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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GihanFX" data-source="post: 4761899" data-attributes="member: 69972">[<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/w/index.php?title=Rowan_Atkinson&action=edit&section=11" target="_blank">edit</a>] CarsWith an estimated wealth of £100 million, Atkinson is able to indulge his passion for <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Automobile" target="_blank">cars</a> that began with driving his mother's <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Morris_Minor" target="_blank">Morris Minor</a> around the family farm. He has written for the British magazines Car, Octane and <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Evo_Magazine" target="_blank">Evo</a>.Atkinson also holds a UK <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Large_Goods_Vehicle" target="_blank">LGV</a> licence, gained because lorries held a fascination for him, and to ensure employment as a young actor.A lover of and participant in car racing, he appeared as racing driver <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Henry_Birkin" target="_blank">Henry Birkin</a> in the television play Full Throttle in 1995. In 1991, he starred in the self-penned <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/The_Driven_Man_(1991)_(TV)" target="_blank">The Driven Man</a>, a series of sketches featuring Atkinson driving around London trying to solve his car-fetish, and discussing it with taxi drivers, policemen, used-car salesmen and psychotherapists.<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[12]</a>Atkinson's car collection is dominated by <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Aston_Martin" target="_blank">Aston Martins</a>, including the <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB7" target="_blank">DB7 Vantage</a> used in <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Johnny_English" target="_blank">Johnny English</a>. His <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Aston_Martin_V8_Zagato" target="_blank">Aston Martin V8 Zagato</a>, featuring a novelty registration plate, was driven by his character Ron Anderson in the film <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/The_Tall_Guy" target="_blank">The Tall Guy</a>. Atkinson was cited for speeding in the car, just as <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Jeff_Goldblum" target="_blank">Jeff Goldblum</a>'s character was in the movie. He also received a driving ban as a result of the incident.<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/#cite_note-12" target="_blank">[13]</a> He also races in his V8 Zagato, from which he escaped unhurt after crashing it into a barrier at an <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Aston_Martin_Owners_Club" target="_blank">Aston Martin Owners Club</a> event in <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Croft_Circuit" target="_blank">Croft Circuit</a> in 2001. He is reported to have placed an advanced order for a <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Morgan_Motor_Company" target="_blank">Morgan</a> Aero Max, which costs £110,000.[<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a>]Atkinson has raced in other cars, including a <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Renault_5_GT_Turbo" target="_blank">Renault 5 GT Turbo</a> for two seasons for its <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Renault_Clio_Cup" target="_blank">one make series</a>. He owns one <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/McLaren_F1" target="_blank">McLaren F1</a>, which was involved in an accident with an <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Austin_Metro" target="_blank">Austin Metro</a>.<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/#cite_note-13" target="_blank">[14]</a> Other cars he owns include an <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Audi_A8" target="_blank">Audi A8</a>,<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[15]</a> and a <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Honda_Civic_Hybrid" target="_blank">Honda Civic Hybrid</a><a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/#cite_note-autogenerated1-15" target="_blank">[16]</a>.The <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" target="_blank">Conservative Party</a> politician <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Alan_Clark" target="_blank">Alan Clark</a>, himself a devotee of classic motor cars, recorded in his published <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Diaries" target="_blank">Diaries</a> this chance meeting with a man he later realised was Atkinson while driving through <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Oxfordshire" target="_blank">Oxfordshire</a> in May 1984: "Just after leaving the motorway at Thame I noticed a dark red <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/DBS_V8" target="_blank">DBS V8</a> Aston Martin on the slip road with the bonnet up, a man unhappily bending over it. I told Jane to pull in and walked back. A DV8 in trouble is always good for a gloat." Clark writes that he gave Atkinson a lift in his <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Rolls-Royce_(car)" target="_blank">Rolls Royce</a> to the nearest telephone box, but was disappointed in his bland reaction to being recognised, noting that: "he didn't sparkle, was rather disappointing and <a href="http://wiktionary.org/wiki/chétif" target="_blank">chetif</a>."<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[17]</a>He also owns a Silver <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Audi_RS4" target="_blank">Audi RS4</a> estate which was seen in the 2008 documentary Blackadder Rides Again in which Rowan and <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Blackadder" target="_blank">Blackadder</a> producer <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/John_Lloyd" target="_blank">John Lloyd</a> drive to <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Alnwick_Castle" target="_blank">Alnwick Castle</a> in Northumberland to remember filming Series 1.One car Atkinson will not own is a <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Porsche" target="_blank">Porsche</a>: "I have a problem with Porsches. They're wonderful cars, but I know I could never live with one. Somehow, the typical Porsche people — and I wish them no ill — are not, I feel, my kind of people. I don't go around saying that Porsches are a pile of <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/wiki/Dung" target="_blank">dung</a>, but I do know that psychologically I couldn't handle owning one."<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[18]</a><a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/#cite_note-autogenerated1-15" target="_blank">[16]</a></blockquote>

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