Tim Keen might be the funniest person who writes for MOTOR.
His columns are regularly passed around the office before they go to print so we can all have a cackle at the bizarre ideas he’s concocted to defeat whatever automotive peril is on his mind, whether it be speed cameras, a slowing car market, or even dating.
So, here’s his contribution to our sense of humour in 2019, enjoy the following columns he’s written for us this year.
01 – Science shows that driving makes us happy
Wheeling rodents (and the potential for a tiny rodent Summernats) is proof that we are happiest behind the wheel. The funniest column published in MOTOR in recent memory.
02 – Drag racing is an art

Keen takes a walk on the wild side. And it is glorious.
03 – There should be a dating app based on your car
Looking at what someone else drives can give you an insight into their lives. So why not make a dating decision on that?
04 – The most terrible jobs in the motoring industry

It’s all not glitz and glam when it comes to the business of cars.
05 – What are phone-use-detecting cameras really for?
Tim deduces that these new phone-spotting cameras serve a more sinister – or crude – purpose.
06 – How to solve Australia’s car theft problem

Tim’s cheap solution to solving our nation’s car theft problem.
07 – Let’s find a better way to limit speeds
Hear Tim out. Speed limiters are great, just not for limiting top speeds. You know what that means…
08 – Marie Kondo should have a go at tidying the family car

It isn’t our houses that desperately need a consultant in tidying up.
09 – Driving hand signals we should have
There is more than one way to get the message across.
10 – How to increase car sales, bring back the family road trip

The curious case of Big Banana’s mini-golf course and the answer to reviving the car market.
11 – If the 21st Century is a person, it is living its finest hooning years
Spending on credit and living the moment, it seems the current century is going through familiar motions.
12 – It’s high time Nissan replaces the GT-R

Following the Godzilla movie line, Tim thinks its high time Nissan stopped rebooting the franchise and make a new iteration.
13 – Becoming the ‘Cuba’ of the car world wouldn’t be a bad thing
By the way things are going, following Cuba’s car culture might be for the best.