Report 7 Like the birds and bees, evolution in the auto kingdom can be untrustworthy. Looking at weight as an index of progress, you’d think manufacturing and technology advances would make cars inexorably lighter. But as we know, safer spells kilos added. And then there’s dimensional creep. If you beheld our Musso Rhino three decades […]
First Report The Vauxhall Astra is on the precipice of some big changes. The 21-plate facelifted model that’s just arrived on the Diesel Car fleet will in future be known as one of Vauxhall’s last pre-Stellantis cars. More than that, pub quiz hosts will try and catch out car geeks with the fact it comes […]
Report Six In 1992, I bought a 1969 Triumph Vitesse which I still own. It’s a wonderfully analogue car with its smooth naturally aspirated straight-six petrol engine, its four-speed manual gearbox with overdrive, its unassisted brakes and steering, along with the keep-fit windows and manual adjustment for everything. My ancient Triumph is a world away […]
Report Seven So the Octavia hasn’t exactly been good as gold whilst with Mr Fossdyke, but as far as I’m concerned, the car comes to me with a clean sheet, and we’ll see how long that lasts. Niggles encountered aside, James was positive towards the Octavia, and who can blame him. It’s a Skoda and […]
Report Five A thousand years ago, when I was learning to drive in a Vauxhall Nova, my instructor impressed upon me the importance of keeping the engine within its power band. No need to over-rev it, but don’t let the engine labour or the revs drop, because you never know when you’ll need that burst […]
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