Decking your car for Christmas

From jingle smells to bonnet-mounted reindeer horns, ’tis the season to deck your car. Simon Hacker offers a style guide Oh, for a traditional Christmas: a modest twig in the hall, a morsel of chicken with one trimming and a shared satsuma for the children, provided, of course, if theyíve behaved and been given the […]

Jeerbox

UK road deaths Road deaths and injuries are rising again. Dodgy data clouds the issue, and while Brexit issues hog the headlines, the drink-drive message isn’t getting through. Simon Hacker asks has health and safety gone AWOL? 1 At 240 deaths per year, the figures for drink-drive deaths are stagnating. They’ve not come down since 2010, […]

Jeerbox

Fine tuning your driving Getting the best from your car begins with being a happy driver: Simon Hacker rummages through the glovebox for a musical tune-up that might ensure man and machine co-exist in harmony. 1 This month’s theme of tuning and economy offers a timely opportunity for us to air an oft-forgotten truth: music soothes […]

A hitch-hiker’s guide to the future

One of the last bastions of freedom could be given a big thumbs down if self-drive cars become the norm. Simon Hacker offers a potential obituary for hitch-hiking 1 Weíve all done it. Or at least if you were born before the millennium and felt the need to travel on the cheap, you most probably have. […]

Household tips for going faster

Simon Hacker searches for DIY tips to boost your car’s performance — and save cash! Okay, so you’ve leafed through our latest issue and drooled at the ever higher performance of diesel cars. You’ve checked the back of the sofa and discreetly frisked a few affluent-looking relatives, but somehow the capital for a set of dandier […]