Year: 2022

Know Your Car

Maintaining Your Car

Sounds easy doesn’t it but some still injure themselves by not fixing the bonnet securely. You will usually find your engine at the front of your car. Use the interior bonnet release before moving round to the front and slipping your fingers between the bonnet and front grille to find […]

Memory Lane, Rarities

Volvo P1800S

This car entered production in 1961and was manufactured until 1973. It’s a genuinely rare machine with only around 60,000 produced. This rarity makes it popular with collectors. In 1966 the four cylinder engine was uprated to 115 bhp giving the P1800S a top speed of 109 mph. This touring car […]

Mazda RX-7
Memory Lane

Mazda RX-7 (1979-1992)

Late ’70s Mazda gave us the RX-7 a small rear-wheel drive rotary engine sports car. A stunning little motor at the time and a 2 + 2. However, the rear seats were not for large adults but folded flat with the floor to provide quite a decent boot space. A […]

Ford Escort XR3i
Memory Lane

Ford Escort XR3i

The model was similar to the original XR3i just more rounded with softer lines. It was a fairly popular car like any car with sporting aspirations in the eighties. It had a lot of competition from other big manufacturers. Arguably the biggest is the GTi Golf which remains even today. Also […]

Ford Escort RS 2000 considered at the time as the leader of the sporty saloon pack.
Memory Lane

Ford Escort MK1 and MK2 RS 2000

Many of you will likely be too young to remember The Professionals with Bodie and Doyle. That’s sad for you because as a young lad at High School watching the chase scenes filled me with excitement. Watching a Ford Capri and RS 2000 chasing around the streets after bad guys […]

Toyota Supra
Memory Lane, Rarities

Toyota Supra

1978-1981 Toyota Celica 2000 GT: 114 mph / 0-60= / 23 mpg1981-1986 Toyota Celica 2.8: 131 mph / 0-60= / 27 mpg1986-1993 Toyota Supra manual: 137mph / 0-60=7.9 secs / 27 mpg1987-1993 Toyota Supra Turbo manual: 146mph / 0-60= 6.6secs / 25 mpg 1978. Toyota had been having some success […]

BMW 323i E30 series
Memory Lane

BMW 323i

Back in the eighties a few cars had a badge that many only dreamed of owning. Rolls Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche, etc. These were brands that were considered out of reach for most of us. Including BMW and Mercedes Benz. Two German makers up there among the most admired machines […]

VW Golf GTi 16V Mk2
Memory Lane

Volkswagen Golf GTi 16v MK 2

First off, my older brother had a Mark 1 GTi. It was red and nippy with what was considered at the time as a decent amount of power (110 bhp). Also, it was reliable as you expect with the downside of his car being the brakes. To suggest they lacked […]