Owning Your Hero They say never meet your hero and yet Bonnie Tyler held out for hers. I’ve paid out for mine. But could paying out for one like a high-class rentboy with a cocaine chaser to follow be worth the financial hassle? I set myself a task to findRead More →
There is much to be said about running an old car. When I say old, I mean 20+ years. There is also something nice about owning something new and shiny. The trouble is that new and shiny objects come with a monthly amount you have to pay and sometimes,Read More →
Ever sat there and pondered the personality of your car? Something it does every so often you put down to it being it. Or not starting because it wants a rest or in a more dramatic style, needs some TLC. That TLC often means money spent but you don’tRead More →
Going So Well The X1/9 was doing so well. Having come off the ramp after a bit of winter fettling around the headlight bowls, a well-known rust trap, it was seen that the X1/9 would get a lot more use especially as the X1/9, as a car, turned 50 inRead More →
I’ve been a bit slack of late with the Fleet of Broken Dreams updates. It’s almost like nothing has gone wrong which is a total lie. It has. I’ll come to the Beetle issues and the X1/9’s faults in another post. In the meantime, the Berlingo, the best vehicleRead More →
So the Beetle was bought and the transformation work has taken a rapid turn within 4 weeks. I haven’t messed around! The weather being against me is probably the reason why it has changed so much or so quickly for my liking but changes have happened. It’s too cold toRead More →
Some time ago I wrote about my dislike of the VW Beetle. https://drivenit.co.uk/the-vw-beetle/ The classic one. Not the blobby Golf-based one with the engine in the wrong place. I wasn’t kind to the little car but I did say that one day I would get one. So I did. VeryRead More →
It’s an old heavy oil machine. Oil leaks are quite common. The driveway is littered with drops of sweating power from it. However this time the drops were more pressing because they were from the gearbox and constant. Topping up a gearbox isn’t difficult. It’s just a paint in theRead More →
