The lucky dip
Welcome to the bit of our website for all the stuff that we like, we don’t like, we find funny or want to share.
5 ways to be a better buyer
It’s a buyer’s market right? Not always and it always pays to be a better buyer, it’ll save you money and make the experience better. Here are 5 tips.
Future-proofing
It’s all about future-proofing your next car purchase. Emissions, tech, tax, you name it, it’s getting harder to make the right decision…
Plastic Fantastic
I should really be writing a grown up piece on the “relevance of the twice-yearly number plate change to the calenderization of the UK retail car market”, but I don’t have much to say other than we all love a car with the latest plate on it; it appeals to our in-built desire to keep up with the Joneses, so let’s get over it.
So having covered that off, I’m going to talk about my dirty little secret instead.
Survival of the fastest
My mind was recently drawn back to an article that appeared in Fast Lane in about 1986 the main thrust of which was basically “what constitutes a fast car?” and it really got me thinking…
We don’t practice what we preach all the time
Dan makes his first attempt at a buyers’ guide for the worst car he’s ever bought – it just happens to be the car he loves and cherishes more than anything else: his rare “manuel” 1988 Jaguar XJ-S – also known as “The Money Pitt”.