As fuel prices soar and the figures on the forecourts yoyo on a daily basis, usually up, rarely down, it is time to think more carefully about how and when [ … ]
Category: driving
Podcast – Rivian in Somerset, Gordon Murray’s T.33 and revisiting the Highway Code changes
In this week’s episode: Now that the Highway Code’s new “hierarchy of road users” has come into force, have we noticed any real changes? Have we changed our views?? US [ … ]
Podcast – Highway Code changes, track car upgrades, and 80s and 90s retro
In this first episode of 2022: Good news on the “Smart Motorway” front Changes to the Highway Code – The “Hierarchy of Road Users” Upgrades to the FiST track car [ … ]
Six Quick Checks – Prep YOUR car for Winter
With the weather as unpredictable as ever, make some time in your schedule to check that you are as prepared for winter driving as you can be…. We have [ … ]
Driving tired can be fatal
Today, the AA Charitable Trust and FIA Foundation have launched a campaign to raise awareness of “drowsy driving”, continuing to drive when you are too tired to adequately be in [ … ]
The trials and tribulations of motoring Sur le Continent
Like any responsible motorist, especially a motoring journalist, planning a long trip I prepared my car thoroughly… Intending to drive around 1100 miles to southern France, and back, to visit [ … ]
Drive Safely This Wintry Week
A timely reminder to prepare yourself and your vehicle for whatever the weather is going to throw at us over the next few days. Make sure you have everything you [ … ]
Devil’s Dyke Road… in a DB7..?
OK, so perhaps it’s not quite as dramatically scenic, as rugged or even as long as our other suggested great drives, but a personal favourite of mine is a road [ … ]
True driving roads of Snowdonia
Considering its reputation for rain, you’d be forgiven for dismissing a topless tour of North Wales, however when it comes to driving roads Snowdonia really delivers… Miles upon miles of [ … ]
Cornwall in a Convertible
Following on from our recent “Scenic Drives” post from our friends at Design 911, it got me thinking about some of the more memorable drives I’ve taken on holiday in the [ … ]
