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I’ve been doing a bit of soul searching recently and decided that for many years now I’ve been a tad intolerant towards some of my fellow human beings. In the past I have tended to direct some of my greatest sarcasm towards the sort of individuals who loved their cars so much that they felt it necessary to join an Owner’s club. I suppose I was poking fun at the person who cleans their car at 8-00am on a Sunday morning using a toothbrush as well as every other conceivable Read More This Post ...

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Even at this relatively early stage of my life there’s loads of things I wish I could’ve done a bit differently or encountered a bit sooner. A prime example would be the family holidays I used to go on. I was quite fortunate in that the three of us have seen most of Europe and lots of America. I remember all sorts, from jumping into a Volkswagen Polo hire car in Ibiza, long before I was aware of what those who aren’t on a family holiday do in Read More This Post ...

Corvette Z06 Car ReviewAsk any first timer about their first trip to America and it’s always the excess that sticks in the mind. The food platters that you pick at and leave the remaining half, the enormous vehicles, the eight-lane freeways and the overblown patriotism. Everything is supersized, instantaneously gratifying and crashingly free of subtlety. The Corvette Z06 is possibly the most American car that’s ever been built. Extravagantly powerful and unashamedly gaudy, it’s Read More This Post ...

When you’re used to riding bigger motorcycles or scooters, hopping onto a 50 comes as something of a shock. From when cars race off in front of you from the lights, to having a B-double sitting just off your rear wheel in a 60km/h zone, riding a moped, if anything, makes you a whole lot more aware of your surroundings. Okay, lack of speed, acceleration and road presence is the bad side, but there’s a whole lot to the good side of mopeds too, and the fact the latter outweighs the Read More This Post ...