Rising Costs of Life……
Smoke and mirrors and no saving at all from the Tories.Read More →
Smoke and mirrors and no saving at all from the Tories.Read More →
Now as anyone who has read my reviews printed in The Gay UK will know, I have a soft spot for Fiat and I look at their products favourably because I like an underdog. I like someone who has tried even if their effort just isn’t the best butRead More →
I got drunk the other night. I was boogling to Aswad. It was research. Research into using a new breathalyser from Alcosense. The Alcosense Pro. I wouldn’t call myself a hard drinker anymore. There were times in my student days that I could put a few units of vodka awayRead More →
Oh, that Jim Douglas. I have trouble remembering names and faces but I never forget a car! quoted Carol Bennet of Thorndyke Ltd, Importer of European motors. Yes, I am talking about that Jim Douglas. A man who was a bit shit on the track. We pick up on theRead More →
And trust you could because over the few years we had Jalopy on the shelves, you were guaranteed of true owner reviews often with hilarious anecdotes or frustrations in their motoring misery. Apart from writing columns for the Citroën Car Club and Club Peugeot UK, I once wrote 2 piecesRead More →
Welcome to Knight Rider. Here is something I’ve been pondering for a number of years. Knight Rider, the ultimate TV show about a talking car and one man making a difference with the backing of the Knight Industries and its legal team, FLAG (Foundation for Law and Government). As aRead More →
Someone l follow on Twitter recently mentioned about looking at the car pictures in the Haynes manual and it got me thinking. A lot of my misspent youth was spent wasting hours and hours of it reading through the Haynes manual when l should have been studying or doing homework.Read More →
Something popped up on Twitter recently. An advert for a 1980’s Peugeot 305 GTX diesel estate. About 18 years ago I’d promised myself one of those. It won’t happen now though. I don’t need another diesel on the fleet and l certainly don’t need another old car with the ever-increasingRead More →
Any car lover hates this time of year, especially those with old classics or cars known for being a tad “delicate” in winter. For me, I am talking about my Fiat X1/9. This year, the summer was cruel. My X1/9 had spent most of it in the body shop havingRead More →
Affordable Exotica A Sunbeam Rapier popped up on Twitter recently and it got me thinking about automotive exotica. Today, exotica is an over used word and set for the expensive machines from Ferrari, Lamborghini and the like. Cars that the everyday man, woman, beast, boy or girl can only dreamRead More →