COVID stops play

About of COVID, my first, has made me even more splenetic than usual as I wheeze and splutter my way through this column. On the day I achieved my ‘passing out’ stripes (two red lines next to the letters C and T on a COVID test kit), I should have been heading for Epsom race […]

Skoda Fabia Colour Edition 1.0 MPI

Skoda Fabia diesel car eco

Report 4 While driving a supermini from just a decade ago meant a serious compromise in practicality, times are changing. Every class of car seems to get gradually bigger, and with increased platform sharing and the use of common parts, even superminis are becoming ‘supermaxi’. Our Mk4 Fabia is a case in point, being just […]

Mazda CX-60 AWD Takumi e-Skyactiv D

Diesel car_eco car Mazda CX-60

REPORT 2 It’s exciting getting to ‘know’ a new vehicle, and the visually imposing CX-60 has – in its first month – already become a family titan, providing limo-like transport for five on holiday. It excelled on our first outing, when we headed north to the Yorkshire Dales. There, the same engine that burbled unobtrusively […]

GWM Ora Funky Cat First Edition

Report 2 Frequent readers of my musings will be familiar with my advocacy of using well-calibrated adaptive cruise control (ACC) systems. Whether urban bimbling, lightning cross-country journeys, or plying motorways, employing ACC promotes motoring wellbeing. Select your speed and chill. Pleasingly, the Funky Cat’s blessed with an easy-to-operate steering column wand for its ACC, permitting […]

DS 7 Rivoli BlueHDi 130 Automatic

Diesel Car Eco DS7

First Report First things first. This wasn’t how I wanted to introduce our new DS 7 to you. A mere three days prior, she was looking box fresh after spending quite literally hours in the sun washing, cleaning and sprucing up – I even bought a new spray on polish that Instagram told me to […]

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