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Have you heard of the Environmental Audit Committee? Me neither but they appear to be a group of nutty MP’s who probably drink soya milk and breed chickens. They certainly aren’t part of the real world as their report proves! They have this great idea that motorists should foot the bill for public transport. In turn this has outraged the Taxpayers’ Read more »

Virtually every car I provide is new so I’m often asked what is the ‘run in period?’ This won’t mean much to my younger readers and enthusiastic followers of my musings but this was a practice that car manufacturers insisted upon to ensure that your car lasted beyond its one year warranty and you didn’t end up driving a car with an engine that Read more »

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I know I’m getting pretty old and I don’t see things as I did when I was younger and I do yearn for some of the things that we enjoyed when we were younger but I don’t crave for 60’s music, black and white TV’s or Ford Cortina’s. When BMW brought the Mini up to date I thought it was brilliant but I could never get my head around the retro Fiat 500. It Read more »

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The Government has decided not to ban speed camera detectors as it was felt, by the DfT, that they actually improve driver behaviour. They said ‘Such a move would be inconsistent with (the DfT’s) focus on improving driver behaviour. However, the Government is to ban the use of laser and radar jammers that prevent speed cameras from working. In Read more »

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Halfords drop in sales of car parts (down 2.8%) and car accessories (down 10.6%) during the second quarter of 2011 have been blamed on increased fuel costs. Their CEO, David Wild explained the situation by suggesting ‘When you are seeing the scale of fuel price increases that we are, it is inevitable that customers will look for ways to save money.’ It Read more »

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s a car! And it’s not James Bond in the driving seat. It’s the latest car plane from the US. These ‘vehicles’ have been approved for use in the US and have now been approved for use in the UK. The cars are Terrafugia Transition and cost £155,000. They have been given clearance by the National Highway Traffic Safety Read more »

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Who is the biggest UK car manufacturer? Nope not Vauxhall or Ford, it’s Nissan! Yep, their Sunderland plant has broken all production records in the UK and produced over 400,000 cars in 2010. Considering the current economic climate that is absolutely amazing but, in my opinion, not surprising. We have seen some aggressive marketing of the Read more »

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Another good news story comes from Lotus who are to take on up to 1,200 new staff over the next 5 years even after missing out on the £27.5 million regional growth fund. Chief executive, Danny Bahar said that they could end up losing jobs when the decision was announced but due to demand they are now looking to take on between 600 – 1,200 more staff. And if the Norfolk firm continues to see its achievements grow in F1 I can see the car growing even bigger. I’m personally really pleased with the growth of one of the county’s land mark car manufacturers. But then with my name and given the special relationship between Colin Chapman, Lotus creator and Graham Hill the racing driver it’s hardly surprising. By Graham Hill

The Department for Transport is about to make us all paperless when it comes to our driving licences. In 2014 the paper part of the latest driving licences will be scrapped, which isn’t a bad thing as most people manage to lose them anyway. The old style licences will be scrapped soon after to be replaced with the photocard versions. The DVLA is Read more »

The credit system in the UK is in need of a really good shake up. Credit decisions seem to be made based on some very iffy information and totally illogical. Take two people doing similar jobs, earning the same amount of money who both apply for credit on similar cars. The first client has a perfect, unblemished record. He has a mortgage and a couple of Read more »