Round 4– Le Mans – Spinning the Rear Race Report
Le Mans hosts the French round of the MotoGP world circus and it’s a chance for all of us to drink too much wine, not shave our underarms and enjoy the sunshine. But like a peeved Parisian, France wasn’t playing ball and the thunder clouds were rolling in. The biggest of them all being the thunderbolt of Casey Stoner’s announcement at the press conference. Read More
My May Bank Holiday weekends used to be the usual stuff of not doing a whole lot and generally taking it easy. Then a few years ago I met a man by the name of Aidan Lynam who had what I thought was a crazy idea of running a three day motorcycle run around the Emerald Isle to raise funding and awareness for Down Syndrome Ireland. At the time I agreed to go along with it and helped in whatever way I could, namely suppling a location to start it from and copious amounts of coffee. Read More
To look at from the outside Fiat’s new Panda has a rather quirky appeal to it. It looks like fun to be honest. Appearing far more curvaceous than its predecessor the new Panda certainly appears to have had some of the 500’s coolness rub off on it. Read More
MINI have once again stepped up to prove that they don’t just make small cars for the fashion conscious. The MINI John Cooper Works GP is the second model to carry the GP name and MINI have made no bones about it – this is the sportiest car they have ever produced. Read More
Automotive technology has moved on in recent years at a pretty impressive rate. In terms of safety we now have systems that detect and even intervene in order to avoid potential collisions – and these systems are not just on top of the range cars either – the small sized Volkswagen Up has it. Fuel efficiency systems monitor our driving and in certain cases will shut down a number of cylinders in order to save fuel – something I’ve experienced in the V8 powered Jeep Grand Cherokee as well as the Audi A1 Sportback. In addition to this, diesel powered cars such as the Audi A4 offer enough fuel range to enable driving from Dublin to Paris on a single tank. Read More
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