Most memorable road trip?
More than 20 years back, driving in the now banned Undie 500 from Christchurch to Dunedin in an old straight-six Valiant with a full Skyhawk camouflage paint job, including "call-signs" stencilled on the doors. We had a couple of friends in the air force ... I hope I'm not getting anyone in trouble here.
Do you enjoy driving or would you rather be a passenger?It's hard to get me out of the driver's seat since we bought the plug-in, but I'm happy to be the passenger as well ... plug-in electrics are a fantastic ride with the low centre of gravity.
How often do you clean your car?
It's probably not cleaned often enough, but the kids help me from time to time.
And what do you listen to?
The sound of silence is the most amazing thing in an electric vehicle. But when we have the radio on, it's usually playing Kiwi sounds like the Mutton Birds or Shihad.
Do you judge people by what they drive?
I think what you drive reflects what matters to you ... safety, performance, economy, for instance. I drive a plug-in hybrid because it's important to me that I can use our own home-grown renewable electricity. I'd like to see a lot more Kiwis plugging in.
What irritates you most about other drivers?
We use so much imported fossil fuel when we have a treasure of renewable energy in our own backyard. I have huge respect for our export industries and we throw a lot of that hard-earned cash back at visiting oil tankers. Let's power ourselves from home.
Would you rather drive in Auckland or take public transport?
I'm probably about 50:50 between taking the bus and driving the plug-in. Electricity costs the equivalent of 30c a litre and has no fumes, so driving the plug-in is attractive.
Auckland's congestion issues ... any solutions?
I think we'll see electric buses in addition to our electric trains, self-driving vehicles and other disruptive technologies solving commuting and congestion issues.
If you could go anywhere, with any celebrity, in any car?
A bus with no seats, a great Kiwi band playing and 20 friends - it wouldn't matter where we went.