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Austin Powers Jag Under the Hammer

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

This E-Type Jaguar one of the most recognisable movie cars now has a cool price ticket of £40000 and the Austin Powers Shaguar can be bought on E-Bay.

The hand painted Union Jack tood over 400 hours to achieve and the interior is clad in a custom blue and red leather, under the bonnet the car is in mint condition and has  a mere 4000 miles on the clock.

Chinese sort parking problems

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

The citizen of Beijing having problems parking have come up with a solution your own portable driving space a young woman was filmed driving away in her VW Lupo then suddenly stopping, she then jumped out the car and proceeded to roll up her DIY parking space not only that she then detaches a magnetic parking sign from the nearby street light.

The fake parking bay has white lines painted onto a clear plastic sheet when the car is parked on top it looks like the real thing, the Beijing traffic wardens are notoriously strict and fines are high but they and the police do not find the fake parking bays funny and have assured the locals fines will be implemented for anyone getting caught.

You Tube Lorry Driver Keeps his Licence

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

The lorry driver that managed to impail Rhona Jane Williams Renault Clio on the front of his truck as she joined the A1 southbound at junction 44 in January, the vehilces collided and the Renault pivoted accross the front of lorry becoming stuck.

The driver of the lorry Mr Tomlinson was totally unaware and only after several drivers flashed him did he become aware, he then slowed his vehicle on the hard shoulder and had to reverse back to free the Renault.

At the court hearing it was agreed he had done nothing wrong and he retained his licence.

Strange Laws

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

In Illinois the law is that a care must be driven with the steering wheel.

California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat

In Tennessee it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping.

In New Your it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile.

Pot Hole Fall Out

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

The harsh winter that we have just experienced left behind its mark on our roads in the form of pot holes, anyone that has hit a particularly nasty one should consider having their wheel alignment checked and there are a few garages out there offering special deals on this service, some are even free for the initial check.

Obviously with so many to deal with it will be a slow process getting to them all, in the meantime extra care needs to be taken.

Ferrari World

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Ferrari World will soon open as the first theme park in the Middle East one of the many attractions will be a new roller coaster the fastest in the world and reaching a top speed of nearly 150mph, riders will be in replica formula one cars and will experience the full effect of g force as the ride will accelerate from o – 62mph in just 2 seconds

The whole park in indoor so that the air condition keeps it open all year round and will have an Italian feel with attractions for all ages , a water park as well as shops and restaurants.

Polo GTI Now on Sale

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

The all new Polo GTI has now gone on sale, looking for delivery in July, the promise is that it will be the fastest, sharpest and cleanest performance Polo yet, this is the technical bit “6200 rpm and 184lb ft of torque from 2000 rpm. this allows the 1269 kg Polo GTi to accelerate from rest to 62 mph in 6.9 seconds top speed of 142 mph, yet it is still capable of delivering 47.9 mpg on the combined cycle while emitting just 139 g/km of CO2″

The new Polo sports a new front bumper featuring a deep airdam is joined I complete with horizontal red strips and a simple GTi badge and new headlight units with option of LED running lights built in.

At the rear a subtle sill extension wraps around the lower edge of the body while at the back a new rear bumper features a small chrome tipped exhausts. The Polo badge is replaced by a simple GTi badge and of course not forgetting the 17  inch wheels identical to the Golf GTi have been fitted together with set of red brake calipers.

Inside the changes included an all new flat bottomed steering wheel, small gearshift, aluminium pedals and new heavily bolstered front seats finished off with tartan trim and finally the centre consol is finished in black.

Goodbye to the Hummer

Monday, March 1st, 2010

The demise of the gas guzzler has finally arrived and so it is not such a sad farewell to this most typical over the top American creation, not even the Chinese could be persuaded into this so far from green vehicle, it has taken a while for GM to understand how out of step this model was.