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Wednesday, 24th June, 2009

A Fond Farewell To Alpha Foxtrot

Today I learned I will never drive my Audi again. My beautiful Audi that I cared for, adored and admired for just over three years of its life. Alpha Foxtrot brought me much joy and happiness as I cruised up and down motorways and darted around city centres. It was responsive, agile, practical and homely. [...]

Mercedes-Benz A-Class: Doesn’t Do Corners

Monday, 22nd June, 2009

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Mercedes-Benz A-Class: Doesn’t Do Corners

I took my Audi A4 into the dealership today for it’s service, and with nothing seemingly wrong with it I thought it would be a straight forward in and out job. I told the smartly dressed service manager that I would be back at 4.30pm to collect the car. As I need a car to [...]

Sunday, 22nd February, 2009

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There are a lot of memes going around Facebook at the moment, many of them reminding me of the ‘100 Things About Me’ post I once wrote for my previous blog. So instead of joining in with the never-ending requests to say which state of America I’ve travelled to, I thought I’d do an up-to-date [...]

Monday, 2nd February, 2009

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The 7am WTF! The 8.45am WTF!

It was 7am when I was rudely awoken this morning. The noise emanating from my mobile phone pierced my ears with so much annoyance it had to be stopped. It wasn’t the alarm though, but instead a text message from my boss.

Sunday, 21st December, 2008

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Porsche Have The Wrong Attitude

I’m relaxing on my sofa, flicking through the Awards 2008 issue of Top Gear Magazine, when I come across an article about Porsche’s new four-seater sports car, the Panamera. It seems that it is all the rage at the moment, for luxury pocket-rocket makers to stretch out the wheelbase and add in some proper back [...]