No sooner had the long-term Ford C-MAX arrived on my doorstep than it was tagged with a GB sticker, Swiss motorway vignette and spotted driving away again. Commandeered by fellow podcaster Alex Goy, the next time I would see ‘my’ car would be outside the Geneva Motor Show.

The video of Alex’s road trip is below where already, the car’s brilliance begins to manifest. The car I’ve specced is a 1.6 Duratorq in Titanium trim, which includes plenty of standard toys including automatic headlamps, hill-start assist, Sony DAB radio, heated front windscreen and Bluetooth. Boom.

Podisode 'mouth' Alex Goy and the Ford C-MAX

On meeting Alex in Geneva, it’s clear that a twelve-hour stint behind the wheel of any car should have been a bigger ordeal than this. During his solitude, he had amassed just two faults: first was the steering wheel being on the wrong side of the cabin for paying toll charges. Sounds lame, but Alex has a dodgy back and arching over passenger seats to grab payage tickets isn’t one of his chiropractor’s daily recommended exercises.

Secondly, Alex’s TomTom sat nav had not been updated to accommodate a couple of new motorways in France.  Now Alex isn’t the sort of person who beats on recalcitrant sat navs, but on this occasion, I am assured he wanted to put his fist through the shitty little screen. Not speccing the Ford C-MAX with integrated sat nav may yet prove to be an oversight I end up regretting.

Once the buzzing carnival of the Geneva Motor Show is out of the way, it will be my first opportunity to get some miles under my belt. Cannot wait.

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