Electric goes mainstream

With Elon Musk in the papers for all the wrong reasons it looks like Tesla is going to get its stiffest competition over the coming...

Government needs to understand the facts on pollution

I have been reading with interest the developments this year in relation to car emissions, specifically, but also the continuing development of Dieselgate (VW’s emission...

Pocket Rocket

To break my six month sabbatical from the blog I wanted to talk about my new toy which arrived the day before my birthday in...

No such thing as too much power

I had a very enjoyable weekend recently with my wife and daughter down on the south coast in Salcombe and even managed to see the...

Is less more?

This isn’t a blog about the EU referendum although I am sure the title could work… No this piece is about my favourite subject, automobiles....

It is finally here!

Well nearly a year ago I wrote about the loss of the Ariel Atom, as I sold it due to the realisation that having such...

Small is definitely more

Currently being carless I am enjoying spending the weekend in a mixture of vehicles being kindly lent to me by my understanding family. One such...

Too much choice

With the Atom a distance memory my recent efforts have been involved in working out what car to replace it with. Nice problems to have...

Car technology moves apace

I have just returned from a short ski holiday, and as is usual I hired a car at Munich Airport (home to BMW) to get...

New Year, new car

Over the Christmas break I decided that it was time to chop in the Audi and get a bit more of a practical car. Having...

Credit where credit is due

If you have ever read any of my older posts you will know that I am the proud owner of an Audi and have many...

A changed perspective

So last Friday saw me making my way to rural Somerset to collect my bank destroying, rib crushing, scary, horse like (read previous post!), and...

Great product – shame about the customer service

I have eulogised at great length already about my car but one thing that needs to now be mentioned is the shoddy customer service that...

Don’t be late for work, get Quattro

As we are in the depths of another snow storm I thought it would be a good opportunity to discuss the merits of my car...

Size doesn’t matter

When I was choosing my latest car one of my main requirements was to have a big engine. I was just fed up of having...