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The car is dead. Long live the car.
Cars are dying but personal mobility has never looked better. Ford in the USA, the company that put the world on wheels, has just announced that it’s going to phase […]
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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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How to find parts for Saabs.
If you own a Saab you’re probably feeling pretty lonely right now. You have what is likely to be a terrific car with lots of life left in it, yet […]
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Be careful what you listen to
I’ve never been a Ry Cooder fan and Bop Till You Drop was not his greatest album, but I bought it because it was the first popular album to be […]
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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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0% off! Hurry!
Hurry, stocks are limited. Only a few left. Run in before they run out. After 14 years in the car industry it became an article of marketing faith with me […]
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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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Outdoor speakers; we can do this the easy way or the hard way.
How does one start a tale of two outdoor speakers, wired and wireless? It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. Outdoor speakers have been good […]
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Of Virgos and fisheyes; closer to peaceful coexistence.
I’m a Virgo. I fret about stuff that’s not quite right. Errant apostrophes, for example. My toothpaste tube is squeezed from the bottom, I fold fitted sheets, my garden hose […]
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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 […]