Tag: driving
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£250 car update: Recycled Home-Made Cupholders
Remember how I bought a car for £250? Here’s the next update! I made these cup holders by recycling some cylindrical containers (they used to have Timmy’s Pro Fibre supplement in), which I painted gold: Once they’re finished I’m going to drill holes in the plastic around the dashboard and screw them to it with small […]
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Review: Why you need to see The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime
I was left stunned after former Top Gear presenters, Clarkson Hammond and May’s new car show came out today. The first episode of their new show, called ‘The Grand Tour’ (I saw what you did with the title, Jeremy Clarkson), made its debut on Amazon Prime today. We took out a free trial of Prime […]
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The “Village” Of Blackadder, England
I spotted a point on my map* that said “Blackadder” near the Whiteadder river, so I went on another adventure in my car because I had to see this for myself. It was 2012 and I was on my way back from Edinburgh heading south. Being, of course, a huge fan of Rowan Atkinson and […]
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Review: We Buy Any Car (why I chose to sell privately despite being out of time)
This is a review of We Buy Any Car, discussing why I sold one car privately and scrapped the other car after trying to use We Buy Any Car. I am writing this on my website because We Buy Any Car has fiddled it so that you have to post an invoice number to review […]
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Why I’m Not Converting Another Citroen Xsara Picasso into a Car Camper
I really loved my Citroen Xsara Picasso as a campervan, especially because you can pretty much do anything to kit it out, and not worry about wrecking it. In December, the famously unreliable French mechanical engineering let me down when the Picasso’s gearbox and engine broke so I had to give it to the scrap […]
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The Creative Blogger Award
Wow so it’s awards season and I’ve been nominated for The Creative Blogger Award by Brandie at TheStripedCoyote. Thank you so much I am delighted! Rules Thank the person who nominated you and include a link to their blog. Share five facts about yourself. Nominate some bloggers and add their links. Notify the bloggers you […]
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How To Drive In Europe: The Basics
Ever wondered whether driving in Europe is different to driving at home? Are you planning a trip that will involve you driving in Europe? This article is an explanation of everything you need to know to drive safely in Europe (including the UK), broken down into key aspects so you can drive safely and confidently […]
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From the ashes… The Rover 75
So today, despite being barely able to stand, I had planned to go to the nearby Big City and look at cars at 2 used car lots. Then we saw a totally inappropriate vehicle that was being sold at the car place nearest my house, that was nothing like what we’d wanted, that nevertheless was […]
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Fog
Am driving to Edinburgh today to collect my father’s personal effects. Last night was Motley Crue and Alice Cooper (5 hours driving on the motorway, SO worth it). I will write it (and Bob Dylan) up when I get back. Edinburgh’s a 9-10 hour round trip in reasonable traffic. The roads are pretty foggy. I don’t […]
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Nine of the Best Dream Cars
It’s Anything Can Happen Thursday, and I want to show you my favourite cars. These are all cars that, for me, defined an era. Cars that make me go all wobbly inside and reach for my purse to check for loose change when I see them on Auto Trader. First up is the iconic Jaguar E […]
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