One of the benefits of owning a Land Rover is knowing that it has a pedigree for being able to climb any mountain or forge any stream. However as my own car…
Electric has a future
While in Santa Monica, California I got an opportunity to visit TESLA‘s high street showroom which was showcasing their new four door saloon the Model S. The car looks like any other…
The new garage
One of the reasons for my lack of blog posts recently has been my preoccupation with upgrading my garage over the past few weekends. What started as just putting garage doors onto…
Proof that I am not the only weirdo cleaning my car
Ever since I have been into cars I have had a desire to keep them looking super clean and shiny. I assume it comes back to my aspiration to have everything looking…
Finally it is all mine
At the beginning of the year I mentioned that I had decided to change my Audi for something a little more practical. More middle aged as one of my friends said at…
For god’s sake Audi!
Just when I thought all was well in the car front Audi has gone and put a big spanner in the works with the launch of the Audi Q3 RS at the…
Weather improving – Atom time
My weekends have now become dictated by the weather; is it a normal day (ie rainy) or an Atom day (dry without any chance of rain)? With the car being delivered near…
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 me back and forth to the ski…
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 spent most of the week driving around…
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 times sung it’s praises. When you own…
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 irrefutably handsome car. I was rather nervous…
Progress Report
So I am painfully close to taking delivery of the Atom, but it looks like I will be missing the summer and taking delivery about exactly the time I can’t do anything…
New tyres
Isn’t it great when you receive service from a company you have never used before and it exceeds your expectations? It is probably the state of our society that ‘good’ and ‘service’…
Another year, another Goodwood
I am recovering after my weekend of debauchery at Henley Regatta and Goodwood Festival of Speed. Goodwood was another superb day and even with its familiar format from last year it managed…
How to drift
I spent an enjoyable day yesterday at Silverstone with Caterham learning how to drift. For those of you without petrol coursing through your veins basically controlled skidding. The idea is to enable…