Mercury Motorsport Stages Rally, Saturday/Sunday, 25/26July Sprightly and Spruce Bruce On this form Bruce Edwards, Jim Smith and the 2 litre Darrian look about as unbeatable as a concrete egg. They scored victory on the fourth round of the Hytorc Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship at Ingliston by two and half […] Read more »
Rally News: 25 July, 2009
Kames Kalamities Bruce Edwards was using the Kames event as a shakedown for next weekend’s two day Mercury Motorsport Stages event at Ingliston. He had fitted a new engine to the Darrian and wanted to put some miles on it. New is a relative term in the Edwards vocabulary. This […] Read more »
Car: Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer
Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer If You Liked the Carlton, You’ll Like This! I liked the Vauxhall Insignia. Anyone who doesn’t is just trying to start an argument or being objectionably trendy, and this probably harks back to the good old days when it was considered smart to criticise the Cavalier […] Read more »
Report: To Finish First, First You Must Finish
Albar Kames Trophy Rally, Sunday 19th July To Finish First, First You Must Finish Billy McLelland and Helen Brown won last Sunday’s Albar Kames Trophy Rally at Muirkirk in Ayrshire. It was their first finish of the season – despite Billy’s attempts to knock all fours corners off the Mitsubishi […] Read more »
Car: Alfa Romeo Mito 1.4 Veloce
Alfa Romeo Mito 1.4 Veloce Quite a Nippy Wee Sweetie I’m not sure about the Mito. I like the side view and the rear end, but I’m not so sure about the face, a bit like Jordan I suppose. There seems to be an awful lot of sagging plastic underneath […] Read more »
Car: Toyota iQ
Toyota iQ Charm Bracelet Attraction When the guy delivered the Toyota iQ I went out to have a look. At first I thought there had been a terrible accident and asked if the guy was OK. He looked puzzled and said he was fine, and asked me why. I pointed […] Read more »
Rally News: 03 July, 2009
Scottish Scuttlebutt Despite what you read in other places, Jimmy Girvan didn’t actually roll the Subaru on the Scottish. He had a small problem with the intercom after second service. It was working OK on stage 5, but failed completely 4 miles into SS6. With Mike using hand signals Jimmy […] Read more »