Anyone living in a country where students undergo national testing in order to evaluate a school’s effectiveness knows one thing – teachers will eventually, inevitably, teach the test. If you have a pressing need to pass something, you don’t necessarily learn everything about a topic, you learn what you need to know to pass the(…)
It’s the first Sunday of the month and that means Classics By The Beach. It started as a cold day, but that didn’t stop some hardy classic car owners from gathering under blue skies down at Sandy Bay once again. A few of the old stagers were there, but there are always new cars to(…)
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(…)
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(…)
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(…)
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(…)
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(…)
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(…)
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(…)