Macintyre clearly had no interest in cars, and with a clutching at straws look on his face asks the only question he can think of...

"is it fast" I knew then he was in for some brown trouser action, but the driving up the embankment

The nastiest of bastards are the one you least expect in my experience, know of a couple of blokes who just seem to be placid blokes, but jesus christ, when they turned it was scary, had that look like a dog has, the eyes just glaze over and before you can blink it's been done