Have you ever fancied being a taxi driver? Someone told me years ago that it is really expensive to get a licence but I never really believed them. Then I was watching a programme on Spanish telly the other night […]
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08, 2012
Tag Archives: UK
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08, 2012
The Race to the Clouds
What about some racing history and a bit of ‘awesome’? In completely rectangular state of Colorado in the US there’s a mountain, right at the front end of the Rocky Mountains. It’s called Pikes Peak and it’s the theatre of […]
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08, 2012
Did I Dream About Parking Sensors Again?
I was watching the news the other night while trying to get my little girl to sleep. I saw a car parking feature come on and fought to keep my eyes open. This happens to me all the time. She […]
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08, 2012
Get Your Car Out and Running
I would like to ask you a question now, and hopefully you will give me an honest answer; How much do you use your car? As I work from home I don’t have a regular commute to work but I […]
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08, 2012
Does France Fear the Koreans?
The Hyundai-Kia combination currently is the world’s fourth largest carmaker, after Toyota, GM and VW – not necessarily always in that order – but ahead of the other giant called Ford. In other words, they’re big! There’s no denying the […]
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08, 2012
New Merc GL-Class is first class
Mercedes like to think that their new GL-Class is the S-Class of the 4×4 world. But the new GL-Class is probably more than that and is said to be on a par with the limo because of its noise, vibration […]
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08, 2012
What’s the Fastest You Have Ever Driven? Answer, Not Very
I guess that we all speed at some point. Well, apart from me, of course. Actually, I have had my current vehicle for about a year and a half now. It is an old fashioned beast and I love the […]
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08, 2012
‘Crowd-sourced’ Citroen C1 unveiled
Oh dear! It could have been so much worse – Citroen’s new special edition C1 was designed after Facebook fans had an input. The result is this C1 Connexion which costs £9,495 after Facebook users were asked to post their […]
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08, 2012
Is Driving More Fun as You Get Older?
I was never a boy racer. Sad as it is to admit, I learned to drive long after I had started to shave and I have never been one for racing around at any age. However, I still got to […]
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08, 2012
Car Insurance Premiums Keep on Rising and Janice Needs a Break
Car insurance premiums keep rising, according to a report. In fact, according to the official figures the average policy costs over £1,000 a year. Can this be true? I don’t doubt the good people at AA Insurance who carried out […]
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07, 2012
The Bank Job
The French automotive industry is on its ass. The economic crisis, as we all know caused by banks, has hit particularly hard in France with those manufacturers that haven’t got seriously big operations in emerging markets: PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Renault, […]
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07, 2012
And Britain’s most reliable car is…..
Here at the Firstvehicleleasing.co.uk blog we’ve been discussing the reliability of cars and the warranties offered by manufacturers. Buyers don’t want poor workmanship – no matter what the marque is – and they want value for money. People are keeping […]
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07, 2012
More UK Gardens Turn into Parking Spaces
What do you have in your front garden? Flowers or a Ford? Rhododendrons or a Rover? It seems that more and more Brits are ripping up their lawns and paving over their garden to give themselves somewhere to park their […]
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07, 2012
BMW ART CAR COLLECTION 1975-2010
It might appear hard to believe for some people but there is an exhibition on called ‘Art Drive! The BMW Art Car Collection 1975-2010’. Admission is free (but then for most of us it would have to be) and it […]