One of the most evocative aspects of owning a V8 engined car is the intoxicating sound from the exhaust; it simply makes a power statement that is unmistakable. In decades past even the most restrained V8 engined cars were able to retain this sound, but creeping legislation in recent years has demanded that exhausts become […]
July 4, 2011 by Malcolm Robertson
I’ve always loved cars, but I wouldn’t describe myself as a car nut. I’ve rarely bought modern motoring magazines for example and I find the endless chatter by the motoring journalists a bit tedious, yet somehow here I am scratching out a living writing about cars. Curious isn’t it how life works out? Still, the […]
July 4, 2011 by Tim Hayton
As a result of being jumped by a ZS at work I have installed two solar chargers to the windows of the garage. I was going to plop them on the garage roof but not sure they were water tight. Wired in two permanent connections into the battery taking it up through the boot base […]
It doesn’t matter how many times I drive into Silverstone, I always get that warm, fuzzy feeling that I’m at a very special motor racing circuit that has seen countless champions and champions in the making screaming round in the name of Motorsport and our entertainment. If, when you’re walking down the pit lane you […]
Over time, Scotland has given us many good things; Sean Connery, whisky, Billy Connolly, whisky, shortbread, the Fourth rail Bridge, John Logie Baird and did I mention whisky? But now there is one more good thing to add to the list, something that has been around since 1984, something that will put a coat hanger […]
With the demise of Mg Rover in 2005, it put into perspective what other cars are around for the same value and looks when searching for a new car to replace the one you have, it feels surreal to know that there may not be any chance of getting another true MG-Rover product anymore, until […]
April 14, 2011 by Steve Hayton
Over 70 V8’s storm Weybridge to witness the biggest ever MG Era Day Crowds amass to see the modern MG’s ascend Test Hill A growing group of MG enthusiasts held their biggest event yet at Brooklands Museum on Saturday. The Two-Sixties, a five year-old group of over 400 MG ZT 260 owners, celebrated the arrival […]
April 11, 2011 by Tim Hayton
If you have been to Brooklands in Surrey, the old racing circuit where many a thrilling race has occurred, you will know that it’s a lovely venue to show off cars and visit the museum packed full of historical vehicles, planes and such. The Two-Sixties had its annual official get together last week where 73 […]
July 12, 2011 by Roger Parker
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