24 May 2013
In the interests of gaining new customers and hanging on to the ones they have already got, motor companies have been upping their customer care packages of late. This is good news for hard-pressed car owners with family and household budgets to consider. Of course, car manufacturers are not stupid and they understand that with [...]
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23 May 2013
Four wheel drive vehicles have taken a bit of a pasting in the reputation department historically. They have been pilloried for being ‘gas guzzlers’ and ‘huge’ and generally a scourge to the greening of our planet. Yet they are also very handy when the going gets rough which is why there is still a healthy [...]
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22 May 2013
The other day Motor Blogger asked if manufacturers were going a bit over the top when it came to the amount of models and options on offer. Well, it seems we were right because this viewpoint is beginning to take hold in certain quarters and the current status is unlikely to favour car owners. Yes, [...]
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21 May 2013
As all F1 fans already know, the Monaco Grand Prix takes place on the weekend of 25/6th May. This legendary race is ably supported by supplementary events including the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup which is not the place you’d usually find WRC Rally drivers, yet it is so. When at the Citroen Works Rally team, [...]
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20 May 2013
Since the beginning of 2013 Motor Blogger has reported on all the various car shows from a round the world and we’re not finished yet because there will be plenty more before the year is out. It seems that barely a month can go by without there being a flock of new cars and concepts [...]
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18 May 2013
It is one of the great truisms of life that, when transporting the mother-in-law in the family car, she can always smell petrol and becomes convinced that she is about to be consumed by fire. Thereafter she will always smell petrol when riding with you, even on a tandem bike. Similarly, no one can be [...]
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17 May 2013
The announcement has been made today that dedicated traffic courts are to be set up to mete out swift punishment for minor traffic offences. It seems that the half million or so offences that occur each year are clogging up our courts. The government thinks that by setting up these summary centres of justice it [...]
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17 May 2013
When it comes to buying a used car many potential customers prefer to use an approved scheme from a main dealer for greater peace of mind. They know that the cars will have undergone a thorough check and will be backed up with some sort of satisfaction guarantee. It makes a lot of sense. Volvo [...]
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16 May 2013
The Volkswagen Passat has been with us, amazingly, since 1973 and has been popular throughout that time as a well built, reliable, family sized saloon car and that’s about it. Motor Blogger’s sleep has never been disturbed by dreams of driving or owning this car. Once, when supplied the model preceding the current version as [...]
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15 May 2013
Americans are christened with really cool names. Amongst the car guys past and present, there’s Boyd Coddington, Wayne Carini, Chip Foose, Ryan Friedlinghaus and the legendary Carroll Shelby to name but a few. Why aren’t our names like that? Even the great John Wayne changed his name from Morrison so as not to reveal his [...]
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