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You can’t take your music with you. But you can try.
If you’re hit by a bus tomorrow what’s going to happen to your music collection? And your books, your photographs, the art of your walls and indeed, your stereo system? […]
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Car of the week #4: A horrible little thing that hangs around like a bad smell.
The main problem with the Datsun 120Y is that you can’t kill it with a stick. It was a horrible little car when new 46 years ago, and continues to […]
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Tough news from Mumbai: Honk more, wait more.
It may seem like mayhem, but according to an old saying in India all you need to drive well is a good car, good eyes, good luck and a good […]
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Things you didn’t know about motoring #3: On keeping your customers happy.
Many years ago an Italian tractor manufacturer complained to Enzo Ferrari about the poor reliability of his cars. Enzo was not moved, and dismissed him by asking “If you don’t […]
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Car of the week #3: Volvo’s P1800: Reliable meets fast.
According to the World Car Catalogue Volvo’s 1.8-litre, 72-kilowatt P1800 coupe was, in its day, the fastest four-cylinder car in the world. It was also dead sexy. Introduced in 1961, […]
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Question: How do I get a piano in the flat?
Q: My wife and I both love classical music. We are in our eighties and don’t have loud parties. I want to play Piano music from FM, CD and Bluetooth, […]
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Art, mudguards and dead cat space.
You may think mudguards lack a certain degree of fascination, but there are folk at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart who can tell you so many interesting things about mudguards […]
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Things you didn’t know about motoring #2: Why early Saabs look so weird.
Saab started off building aircraft, but the market for fighter planes dried up at the end of the Second World War. So the Swedish aircraft maker asked its designers to […]
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Car of the week #2: The BMW 2002 gets serious.
BMW introduced the two-litre 2002 in 1968, two years after introducing the 1602 with a 1.6-litre motor in the same two-door body. The 2002 came about because two of the […]
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Best idea of the year in speakers. And it’s only January.
This is a really clever idea. Isolating speakers from their surroundings, so they are less likely to vibrate, rock or resonate with a floor or shelf, has always been a […]