RSAC Scottish Rally, Saturday 27th June Round 5 (of 8) Hankook Scottish Rally Championship Dry and Dusty in Dumfries Well, they did it again, Mike Faulkner and Peter Foy became the first crew this year to win two rounds of the Hankook Scottish Rally Championship. With four different winners […] Read more »
Car: Land Rover Defender 110
Land Rover Defender 110 Station Wagon Brick-Like And Bruising, But I Love It! I’ve got a theory. Go to any agricultural sale or auction and you can spot a Land Rover Defender driver at 50 paces. He walks with a list – to the left. And no, it’s not the […] Read more »
Rally News: 18 June, 2009
Greenerways Rally OK, so Mark Higgins won last Sunday’s Greenerways Rally in Kielder (14th June), but that’s to miss the point. The event was actually staged to provide some feedback and statistics on Pirelli’s new Eco Tyres. With Forestry roads getting chewed up worser and worser each year, and the […] Read more »
Rally News: 14 June, 2009
Threat to McRae Rally? Well, maybe not. But 16 of Perth & Kinross District Council’s Traffic Wardens are being kitted out with headcams. The video equipment, costing £25,000, will be used to record confrontations in which parking attendants are assaulted or subjected to abusive behaviour and will provide what the […] Read more »
Car: Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI 110 SE
Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI 110 SE Frugal Yet Fun Family Saloon I’m old enough to remember the original lightweight, skinny-wheeled, nimble handling Golf. It was first introduced in 1974 which makes it 25 years old this year, but it was the introduction of the GTI, 2 years later that really […] Read more »