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136 THIS IS A HOLD UP…
With a heavy heart, I must announce that our jaunt across Europe has been put on hold until next year. There are many reasons, but...
Mar 152 min read
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140 RELATIVELY PAINLESS...
The little car has been taken to the garage to receive a bit of TLC from the professionals. The metallic rubbing noise has been...
Apr 92 min read
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139 HEAVY METAL GRINDING...
After initially thinking my new alloy woes were far behind me, a new and annoying issue turned up. I was merrily bombing it around in...
Apr 32 min read
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138 WELL BALANCED...
The lovely guys at Liverpool Mobile Tyres have just been out to balance my front wheels. As they had the Abarth jacked up, they said...
Mar 291 min read
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137 WHEELIE SAYING SOMETHING…
People who have followed this little blog for a while will know that Lisa got me a set of upgraded alloy wheels for Christmas this year...
Mar 242 min read
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135 THE GREAT EUROPEAN PETOL PUZZLE...
I'm worried that Abbie will develop multiple personality disorders during our upcoming European road trip, as she must respond to six...
Feb 112 min read
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134 LOVE ONE+
A friend paid me back a few quid he owed me that I had completely forgotten about, so I did the only sensible thing I could: I bought...
Feb 92 min read
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133 IT'S IN THE CAN...
All this talk of jacks and tyre swapping has reminded me that the foam that comes with my car is well past its sell-by date, so I needed...
Feb 81 min read
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132 J-JACK J-JACK J-JACK YOUR (CAR) BODY (UP)…
In my relentless pursuit of “wasting money or crap I don’t need” (© Lisa 2025), I’ve been looking at car jacks. I’m not sure my car...
Feb 61 min read
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131 THE GREAT BRITISH INNUENDO TOUR: A JOURNEY THROUGH BRITAIN'S MOST AWKWARDLY NAMED PLACES...
I may have stumbled across our next road trip. Hot on the heels of our plan to race across Britain to prove the Abarths are quicker than...
Jan 262 min read
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130 LEONARDO DI (F)AI(L)…
Remember I was saying that I might need to cut AI some slack after Leonardo, the image-creating website, took my prompt, embellished it,...
Jan 242 min read
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129 LEONARDO DI AI…
I'm still struggling to come up with content for this little corner of the Internet because of stuff happening in the real world, but as...
Jan 232 min read
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128 BIT OF A GROK...
I write these stupid little posts when the muse takes me. So often, I knock out four, five, or six articles in one session and then sit...
Jan 222 min read
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127 FINE...
There is no suggestion that we will speed up when completing the rally. Still, it is better to be prepared, so I researched how much the...
Jan 212 min read
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126 THE CAR WHISPERER...
I bought Abbie in the autumn when the weather was changeable - it didn't know whether it would be warm, cold, sunny, or rainy. Because...
Jan 202 min read
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125 COLOUR CODING IDENTITY CRISIS...
In the previous post , I discussed the different sign colours across Europe. The takeaway is that countries flip-flop between blue and...
Jan 192 min read
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124 A COLOURFUL GUIDE TO GETTING LOST...
In the second in the series of 'Weird Stuff The Europeans Do To Their Road Signs' - I know, riveting, right? - we learn that not only do...
Jan 182 min read
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123 SCALE AWAY, SCALE AWAY, SCALE AWAY...
If I change the car's scheme to the new, fresher Martini Racing or the Castrol Oil one , I will be copying Scalextric vehicles rather...
Jan 171 min read
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122 MARTINI FOR ME...
After the stunning Castrol-themed Toyotas caught my attention , I delved into the world of rally cars. I discussed this with Carl on...
Jan 162 min read
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121 CASTROL MY BEATING HEART...
I’m having a wobble! My head is being turned by awesome Castrol Oil-sponsored Toyota’s. For months, I have been unshakable in my desire...
Jan 152 min read
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