I went to the British Motor Show 2008 at ExCeL in London’s Docklands on Wednesday.
Was a fun day out. Saw lots of cars (funnily enough) and took lots of pictures.
I don’t think the show was particularly well represented by normal car makers - no VW, BMW, Audi, but what was there was nice, including the [...]
I bought a TomTom (other satellite navigation products are available) this week, and today was my first go with it.
I got up early, and armed with RDS adaptor, power cable, the device itself and a few other things, I set of downstairs to the garage. Bugger, forgot the windscreen holder doodah. Oh well, I need [...]
This Sunday, you are organising the London Marathon, a fine tradition and much loved by all.
However, on Sunday, the side road leading to my home is going to be closed. For most of the day.
How do I know this? It’s not because you put up signs, or perhaps posted a noticed through my letterbox, say, [...]
As demanded by Richy:
Updated: replaced pic after loss of blog in May
So, my new car finally arrived yesterday at about 5.30pm, only one day, five hours late.
It’s very shiny and lovely and I shall call it Herman (the German).
I had hoped it would have been delivered much earlier in the day, giving me plenty of time to menace the roads without all the rush hour traffic [...]
Today, I was supposed to take delivery of my first car and was quite excited.
Yesterday afternoon, however, the dealer called me up with bad news. It arrived on the ferry from Germany into Kent somewhere, then got loaded onto a transporter and taken up to Grimsby. Grimsby! I live in London so this is not [...]
So a little while ago, a decided it was about time I got a car, terrorised the roads and pollute the planet.
I spent a little time choosing, ruling out, dithering, test driving, justifying and eventually just wanting a particular one, and I have now ordered it.
I won’t say what (don’t want to jinx anything), but [...]
Today, I was planning to visit my older brother. He lives in a smallish town in London’s south-west suburbia. My other brother, who lives on the south coast, would also be there, so it would be a good opportunity to catch up with siblings, deliver Christmas presents, and generally be merry.
However, my plans are thwarted [...]
I’ve decided to buy a car.
I’m 40, and never had one before, so that’ll be 23 years of saving the planet, way before it became trendy to do so.
As a result, I’ll probably get something really bad for the environment, but I’ll still have a lower life-time carbon footprint than all the Prius-driving, tree-hugging hippies [...]
