith

@drewpasmith

Leadership (and life) coach helping folk unfold in to life: Co-creator at @lookingoutpodcast #SaccoEra devotee Late-stage autistic Gadigal land / Sydney 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Drew Smith@drewpasmith· 29d

Also: they really were just fucking with Jaguar at this point, weren’t they? (M2 1011 based on the Eunos Cosmo, but with a reconfigured roofline and “British leather interior”. Note the extra walnut for extra Britishness)

Rear three-quarter view of a red two-door coupe parked on grass, showing its full-width tail-light panel, integrated rear spoiler, rounded body styling, and silver alloy wheels against a backdrop of trees.

Red two-door coupe parked on a grassy lawn in front of a large white building with arched windows. Trees and misty hills form the background, giving the scene a calm, countryside setting.

Right-hand-drive concept car interior with white leather seats, wood trim across the dashboard and doors, an automatic gear selector, and a wide centre console extending between the front seats.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· 29d

And this… Christ there’s a lot of RX8 to the general proportions and massing of forms… Source: www.automobiles-japonaises.com/Mazda/M2/Maz...

Concept design sketches showing front three-quarter and rear three-quarter views of a sporty two-door coupe with a vented bonnet, large rear wing, five-spoke alloy wheels, and an aggressive aerodynamic body kit.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· 29d

Hello, is this the ICC? Yes mam, this is the ICC. How can I help you? Well, I’d like to report a crime. I’d like to report several, in fact…

Matt white wrapped Ferrari Roma with personalised “KINGME” plates and a gold-wrapped Tesla Model Y parked outside Art Skin Smash Repair and Concept Wraps in a Sydney industrial street, a third dark vehicle visible in the workshop bay behind

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· 29d

Margot got new boots yesterday. She’ll likely get a new owner today. And yes, I am feeling anticipatory regret. This thing is still a minor masterpiece.

A white 1990 Mercedes 300 TE station wagon in a workshop setting

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jul 10

(Golf Mk 3 Rallye awakens)

Three-door silver Volkswagen Mk. 3 Golf A59 "Rallye" on display at a motor show, photographed from the front-left side. The exhibit is indoors with branded Volkswagen signage and exhibition lighting surrounding the vehicle.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jul 10

This thing looks even worse when captured on a regular camera, in a regular street scene. (credit: Jason Camisa on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DZX9pW4GGV9/)

Ferrari Luce in pale baby blue with black lower body, yellow brake calipers, and five-spoke dark alloys parked on a city street, two pedestrians pausing to look at it outside a sandstone Art Deco building

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jul 10

Today’s moment of zen. #SaccoEra

A close-up of 1992 Mercedes R129 500 SL instrument cluster, featuring a central
speedometer that reads up to 260
km/h and a tachometer on the right.
To the left are gauges for fuel level,
coolant temperature, and instant fuel
economy. The odometer displays a
reading of 108,280 kilometers, and
the trip meter shows 363.4. An analog
clock is positioned on the far right

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jul 7

Is Bentley about to do a baby Bentayga? Retiring the Bentayga nameplate doesn't make sense. And adding roughly proportionate wheels to the outline they've provided certainly gives the air of a smaller SUV. But, please God, let it be something other than a Q5 or Maccan EV in drag. PLEASE!

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jul 6

Why yes, I *did* notice that the 2024 Lexus IS has the same rear blind mechanism as our 2007 Lexus GS. Who, me? Autistic? Ya don’t say :p

Rear windshield of a car with an integrated rear sunshade extended upward. The glass is speckled with rain droplets, and the rear seat headrests are visible through the mesh. The car is a 2024 Lexus IS 300.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jul 4

There are two options to clip here: from the horizontal down, or from the wheel arch up. I have no doubt they played with both, and if I had access to photoshop I’d have a play myself, because I’d be totally happy to be wrong here. At least its not this:

The author fingering the panel gap between the bumper, fender, and headlamp of a Volkswagen ID.Buzz in a sign of just how far Volkswagen has fallen. Where’s Piech when you need his megalomaniacal cuntery?

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jul 3

Rather enjoying being a passenger in the GS today.

Interior view of a right-hand drive S190 Lexus GS 450h on an Australian freeway, driver's hands on the steering wheel, built-in navigation displaying a map, eucalyptus trees lining the winding highway ahead

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jul 3

Here’s one that Zeekr chief designer Stefan Sielaf made earlier. i.e. he knows better.

Studio press shot of an Audi Quattro Spyder car in vivid orange, featuring a low, wide-bodied coupé silhouette, white seven-spoke alloy wheels, and prototype plate "IN-S 001", photographed against a dark graduated background with a dramatic red floor reflection

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jul 3

Fuck me this is irritating. To wit an excellent example of why we were taught, in car design school, to avoid if at all possible pinch points in shut lines. As seen on the otherwise really rather good Zeekr 7X.

Close-up detail of a car's bonnet and headlamp area, showing the intersection of the bonnet shut line and headlamp aperture shut line meeting at an acute angle. The metallic blue paint surface is visible with dust particles, reflections of sky and landscape in the surface above. The geometry reveals the sharp convergence point where the generous radius of the bonnet curvature meets the headlamp opening, highlighting a design tension between the body line geometry and the optical requirements of the headlamp lens.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jul 2

I’m not entirely sure this is the value meal the owner thinks it is…

**Facebook Marketplace listing from a Mercedes-Benz Australia group offering a 1989 Mercedes-Benz 300SE W126 in silver and a 1995 Nissan Pulsar in teal as a pair for AU$9,800, both photographed on a suburban Sydney lawn, seller noting 241,000km and willingness to swap for an SUV to accommodate a baby seat

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 30

My friend sells mattresses like these here in Oz, and $319k isn’t even the top. I met up with him while he was doing sales training in Stockholm (the company is Hästens, and it’s Swedish), and I lay on a bed that costs over a mil AUD. The base was trimmed in shagreen… Was pretty comfy tho.

Luxury bed product shot, the Hästens Grand Vividus, on black background, featuring a quilted storage base with brass corner hardware, sleek metal headboard, and plush white bedding piled with pillows and a duvet

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 30

This image doesn't quite capture it, but is about as close as I can find to one that demonstrates how the passengers sit slightly more *on* the car than *in* the car.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 28

Because the second image failed to load.

A close-up of a car's instrument
cluster, specifically the right-side
gauge pod. It features a fuel gauge
showing nearly full, a coolant
temperature gauge showing cold, and
a gear indicator illuminated in "p" for
Park. Several warning lights are also
illuminated, including the battery,
check engine, brake, ABS, andỗẠAFS
OFF" indicators. The text "LEXUS
HYBRID DRIVE" is partiall

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 28

Have come to the conclusion that the GS 450h is a BMW 540i without melting soft-touch paint nor a propensity to fuck you in bewildering and bewilderingly expensive ways. So it’s quite good, really. And yet… Whomever designed the gauge cluster and telltales was definitely blind. Utter chaos.

A close-up of a car's digital
instrument cluster, specifically a
power meter gauge calibrated in
kilowatts (kW), with the needle resting
at zero. The gauge features
illuminated green indicators for “SPORT”, “Hybrid PWR”, “READY” and "CRUISE," along with a blue arc at the lower end of the scale. A portion of the speedometer and an odometer reading of 22152 are visible on the
right side.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 27

I will shout this to everyone who’ll listen to the day I die that Accenture committed one. billion. dollars. to the metaverse in 2022 and I’m sure that investment has paid off nicely for them. *warms hands by the toasty glow of the chart*

Screenshot of a five-year stock price chart for Accenture on a dark-themed trading app, showing a sharp overall decline from above 400 to 128.98, with the 5Y performance displayed as -56.23% and rising trading volume near the most recent data.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 27

It makes me unreasonably unhappy that these things are making it to Australia in increasing numbers.

A silver RAM pickup truck with a black
canopy parked in a paved lot. The
truck features a heavy-duty front
bumper, a roof rack with an LED light
bar, and "AMERICAN TRUCKS
AUSTRALIA" decals along the lower
doors. It is parked between a white
sedan and a dark grey Kia K4, with a
modern building and large, leafy trees
in the background under a bright sky.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 26

1991 is the year. Mercedes 600 SEL Porsche 928 S4 Range Rover CSK

A grey Mercedes-Benz 600 SEL sedan parked on a grassy, rocky shore under a heavily overcast sky. The car is positioned parallel to the calm, grey ocean in the background. The vehicle features a classic, boxy design with a prominent front grille and a UK license plate. The foreground consists of dry, patchy grass and dirt.

A high-angle view of a narrow European street featuring an Amazon Green Porsche 928 parked parallel to the curb. Behind it, a grey Volkswagen Beetle is parked, and a bright blue scooter is propped up against a red and white construction barrier just ahead of the Alpine. The street is lined with storefronts, including a shop named "VOLUME" with large display windows and another with "Ober" written above the entrance. The buildings are classic, light-colored stone with large windows and a wooden double door.

A black, classic Range Rover CSK parked on a gravel driveway in front of a large, traditional estate. The vehicle is angled slightly toward the viewer, showcasing its boxy design, round headlights, and a UK license plate. In the background, a stone building with a prominent clock tower and weather vane rises above manicured hedges and bare trees. A vintage-style streetlamp stands on the right side of the frame, and the sky is overcast.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 19

Guess that investment in the metaverse has really paid off for Julie and the gang...

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 16

Ahem...

A close-up of a brown squirrel standing on its hind legs in the grass, with its cheeks stuffed full of food. The squirrel is holding a large, unshelled nut in its mouth, with its pink tongue slightly visible. Its front paws are clasped together near its chest, and the background is a soft, out-of-focus blur of green grass.

The rear view of a dark grey Audi A6 allroad parked on a rugged, rocky dirt road. The car features a full-width LED taillight bar, dual exhaust outlets, and a German license plate. The surrounding landscape is volcanic and barren, with dark, textured rocks on either side of the road and a scattering of bright green, sunlit pine trees in the background.

It looks uncomfortably distended, like a squirrel trying to stuff its little mouth with nuts...

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 16

Remember when the Allroad was an IYKYK kinda delight? Yeah well, memories are a wonderful thing, kiddo...

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 16

So cool! Rented an ND in Austria in '21 and razzed it all over the place and up and down alps for a week. Copped a couple of speeding tickets, too. Marvellous thing. Woeful luggage capacity. 100% would do again.

A red Mazda MX-5 convertible parked on a gravel shoulder beside a winding, two-lane mountain road. The car is angled slightly toward the viewer, displaying its sleek front grille and a German license plate. The background features a lush, dense forest of tall green trees rising up a steep hillside under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds. A metal guardrail follows the curve of the road as it disappears into the distance.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 13

Huh, I also still have the number plates for my first 600, which I brought back to Australia before the M120 grenaded. (it has since had a complete engine rebuild and someone who knows it and its current owner is going to let me know when it’s back on the market…)

White plastic storage bin containing assorted automotive parts and accessories, including packaged components, cables, and a yellow vehicle license plate marked “J949 MDX,” sitting on a garage floor.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 13

These are also an excellent reminder about why a future poor decision might indeed be a poor decision. (this is the snapped timing chain from an M120, and two blown ECUs intended to manage same)

Two Bosch electronic control units and a coiled timing chain arranged on a concrete floor, photographed from above under indoor lighting.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 13

Tidying up the garage and am pleased to see that I’m well prepared for a future poor decision.

A cardboard box on a concrete garage floor containing a yellow European-style number plate reading “600SEL” in black text, a stack of CD cases, and various miscellaneous items. Nearby: a broom, a yellow tool bag, and a red warning triangle case.

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 12

The car on show sure as shit wasn’t a production build. It had solid suspension… But *fine* :p This one definitely was *not* a concept car: (as an aside I’m generally not a mid-engine kinda-supercar kinda person, and yet the OG R8 makes me feel things…)

Drew Smith@drewpasmith· Jun 12

Here’s three concepts they prepared earlier. Teutonic/Bauhaus, but hardly static.