Are UK Motorists Being Spied On?
Tweet Here in the UK we take the privacy of our personal data very seriously, which is more than can be said for some private companies or government agencies who either dispense it, for a fee, to people or organisations who say they need it, or, they lose it in parks and public areas. Now, [...]
Part Exchange – Is it a Good Idea?
Tweet Down at your local car dealer the experience of buying a good used car is much improved from days of yore. Then, seduced by the shiny, twinkling vehicles on display you would happily rock up in your aged motor, pimped and readied for a cracking part exchange deal. In a matter of minutes, by [...]
Buying City Cars
Tweet I’ve just bought a so-called city car. As a person who really loves his cars and driving, this is a bit of a departure to say the least but, if I‘m honest, I‘m never satisfied with the car I‘m running at any one time, believing the grass is always greener with the next model. [...]
Indecent Acts
Tweet In recent decades, politics has become just a game played by consenting adults who have never had a proper job. That’s the general view of the public, or so it seems, and it’s a view that is hard to argue with. We all assume that our chosen candidate has put him or herself up [...]
World Rally Sport 2012
Tweet Car rallying is one of the most enduring forms of motor sport and one of the most accessible as events are run internationally and nationally, right the way down to club level. Yet the sport for some bizarre reason does not seem to attract the interest in the UK that it should, given our [...]
Preparation, Preparation, Preparation.
Tweet Over the last couple of years we’ve had a taste of what winter can really do when it decides to turn nasty and, this being Britain, we were, inevitably, not really prepared for it. Fortunately, the dreadful conditions and freezing temperatures were a bit of a wake-up call and rather than just pulling the [...]
Best Used Car Buys
Tweet In these difficult financial times it’s sometimes hard to get an accurate picture of how the new and used car market is doing. Different areas and different markets report different things, well, differently – if you see what I mean. Sellers of new cars will, of course, be talking up the benefits of buying [...]
Small But Spacious
Tweet Apparently, at Volkswagen Communications, staff managed to cram 15 women and one man into the new Volkswagen UP! Quite why they would want to do that – although I expect the chap may have enjoyed it – is not clear. I mean, can you imagine the noise? However, it does show that manufacturers are [...]
Defender of The Faith
Tweet In 1947 one Maurice Wilks came up with the idea of a Land Rover and, in a nutshell, the Series 1 Landy was born. Swiftly, this robust workhorse became the favourite of farmers, equestrians and soldiers alike and it roamed for years across the billowing fields and sheltered valleys of the countryside. Over the [...]
Motability Cars On Spotlight
Tweet Recently, the press and the internet have been abuzz with reports about abuse of the Motability Scheme. In the wake of all the criticism a number of changes have been announced. It seems that cars supplied to give a bit of freedom to disabled people are being used at other times by family members [...]
