SteveH ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

>> And fair play, the car has *never* let me down, which is more than I
>> can say for my old Alpha.

> What's one of those, then?

I think he's complaining about his local church's brainwashing "courses"...
http://alphacourse.org/

Religion. BMW. Yep, can see the similarity.