Everything: Columnist
Small Things Should Come In Small Packages
SUVs started out big, but they have been getting progressively smaller. The Mini started out small, but it’s been getting progressively bigger. Now we find that the Mini Countryman is classified as a small SUV - a description I regard as oxymoronic, but appropriate given I consider that car simply moronic
The perils of drinking and buying
A GOOD friend of mine is currently hatching a plan to combine two of his greatest loves in life: cars and whisky. It’s a risky undertaking because of the understandable and reasonable sensitivity around drink-driving,
Turn Down The Stereotype And Pay Attention
When you’re out in the car next time, try not to be a dick. I say that with good intentions, because if you, like I, drive a so-called “luxury” car you’re apparently more likely to be aggressive on the road, less likely to give way to pedestrians and generally be more likely to break the law
Keep Calm And Buy The Car
I have a love-hate with my financial adviser. I love her because she has on several occasions stopped me from spending money on stupid things; and I hate her because she has on several occasions stopped me from spending money on stupid things
No white knuckle ride, just electric disappointment
ABOUT this time each year I find my thoughts turning to Germany, and the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) - the International Motor Show, to get all Anglo about it
Democracy is fine – just not in the hands of the people
PERHAPS it’s because I am of a certain age; perhaps it’s because I have a known tendency to speak my mind; or perhaps it’s because I’m happy to do any number of things for $150 cash-in-hand,
A rash of the worst variety
FOR quite some time I thought I’d heard the worst sound in the world. It was the kind of sound that unexpectedly invades your dreams and jolts you awake in the wee small hours
When silence is golden
WE ALL have that friend – the one who’s the expert on everything, thinks they can fix everything and, just because they did something quite well once in the past, imagines everything they’ve done since then and will do in future is the best there is.
A soap opera of a slightly different kind
WHEN I was little, one of my favourite movies was the Song of the South, a movie that was well ahead of its time in combining live action and animation, and about which I remember most the infuriatingly chirpy