Random Stuff Jonathan | 29 Mar 2009
I wonder what’s being said at Honda’s Tokyo HQ this weekend? After three – let’s face it – fairly mediocre seasons in F1 they run out of money (so the press release implies) and sell Honda F1 Racing Team to Ross Brawn, just as it approaches its finest hour. You can’t blame a manufacturer for [...]
Random Stuff Jonathan | 22 Mar 2009
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time this week playing with the ‘StreetView’ feature on Google Maps. Coverage of some of the UK major cities including all of Greater London was launched last Thursday amid much publicity and after many hours of armchair exploration, I’m quite excited about it. There’s nothing worse than driving [...]
Random Stuff Jonathan | 19 Mar 2009
I remember following a television series a few years ago called “Wrecks to Riches” in which Mike “you’re ‘avin a larrf” Brewer attempted to turn a modest handfull of bank notes into enough money to buy a brand new car. The format was incredibly simple. He’d walk into a used car yard, drive back out [...]
Driving Jonathan | 11 Mar 2009
Getting up at dawn and driving up to Lates in Rugby at the weekend it didn’t take me long to get bored with the monotony of the motorway network, and before I knew it I’d reverted to my usual inclination when I’m in no particular hurry of turning off onto ever more minor roads following [...]
Rover 75 Jonathan | 08 Mar 2009
Like every Rover 75 owner with a V6 I’ve been dreading the 6 year / 90,000 mile service. It’s supposedly a day-long job to renew the three timing belts and it seems most garages charge a price to match. With residuals on these cars being what they are your options are to dig deep and [...]