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 →

  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 →

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 →

What is very quick. Requires a lot of respect and drives like a Honda Jazz? A McLaren GT. I was fortunate enough to be invited to Millbrook testing ground for a gentle drive around 3 of the courses there. Coming from my daily van, approaching the GT was a bitRead More →

For many years Beetle modelling fans have had to endure the misery of the Revell Street Machine or Cabriolet Beetle kits. These kits had been around since the late 70’s and their poor mouldings showed this. There were some nice detail touches but they were very few. Or the expensiveRead More →