This is going to be slightly different from my usual ‘Let’s Go For A Drive’ features as it’s actually going to be a description of (wait for it)…a drive in a car. No long paragraphs about whether or not the … Continue reading
If, like me, you find cars just as interesting as artefacts of their time than as things to drive around in in 2013, then the subject of this week’s road test is a doozy. For everyone else, may I suggest … Continue reading
Well, well, what’s this? A road test of a Golf? And a sporty Golf, what’s more! I apologise to anyone who was holding out for a test of a brown Chrysler Sunbeam 928, but I assure you that normal service … Continue reading
As should be clear by now, the main tenet of this blog is that the worst thing a car can be is boring, and that cars that are generally considered very bad can, in fact, be very interesting and worth … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, and I’m afraid I’m really covering a lot of ground already well traversed. My first road test on this blog was of the MGF and my verdict was, unsurprisingly, positive. … Continue reading
As detailed in last weekend’s Trip Report I am now the owner of a very low-mileage 1987 Metro 5-door. Aside from it’s numerous good qualities which should be obvious (if they’re not, they should be by the end of this … Continue reading
If any one phrase can sum up British Leyland’s products it’s “They’re OK apart from…”. BL weren’t in the habit of making truely bad cars, what they specialised in were fundamentally good (or even excellent) cars that were let down … Continue reading
This review is, I feel, going to be slightly superfluous because is there anyone who hasn’t driven a Mini of some sort at least once? However this Mini is slightly special in that it’s an early one, being built in … Continue reading
Usually the tone of my road tests are defensive, taking the tone that ‘[car’s name] may have been a sales flop and generally seen as rubbish, but it must have some redeeming features’. In this case though the subject of … Continue reading