If you have ever had a car stolen you will appreciate the joy felt by a guy called Ian Wilson, who recently recovered his stolen vehicle.
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03, 2014
Category Archives: Musings
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03, 2014
Man in parked car gets hit by cops and ends in jail
If you were sitting in a parked car which got hit by a police vehicle, you wouldn’t expect to get arrested for it, would you? Strangely enough, this is exactly what happened to a chap in New York lately.
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03, 2014
Not every 8 year old struggles with seatbelts. Some get into spectacular crashes instead.
Is it just my imagination or are there an awful lot of stories round now about kids driving cars? This latest one is possibly the weirdest of them all, as the Dad asked his 8 year old to drive him […]
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03, 2014
How to protect your car from sinkholes
The world’s finally about to end, isn’t it? If I’m being completely honest I kind of half believed that whole Mayan mumbo jumbo a while back. However, the recent spate of cars being swallowed by the Earth is far more […]
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02, 2014
Fancy driving a despot’s old car?
Have you ever imagined the secret thrill of driving along in a despot’s old car? No, I guess you probably haven’t but, hey, maybe you should start.
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02, 2014
How much would you pay for a parking space?
Having your own parking space is great fun, I would imagine. If you own one, then maybe you love it so much you have considered sleeping in it or taking your annual summer holidays there. Well, you need to do […]
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02, 2014
Drive through that puddle at your peril…
Have you ever walked along the side of the road on a wet day? It wasn’t really all that great an experience, was it? The only thing that could have made it worse was some mad, reckless person coming along […]
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02, 2014
12 year old drives to another country…
There was a weird story in the news the other day about a boy who stole his Gran’s car and tried to drive from his home in Canada to the US. He got caught by cops at a bridge crossing […]
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01, 2014
Are pet names for cars more common than you think?
Do you have a secret you don’t want the world to find out about? Maybe you love your car so much that you go over to it and hug it and talk to it sometimes. That’s not so bad, is […]
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12, 2013
Should you be afraid of Google’s eavesdropping car?
Frankly, nothing in the modern world surprises me anymore. If I came home one evening and found the TV eating my dinner or the phone trying on my trousers I would only give a slight shrug before going to […]
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12, 2013
Men more emotional at a picture of a car than a crying child
How does your car make you feel? If you are moved emotionally by the design of your car then you’re not alone, according to pioneering new research. The first scientific experiment of its kind has revealed that beautiful car design […]
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07, 2013
Do You Hate Double Yellow Lines?
The great double yellow line debate is well under way. On the one side, we have the Conservative plans to let motorists park on these lines for 15 minutes at a time without paying. On the other side, we have […]
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07, 2013
How to Keep a Car Cool in the Heat
Are we expecting a heat wave this summer? You are darn tooting we are. If you aren’t used to having to keep a parked car cool in the heat then here are some tips for you…
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07, 2013
Strange Car Traditions
I saw a car driving past with some tins and cans tied to the back it the other day. After screaming, “Don’t do it you fool”, at the top of my lungs I got to thinking about how this and […]