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Carlton Boyce

@motoringjourno.bsky.social

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Motoring journalist and copywriter since 2010. Prison governor before that.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · May 23

I've written over 2.5m words for a client on classic cars since 2011. Dial in newspaper/mag stuff for others, and I must've written 3m on cars.

Plus 3 novels, 1 book, T/S mag, a ghostwritten column, and content creation for McLaren - and I still feel like a slacker.

Imposter syndrome is a thing.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 10h

Obviously, I'd pay all the costs upfront.

Email is my real name (all one word) at G mail.

Thanks

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 10h

A bit of a long shot.

Need to buy a workshop manual but they're only available from the USA.

One seller has them for £26 but won't post to the UK. Another will, but charges £200+ for the same book.

I follow a few folk who live in America; would anyone be happy to buy and post it to me please?

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 👍 I absolutely love it. Makes me smile every time I ride it. For me, and where I ride, I think it's unbeatable.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, I think I knew that.

Genuinely speechless though. Apart from throwing the C-word around, of course.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Parody, surely?

Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 1d

Tesla added a "Mad Max" self driving mode just to endanger other drivers where the car self drives and swerves through traffic at high speed. I wonder how many #motorcycle riders or small car owners this is going to kill #motosky #cars

arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...

Feds probe Tesla about its “Mad Max” mode

The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.

arstechnica.com

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

A pub in Llangollen had a great selection, so I spent a lot of time in there.

Worth it though because the landlady, who I used to bump into walking her dog when I was out running, paid me the best compliment I've ever had, telling my mate:

"He runs, he drinks, he smokes. He's proper hard."

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Bloody love a porter.

Have one for me tomorrow too 👍

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Always hated these lines from Highway Patrolman though:

'A man turns his back on his family
Well, he just ain't no good"

Lots of very good reasons to turn your back on some families, IMHO.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

"I wanted black bedtime stories. I thought of the records of John Lee Hooker and Robert Johnson, music that sounded so good with the lights out."

Well, you bloody nailed that Bruce.

If you've got £40 to spare and are Bruce-curious, you could do a lot worse.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Used Cars:

"Now my ma she fingers her wedding band

"And watches the salesman stare at my old man's hands"

Sheer fucking perfection.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Now listening to the 2025 Count Basie Theatre live recording.

It's very good. Very, very good.

But even all those years of experience can't eclipse the original.

Imagine that; producing something that you can't improve, even after more than four decades.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Yes please - email sent 👍

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mrjalco @mrjalco.bsky.social · 1d

Prints are in production. If you’re interested in one of these, get your name down this weekend.

It’s a strict run of 25 individually signed prints and I’ve already had a few orders. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

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Barnaby Edwards @barnabyedwards.bsky.social · 1d

Philip Pullman is bang on the money: AI-scraping is theft.

youtube.com/shorts/2XRvF...

AI stealing work is immoral and should be illegal, says author Sir Philip Pullman. #BBCNews

YouTube video by BBC News

youtube.com

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

If you aren't familiar, he recorded it at home on a four-track cassette player and then mixed it himself onto a water-damaged Panasonic cassette player that ran at the wrong speed.

He carried the tape in his jeans pocket for a while as a demo before realising he'd nailed it.

That tape is Nebraska.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Now listening to the remix and wishing I still smoked.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to @mikeshaw.bsky.social for reminding me of this.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Electric #Nebraska, the version #Springsteen rejected, is amazing.

But the original, which I first listened to forty years ago, is even better.

It's not an exaggeration to say Bruce has been the one constant in my life. We've been through some shit together, that's for sure.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

That's sad news about Roxy. Losing a dog is the worst.

But, being a GSD/Husky cross, I bet they've been 16 AWESOME years.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Only one way to find out 😉

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

That'll be one of these Brexit benefits I keep hearing about.

Perhaps if you believe in them a bit harder they'll offer to ship it to you? 😂

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 2d

The world's FUBAR'd, isn't it?

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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t let poor Andrew talk on his own, give it a listen!

The Motoring Podcast @motoringpodcast.com · 2d

Toyota GB gets a new president and managing director in Luigi Ksawery Lucá, as Scott Thompson is returning to Australia.

Learn about that and a lot more on the show.

To 👂 via streaming click 👉 www.motoringpodcast.com/episodes/202...
To 👂 via other services click 👉 mpnewsshow.captivate.fm/listen

Set him off - 21 October 2025 - Motoring Podcast

We start with Follow Up as a UK dieselgate trial begins. Additional Follow Up is JLR restarting the last production elements following the cyber attack. Porsche finds a new boss. Toyota GB finds a new...

www.motoringpodcast.com

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 2d

What's the business model when you charge £10 for a filter on eBay, advertise free shipping, and then contact the buyer afterwards to say postage will actually be £17?

Given up now and bought it from Bezos. Man's despicable but...

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 2d

Fascinating tour of #Tomintoul Distillery with the friendliest folk you could wish to meet.

Known as The Gentle Dram, this barrel of its 50-year-old malt will retail for £1,000,000 when it's bottled.

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