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 →
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again. Well I did just that with an Imai 1/24th scale Volkswagen Beetle model. It took 3 attempts between 1989 and 2016 or 1 every 9 years to complete. There was a model shop just off the high street inRead More →
Jeremy Clarkson recently appeared on his Youtube channel comparing the Lancia 037 Rally to the Audi Quattro. https://youtu.be/6lo4dGTrzr8 It made for some interesting viewing and if factually correct, and why wouldn’t it be, Lancia played some dirty tricks in their all out attempts to do battle with the all-weather grippingRead 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 →
There was much excitement recently with the announcement from Citroen that they were going to release the all electric Ami in the UK. Pre-order interest topped 10,000 and refundable deposits were taken. Citroën have gotten away quite lightly with the resurrecting an old name. Unlike Ford whose launch of theRead More →
It seems COVID has caused us to reevaluate our foreign travels for more home grown ones. Looking at the adverts for used camper vans right now, it’s more a sellers market than a buyers one. But is there a bed fresh alternative that won’t raid the bank but still leaveRead More →
Manufactures since the 1980’s have teased us with electric and hybrid technology. No one though had the balls to actually do it. Toyota were the first to give us a hybrid car as a stand alone product called the Prius. It looked like nothing else in the Toyota showroom. InRead More →
Volvo S90 For the sheer quantity of the steel, this is quite a cheap car but don’t let that put you off. List price for the Inscription starts at £35,555. On first acquaintance I thought “l can’t drive this. The seat is too low” So low that l couldn’t actuallyRead More →
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly presents to you the Ford Ka 1996 – 2008 If ever there was a small car that outstayed its welcome, it was the Ford Ka. OK, so I might have been a bit mean to Ford’s city hopeful because when launched, it reallyRead More →
