Temperamental car and man-shaped wishlists
Horse, aka Amanda’s beloved 68 BHP 2002 Skoda Fabia, my commutermobile, has been faltering a bit lately. All through winter I’ve had long waits in Bas-Vegas car park, waiting for the windscreen to thaw...
View ArticleIs high octane fuel worth the extra cost?
Question came up when talking to my Dad, who uses premium petrol in his cars. For the varietals available in KL (and in the UK), almost certainly no. Most of the guidance I found in various forums...
View ArticleLooking at low emissions cars
Hybrids have a bad rep. They’re inexplicably shaped like dinosaur eggs – closer to a Jetsons view of what a modern car should look like than any actual designers, one would assume – famed for sluggish...
View ArticleOne-track, fifth-gear mind
When we bought our family car just before Emily was born, Amanda pretty much just gave in under the persistent and tedious weight of my talking about it. Every car we saw on the street was pointed...
View ArticleThe ROI on @UKVolkswagen Bluemotion
You’ll know from recent posts that I’ve been obsessing somewhat about the ‘new car’ decision. I thought I’d put the new ‘eco-efficient’ technologies to the financial test, trying to get a sense of how...
View ArticleDoes @UKVolkswagen deserve the Greenpeace Death-Star treatment?
Scot points me at this very, very polished anti-VW campaign, a car maker whose eco-credentials we’ve been evaluating for a little while whist looking for a replacement for the ageing Skoda (aka...
View ArticleIndependent vs authorized car dealer
We finally got around to buying our new (second hand) car. It took a while as the specific model we were looking for was relatively rare second hand and we were waiting for one with sensible mileage to...
View ArticleRally experience
Last year some friends clubbed together and bought me a rally experience for my birthday. As my birthday comes around again this year, it occurred to me that I’d failed to book it in, an error I’ve...
View ArticleThat Greenpeace / VW campaign (con’t)
I continue to be a bit perplexed when it comes to the anti-VW campaign Greenpeace is mounting (latest here), for a number of reasons. Greenpeace is upset because… VW advertises its eco-line,...
View ArticleSilverstone’s booking policy sucks
I’ve been very frustrated in recent weeks by Silverstone’s booking policy. You may remember I blogged my excitement about heading out on a rally day, courtesy of my friends at my last birthday. Due to...
View ArticleEyeing the car upgrade
I blame Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocolfor having me pointlessly looking at cars again. The two hour advert for BMW got me thinking about what happens when we outgrow our current tourer (which can...
View ArticleCommute-racing
I don’t know if its just me, or every red-blooded man, but on the morning commute, driving to the station… if I have an inkling that one of my neighbours is driving the same route, I like to win. Or...
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