How to get a sports car out of the mud
An unexpected encounter with some soggy earth during a recent road trip was a reminder to always be prepared, but also, to make the best of what you’ve got…
A simple guide to in-car etiquette – Part Two
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about good in-car etiquette for passengers – not messing with the controls, taking your rubbish with you when you go, and so forth.
‘You just got passed by a girl’… no, I didn’t…
Having kids has changed a lot of things for me, not the least is my stress level and patience for those who clearly don’t have children, like the lady who overtook me this morning…
Driver training, noughts and crosses, and chess
How do you improve a skill that’s impossible to perfect, or why driver training is more like chess than noughts and crosses.
Performance cars are pointless… in this country?
…That’s a statement that would have been sacrilegious to my younger self, but the world and I have changed, so, is there really any point to performance cars?
Car makers can be their own worst enemy
You won’t give a car maker your business if you don’t trust it. The first job of a car is to start in the morning and get you there reliably. All the systems must just work.
Honda Civic Type R sets lap record around the Nurburging… and I don’t much care
The all-new Honda Civic Type R has become the fastest front-wheel drive car around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and I almost wish it wasn’t.
Heritage listing for vintage cars
Heritage listing rules have saved many admired original houses from being neglected, modified or lost… but what about for cars?
ROUGH STUFF: Movie review
When I heard about an off-road action comedy feature film set in Australia. I had to see it…
Why I like the new Top Gear – Season 24…
Different is not necessarily bad… and I reckon the new Season 24 of Top Gear is good.
Breakdown: You don’t have to get a tow truck
Stuck in the middle of nowhere and with a car that won’t start a tow truck seems the only way out, but there’s another option.
The Geneva Motor Show 2017 – The best and worst cars of the show
The covers have been whipped off and the car company executives returned home… here are the best and worst of the 2017 Geneva Motor Show.
Exploring Australia with a Jaguar F-Pace
Sometimes a new car road test is just a day on a press launch, and other times it’s a road trip like the one we took the Jaguar F-Pace on…
Why Top Gear needs to be turned off… and Fifth Gear turned back on
Forget the back-story and the atrocious return to the screen last year, there’s a new Top Gear on TV, but I’m not so sure it should be.
Live axled or manual transmission 4X4s on sale in Australia: February 2017
You want a ‘traditional’ 4X4? Then buy now… Here’s a guide to the only live-axled, manual transmission 4x4s on sale in Australia.
