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Removing Plasti Dip From Alloy Wheels

Plasti Dip is a rubberised liquid plastic, applied as a re-colouring spray for cars or accessories, either from a can or pro spraying kit.

Iconic Cars: American Graffiti

As with so many monoliths of the silver screen, American Graffiti followed the classic path of so many famous films, Citizen Kane, Jaws, Gandhi, failing as it did to find any easy backers, taking years to pull together, the shoot beset by difficulties due to budget and red tape.   It’s perhaps easy now to scoff at United Artists, 20th Ce...

Are Alloy Wheels Classed as Modifications?

In reference to cars, for insurance purposes, the term modification essentially means something has been changed or altered from the original factory specification.

Awesome Car Collections: Simon Cowell

As we have seen in some previous blogs, there are quite a few known faces with a penchant for quick motors. But there’s a difference between just liking a fast car and being what’s recognised as ‘a bit of a collector’.  

Speed Camera Myths

Speed Cameras, or ‘Safety Cameras’ to give them their official moniker, have been part of our road-scape twenty-two years. To som...

Google’s Self-Driving Cars

In May earlier this year, at the company’s California headquarters, Google launched their Self-Driving Car. Operated by a single push...

Polish Aluminium Wheels For Chrome Effect | LK Performance

Properly polished aluminium can in fact have the reflective properties of chrome but as with so many of these things, it takes time, patience and a fair amount of effort to find the mirror...

Kimi Raikkonen’s Most Outrageous Moments

The Canadian Grand Prix marked Kimi Raikkonen’s 200th GP.

16 Ways To Lower Your Car Insurance

Iconic Cars: National Lampoon’s Vacation

The usual MO of a car in a classic film is that people then went out in their droves to buy one. DMC’s time-warping DeLorean, Cruise’s Risky Porsche, The Italian Job’s Mini, Herbie…

Awesome Car Collection: Dubai’s Police Dept

If the British Police were to invest in say, a Ferrari or Lambo and state that it was necessary for apprehending speeders, they would be lambasted for flagrant misuse of taxpayers money, publicly humiliated and the Commissioner sacked for allowing something so preposterous to go so far.

What technology developed in F1 Racing has made it into commercial vehicles?

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What to look for when buying used rims

As most readers will agree, we...

The Most Expensive Cars Sold at Auction

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Do You Speak Petrol Head? Words With a Different Meaning to Car Lovers

A selective A-Z run through the car enthusiast’s lexicon.  

Getting to Grips with Tyre Safety

Safety on the road is paramount to all road users.

Roundup - The 2014 50th British Formula One Grand Prix

The Scene The old Northamptonshire airfield has come a long, long way since the first ever World Championship Formula One GP was held here on 13th May 1950.

The Five Best Driving Films

Hollywood and driving have held a lengthy relationship ...

BTCC Croft 2014

With this year's BTCC season now in full swing, rounds 13, 14 & 15 at the north east's Croft circuit were set to provide another entertaining day of racing for the fans with plenty of action in store. The circuit itself ...

F1: Memorable British Grand Prix Moments

Brooklands.  Donington Park.  Silverstone.  B...