20th Century
My Meeting with a Midget
1950s Motoring Memories When I was growing up in the 1950s I only knew two other children at my junior school whose parents owned a car. One was the son of a butcher whose dad [more…]
Car Review
Hobbies
Car Review: Porsche 997 Gen 1 911 Turbo
I purchased this car in 2013, following the demise of my Carrera 4 996 911. The 996 series of 911 suffered from cylinder liner failure, amongst many other problems, which is what nabbed mine. The [more…]
20th Century
20th Century
Car Review: Renault Type AI Sport CT
It was after the third accident in the pony trap going down Pitsford Hill that my wife said to me, ‘We really ought to buy a motor car. After all, this is 1910 and we [more…]
Book Review
Car Review: Volkswagen T-Cross 1.0 R-Line DSG
As GP has recently turned into an alternative source of information for the motoring enthusiast, I thought I would join Always Worth Saying and Phil the Test Manager in writing a motoring review. We took [more…]
Hobbies
Car review: Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid Auto 2018
Following on from the excellent article by AWS the other Friday on a VW thing, I thought I would do one on the car I have just purchased. Maybe some of you could write something, [more…]