Archive for 'On the Road'
Peugeot 5008: move along, please use all available seats, etc
Dan Trent writes:Was everyone running a bit late this morning? I was, as was my other half so I obliged with a lift to the station in the Peugeot 5008 we’ve got on test at the moment. On the way we passed our neighbours, obviously hurrying in the same direction. "Fancy a lift?" They […]
Posted: March 8th, 2010 under On the Road.
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For sale: a £50K Ford Cortina, most definitely raced and rallied
Dan Trent writes:What with all the focus on new cars over the last few days here’s an old one, just to make a change. And what a car it is too! An ex-Jim Clark Lotus Cortina it’s yours for a hefty £50K. And, OK, if you believe everything you read in classic car ads […]
Posted: March 4th, 2010 under On the Road.
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Infiniti FX50S: massive attack [or Part Two]
cj hubbard writes:
Infiniti’s got gumption, that’s for sure – on its customer website the FX is billed as a sportscar. I’m not sure it quite holds up to that but there is no denying the 50S is seriously impressive. It weighs 2.1-tonnes, but with Continuous Damping Control and active rear-wheel steering it hustles like a […]
Posted: February 25th, 2010 under On the Road.
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Renault Mégane 250 Renaultsport Cup: sunday driver
cj hubbard writes:
Lorks alive, that’s not a pretty sight. I have no idea how big the fuel tank is in a Renaultsport Mégane – I suppose I could check, but have you seen the time? – but that’s just depressing. Half a tank, 100 miles range left. And the display was down to 95 miles […]
Posted: February 21st, 2010 under On the Road.
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Infiniti FX50S: fearsome beastie [or Part One]
cj hubbard writes:
Citizens of Hemel Hempstead, I beseech you: put down your pitchforks – the [latest] beast, it is gone.
I feel sorry for my neighbours. Last night they had to put up with me arriving home in a Porsche Panamera amping the new Bullet For My Valentine single as loud as my […]
Posted: February 18th, 2010 under On the Road.
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Oh the glamour!
Dan Trent writes:So what was I doing with the Panamera at the Porsche Centre Silverstone? Shameless self publicity mainly. And when I told people I was off to Silverstone with a Porsche I got lots of "Ooh, you lucky blighter, what a cool job you have" comments, images of me hooning around the Porsche […]
Posted: February 16th, 2010 under On the Road.
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Mazda CX-7: who loves you, baby?
cj hubbard writes:
Peter came in yesterday, ranting and raving a little bit about how much he didn’t like the Mazda CX-7 we’ve currently got out on test loan. The ride is terrible, he said, the cabin uninspired, the sills weirdly high when you’re getting in, the gearbox odd – aside from the pretty […]
Posted: February 16th, 2010 under On the Road.
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BMW stuck in snow shocker
Dan Trent writes:See that? That’s an abandoned BMW 740d that is. The BMW 740d I drove home in last night, having decided to give the Smart a rest. The BMW 740d that didn’t make it to the end of my road without getting stuck.
Well, I had that coming after all my smugness about how […]
Posted: January 13th, 2010 under On the Road.
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BMW 740d: Ice water windscreen washers won’t go
cj hubbard writes:
The BMW 740d blotted its copy book slightly over the weekend, as the windscreen washer jets refused to work all the way from Hemel Hempstead to the Winchester services on the M3. You might be thinking that perhaps we should have stopped and done something about that, but I was kind […]
Posted: January 11th, 2010 under On the Road.
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BMW 740d: Ice water windscreen washers won’t go
cj hubbard writes:
The BMW 740d blotted its copy book slightly over the weekend, as the windscreen washer jets refused to work all the way from Hemel Hempstead to the Winchester services on the M3. You might be thinking that perhaps we should have stopped and done something about that, but I was kind […]
Posted: January 11th, 2010 under On the Road.
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