Post Tagged with: "Driving"

Understanding the Ford Mustang

It’s clearly a mistake to judge the Ford Mustang by British standards. Much better to consider it in the context of The Dukes of Hazzard or even The Dukes of Hazzard: Suddenly it makes sense that the V6 is cheap, powerful, equipped with high-sidewall mud and snow tyres and plenty […]

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DeLand frustration, accommodation, the Mustang and the rig

Well, I have faith the weather will improve this morning and for the rest of the week. Yesterday was a washout and it’s overcast now; apparently we are expecting a front to shift… The accommodation is great fun. Bags of American character with old-fashioned furniture and slat windows for my […]

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Top Gear were here?

Yes, Top Gear’s best driving road in the World is a route I took for fun in the summer of 2006 and again, in as far as it was open, in the winter of 06/07: Davos to Stelvio. Well done Top Gear.

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Aston Martin DB9 Volante

An old mate came over for lunch in a DB9 Volante, hired for his birthday weekend: what an event it is to ride in that. The V12 sounds great, everyone loves looking at it and it’s a great drive, if wobbly. Amazing that a car so big could be so […]

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Post-accident genius

I found a set of traffic lights in High Wycombe twisted through about 60 degrees. Thankfully, I realised in time that I was pulling into eager crossing traffic.

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