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Image courtesy of Motor Mode UK – vehicle wrapping specialists. Echoing the same rivalry on the pitch as we expect from them on-screen, Top Gear’s Richard Hammond took to the playing field against fellow presenter James May, to lead England against sporting rivals Germany in a thrilling game of Car Football. With the smart cars […]
I’m quite often annoyed by specs that I see for cars, or indeed cars that I see when I am out and about. If something booms past me, inevitably it’ll be going in excess of the speed limit. Now emergency aside, why? Let’s look at this from another angle. Plenty of cars that go quite […]
In a move that is likely to anger some (and no doubt please others), ministers want to clamp down on motorists who drive without insurance, effectively increasing the premium prices for everyone else. If drivers don’t currently have cover, then the DVLA will send out a reminder – with a fine of £100 to follow […]
Unfortunately, my driving experiment was drawn to an abrupt close fairly recently, through no fault of my own. In a rather unexpected turn of events, I got in my car as per usual only to find that the thing wouldn’t start. A swift call to the RAC brought the man in the orange van out […]
This year, my public transport costs have risen by 14% – frankly I find this quite shocking given the fact that the price of both petrol and diesel has gone down! Bus prices in my area have gone up by 6.3% for bus tickets, whilst metro train fares have increased by 7.7%. These might not sound like a great […]
Well, according to my last post date, I haven’t filled up the car in 13 days. When I say filled up, I mean added any fuel at all. Whilst you could say that shouldn’t be surprising given that I’ve only managed 46 miles, it’s actually quite impressive. The reason being, most of those miles have […]
(Part 1 is available here) Keen to experience those performance figures for myself I drop the fabric roof, a simple three clip job and the effect is to make the car’s silhouette even more appealing. This is the sweetest open-top roadster I have seen for years. Pulling the seatbelt over my left shoulder and fastening […]
As mentioned recently, my hernia (and subsequent repair via surgery) left me rather less fit than before. Not being up to returning to the miles of road running, I bought a bicycle. Yes, I know, push bikes on the road and all that. However, I couldn’t resist. It does have wheels after all – albeit […]
Well, following my previous post, the economical driving style I have recently adopted continues to move apace. In 2008, I got a new mountain bike to help my fitness (it is a bit easier on the body after surgery than running is!) and I’ve started to use this more for short journeys, such as seeing […]
It’s not just New Years’ when you can set yourself resolutions – you know – those little (or indeed big) challenges that you set yourself. I decided to challenge myself prior to Christmas to see if I could add around £15 worth of fuel (I think it might have been just slightly more than that […]