Motors & Me: Colm Hayes - 2FM DJ

Colm Hayes says he will drive his ten-year-old BMW 3 "until the doors fall off".

What are you currently driving?

A ten-year-old BMW 3 series convertible (2004).

It’s falling apart a little bit, but I like it.

Love at first sight, or just a means to get from A to B?

Well, I loved it at first, but now I’m going to drive it until the doors fall off.

What’s under the bonnet?

I’m not sure about engines at all. I’ve very rarely opened the bonnet. I should probably open it a bit more. But you know what they say: ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’.

Petrol head or Sunday driver?

Certainly not Sunday driver and also not petrol head. What lies between the two. I find driving very therapeutic, but I am the world’s worst passenger.

What was your first car?

A second-hand Toyota Carina. It was banana-yellow in colour. I got it cheap, because nobody in the world wanted to be seen driving it.

What else do/did you own?

I had a Honda Prelude, a Nissan Primera, a Mitsubishi FTO and a couple of BMWs, but not all at the same time.

Dream drive in dream location?

Driving a Corvette across Route 66. A Ferrari Dino through the bends in the south of France. A six-wheeler RV across Canada. Take your pick.

Passenger you’d most like on a long journey?

Eddie Izzard. I’m fascinated by his brain and his career. Check out his CV; it runs over 70 pages long.

Passenger you’d least like?

Pope Francis. I’m sorry Frankie, I’m just not getting it. I’m neither a fan of organised crime nor organised religion and he’d make sure you obey all the rules of the road — and I mean all of them.

What’s on your playlist?

Arctic Monkeys’ Am, The Kooks’ Listen, and Prince’s Sign ‘O’ The Times.