Friday, 19. August 2011
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Let’s say that you’re a farmer and the road from the main road to your farm was laid with uneven railroad sleepers. That might be useful for ensuring your farm vehicles don’t get bogged down but it doesn’t do your family car any good when driven over this unusual uneven surface. So if your car develops an irritating squeak when it’s driven over the Read more »
Thursday, 11. August 2011
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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
Tuesday, 9. August 2011
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For some time I’ve been discussing the merits (or otherwise) of electric cars. Are they fit for purpose or not? The problem is really twofold, firstly the very high cost, even allowing for the £5,000 per car subsidy from the Government, and secondly the range, which in most cars isn’t much more than 100 miles. OK make that threefold as Read more »
Friday, 5. August 2011
Buy or lease a new or used car and you’re pretty much guaranteed a 3 year period of fairly low cost motoring, subject to the car of course and your annual mileage. But you have a new car that will have on average maybe 2 services, that can be carried out by a non franchised dealer and maybe a couple of tyres. Compare that with the rocketing costs of Read more »
Thursday, 4. August 2011
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Alphabet is the fleet management division of BMW and a company that I have criticised for using some somewhat dodgy PCP type schemes to avoid the full legal rights that a consumer would have within a traditional PCP type scheme. The latest news is that they are expanding by taking over ING Car Lease in order to expand as a multi brand Read more »
Wednesday, 3. August 2011
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So you want to ‘pimp’ your aging Fiesta but not sure how to go about it? Well, Graham Hill’s Gadget of the Week sorts it out for you. The manufacturer, Ring Automotive guarantees that you will stand out from the boring crowd when you add their Prism Lamps to your car. They use white LED’s in a tube to surround your front lamps and red LED’s in a Read more »
Friday, 22. July 2011
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My review this week isn’t some dopey supercar that no-one can afford and if you spurted away from traffic lights in it on full power would leave your small intestines still waiting at the lights. Nope it is a sensible car, the all new BMW 1 Series. It has been a popular car since its introduction because it enables bakers and other business owners who like Read more »
Monday, 18. July 2011
Have you heard of log book loans? Do you know what they are? As more people find themselves out of work and desperate to raise some cash to pay bills or attend interviews they are looking at some of these grey areas of raising cash. There are of course the loan sharks that everyone should avoid but there is one area that seems to have an air of Read more »
Friday, 1. July 2011
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My car review of the week looked promising, I saw the Bentley badge and thought great, something special. They may drop in value like me after a few large glasses of nectar but hey it’s one of my fave cars. It’s even got round head and fog lights but with the little Christmas fairy lights in them like Audis. Just what you want in a supercar and when I say that Read more »
Monday, 13. June 2011
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The Graham Hill Review of a new car is actually a car that I’ve never been a big fan of but I’m going to make mention simply because it’s a survivor and there are people that see them more as a way of life rather than a simple car. The Stig is known to chew one of these after lunch to remove small food particles from between his teeth but to us it’s known as Read more »