Andrew Gray at Power Vehicles has got a car into Turbo magazine for the second month running!! This time with his own drift car, a Nissan S13 with an SR20DET conversion. Needless to say the car is extensively modified and includes a full BN Sports body kit, Zeal Coil Over suspension, various JIC suspension accessories as well as the de rigueur Volk Racing TE37 wheels!
Issue 98 of EVO magazine contained a test of hand held sat nav units to see which one was the daddy. The units that were tested were the TOMTOM GO 710, Roadstar Angel Navigator 6000, NAVMAN ICN 720, Indago Syrius, Garmin Nuvi 360, Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox N100, Sony NAV-U and the TOMTOM ONE Europe. The TOMTOM ONE Europe came out on top as it was found to be quick and easy to use, it does everything you expect a nav unit to do, had excellent routing facilities and good introductory tutorials. An EVO recommended product. Units were tested and the write up done by Henry Catchpole, photos by Amy Cole.
Herts Insurance Consultants are offering free track day cover on all their comprehensive insurance policies. The conditions are that the track day is organised by the Association of Track Day Organisers and that the event is not timed or involves any sort of competitive element. The excess for track use is more than the road use excess, but not dramatically so. Links to firms offering Competiton and Track Day Car Insurance
Looks like the British motorist is going to get pasted again by the government. What do they think they are doing? If you look at the motorist as a customer of the government, then the service absolutley stinks. With all the millions that the motorist pays into the government pockets you would think that we would get something back in return, but this is not the case.
If Gordon Brown really wants to do something to help the environment then he should look at slashing congestion, not reducing it, slashing it. Nobody benefits from sitting in a traffic jam, except maybe the fuel companies. There has got to be some intelligent research done into sorting these congestion problems out.
Trying to get people out of cars and onto public transport? Sounds like a communist philosphy to me. If you can’t go out and buy a nice car which gives you the freedom to travel anywhere you want went you want, in comfort, then it reduces the motivation for earning more money which is what capatilism is all about, is it not?
If traffic problems are sorted out you not only get a more efficient economy, people will be happier and the country will be greener. The root of the problem should be tackled not the symptom.
