In an effort to get more steps under my belt I have been walking a lot around the Manor Royal estate. It is supposed to be an industrial estate but the definition of industry is quite loose because you soon notice that a lot of it is given over to retail, specifically the retail of […]
Entries Tagged as 'Cars'
All you can eat statistics
February 21st, 2018 · Comments Off on All you can eat statistics · Life
One of the good things that the UK government does is to make piles of its datasets available on the internet. I find it quite easy to get lost in piles of data, making odd connections or discovering unexpected things. This evening I have been looking at vehicle statistics, which are here.
Tags: Cars·Electric Cars·Statistics
New wheels
July 16th, 2016 · Comments Off on New wheels · Life
More evidence, if it was ever needed, that I would make a very poor Top Gear presenter: only eleven days after buying a new car, I finally got round to driving it! The gap is because I don’t really need a car much myself and if Jayne and I go anywhere together she usually drives […]
Tags: Cars
New wheels
July 8th, 2016 · Comments Off on New wheels · Life
Got a new car this week. I am very pleased with it. I have not actually driven it yet, but Jayne says it goes very well. I think I will get a chance to get behind the wheel on Sunday. This time I had a look at the engine before we took it from the […]
Tags: Cars
plug in baby
February 23rd, 2016 · Comments Off on plug in baby · Life, Technology
We are having an electric car event at work on Thursday. I am actually on holiday, but I might pop in anyway to have a look. There is a lot of this going on at the moment. The Town Hall has Nissan coming in to show their Leaf off, as is the business next to […]
Tags: Cars·Electric Cars
A real first world problem
January 23rd, 2014 · Comments Off on A real first world problem · Music, Technology
So. About that car that I said I wouldn’t go on about any more? I got a 64GB USB stick and filled it up with music. The car (or rather the car’s computer) had no problem reading such a large capacity and playing anything from it but because of the number of tracks you can […]
Allo John got a new motor?
January 14th, 2014 · 5 Comments · Life
I really must apologise to any friends, family and colleagues I may have bored shitless over the last few weeks about cars, but there is a reason why I got over-excited about what most people would consider a fairly tame car. The thing is, our old Focus was getting to the point where servicing and […]
Tags: Cars
Car tax
July 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on Car tax · Life
I renewed the car tax tonight. It is all very easy to do it online, but wouldn’t it be easier if you could do it on a monthly direct debit? It must be just about the last major bill that you can’t pay on some sort of installment basis. I know it is an annual […]
Security nonsense
January 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Security nonsense · Life
Last week we changed cars. The idea was to trade down from a 2-litre estate to something a bit more economical to run in terms of tax, insurance and fuel consumption. Being able to fit into smaller parking spaces would be a bonus. I set out with every intention of getting something like a Clio, […]
Tags: Cars
Top Gear never had to put up with this
December 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Top Gear never had to put up with this · Life
Chrystal got a new stereo for her car a while back (a pink one of course), but the shop had to order a special part in to fit it.  Over the last couple of weeks Jayne has had several increasingly disputatious ((I don’t car whether it is a real word or not)) phone calls to […]
