More in Rod’s Blog
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Call that a television? This is a television.
It’s pretty scary when you look down a pricelist for televisions and find one for 662,000 euros, or somewhere vaguely north of a million bucks. What’s even scarier is finding […]
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If you love the English language you’ll love this story.
“Hundreds of vehicle’s to choose from.” If you can’t spot the two grammatical errors in that sentence don’t open a car yard anytime soon. According to the specialist American auto […]
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Stink bug lays the New Zealand car industry low
It’s a little bug that’s native to Asia, including Japan and it’s particularly unattractive. It has a penchant for travel to more exotic climes, but its major claim to fame […]
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Best April Fool’s Day gotcha ever.
Have you ever wondered about the origins of April Fools’ Day? If so you’re just like the reporter from the Associated Press who tracked down Joseph Boskin, a professor at […]
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The truth about hotel towels
I used to travel a lot. For 20 years I was a platinum frequent flyer, hotel staff knew me by name, I knew every shortcut in every airport in every […]
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Will I throw up in an autonomous vehicle?
There are autonomous vehicles and there are people who throw up in vehicles. Will people who suffer motion sickness throw up in autonomous vehicles? Going by my personal experience I […]
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Mighty Boy’s mighty resale value
Some people remember where they were when they heard about Princess Di’s car crash. For others it was when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Me, I remember exactly […]
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Changing nappies; the Bangle wrangle
When was the last time you tried to change a nappy in a car? If this car looks a little odd to you, well ease and speed of nappy changing […]
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The quest to find number 1, Series 1, 70 years later.
Anyone who’s ever driven a Series 1 Land Rover would wonder about people who pay perfectly good money, and lots of it, to have them restored. But then it takes […]