Following on from Sniff Petrol’s review of the Dacia Sandero a few days ago, I locked on to Richard Hammond’s reviews of both the Sandero and the Dacia Duster. The guy behind Sniff Petrol, Richard Porter, is a writer for Top Gear and I’m pleased to say that the charms of the Dacia duo rubbed off on his front-of-camera colleague, […]
This is not something I plan to cover at length or on an ongoing basis. This is not something I want people to get into a big fight over in comments, hence comments are off. It’s just something I noticed after a few discussions with a friend. I wanted to make a record of Alex Jones’ dealing with the Sunil
Your homework for this weekend starts with you reading the two articles linked below. Article one: A week with the Dacia Sandero (Sniff Petrol). Article two: The 6 dullest cars in America (Yahoo Autos). Done that? Good. Now compare and contrast to figure out why one of these articles is great and why one of them is complete bollocks. Your
The Good I don’t think anything of particular importance has crossed my automotive radar in the last 7 days. Amazing. I reckon this is pretty good, though. It might just be my next car. The current internal battle is between this exact car and a new-ish RenaultSport Megane. This 968 looks to be in pristine condition, has good mileage and
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It’s great to be back after a few days working up country. Here are a few interesting car things from the last few days. —— There are 29 Saabs for sale on Ebay – all in one lot. The cars are dated from 1955 to 1993. The seller is a collector in Portugal who’s not only selling his Saabs, but
I love Targa Tasmania. I love the celebration of driving and cars and petrol and all that caveman stuff. This year’s fleet was on show in Launceston last night and as I’m currently working in the north of the state, I thought it wise to pop in and have a look. This year is unofficially dubbed (by me) as the
I love my old boss. I’m so very pleased to see him looking happy and healthy after a hellish few years giving his life (and unfortunately failing) to resurrect Saab Automobile. Spyker Cars took a new concept car to the Geneva Motor Show last month, the Spyker B6 Venator. I think it looks 100% A-grade HOT. Spyker say they’ll build
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I love Alfa Romeo. I’ve had four of them over the years. A Sprint, two 16V Alfa 33’s and my current GTV6. I hope to own more Alfa’s in the future, too. The 4C is now on my in-the-future list. I’m invested in this company. So it’s with some degree of trepidation that I approach a persisting story, one with
It’s the first Sunday of the month so it’s time for Classics By The Beach in Sandy Bay, just south of Hobart. There was an emphasis on British classics this week with a number of them gathered on the central lawn. I’ve photographed a few of those and a general cross section of other vehicles from this month. It was
The BIG question surrounding the fledgling electric car business is whether its big enough to support all the people who want to get into it. For those wondering about the answer, it’s “NO”, just as it was with the internal combustion car business. The only remaining intrigue is about who’ll have a chair when the music stops. Tesla For the
Petrolicious is my new favourite website. It covers what I’d call modern vintage cars and it does it beautifully, with articles and beautifully shot videos that showcase why people love cars as well as the cars that they love. I love older cars. They’re so much more interesting than 95% of the new stuff because they were made at a
