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The end of the affair… Chapter 5: American excess - Route 66
Cars, Personal
The end of the affair… Chapter 5: American excess - Route 66
Cars, Personal

If you ever plan to motor west, Travel my way, Take the highway that is best. Get your kicks on route sixty-six. After 6 weeks of selling ice cream on the Boardwalk, we’re heading west, pushing out our own new frontier…

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The end of the affair… Chapter 4: American Excess in Atlantic City
Cars, Personal
The end of the affair… Chapter 4: American Excess in Atlantic City
Cars, Personal

It’s 1975 and I’d begun studying English & American Literature at the University of East Anglia. A subject chosen with the hope of spending a year abroad at a US university. I love american culture and the American car is a huge part of that mythology. I can’t wait.

Cars, Personal
The end of the affair… Chapter 3: Born to stall
Cars, Personal
The end of the affair… Chapter 3: Born to stall
Cars, Personal

1974, I’m 17 and my provisional driving licence has arrived. But I didn’t rush at learning to drive. It was like getting the chance to meet your hero. You just know it’s bound to be a disappointment. And with learning to drive you have to face a real test at the end – that most people fail, at least once.

Cars, Personal
The end of the affair… Chapter 2: Teenage dreams
Cars, Personal
The end of the affair… Chapter 2: Teenage dreams
Cars, Personal

If you read the last chapter of my ‘auto biography’, you’ll know I can’t remember a life before loving cars. Childhood over, let’s start this chapter in my early teenage years. Not old enough to drive a car, but really too old to play with toy cars anymore…

Cars, Personal
The end of the affair… Chapter 1: Love at first sight
Cars, Personal
The end of the affair… Chapter 1: Love at first sight
Cars, Personal

To welcome the New Year, here is the start of a series of posts chronicaling my love affair with cars. If you also had a childhood full of Corgi models and Airfix kits you’ll understand…

Cars, Personal
Alfa style on the Amalfi Drive
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Alfa style on the Amalfi Drive
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Resurrecting my Alfa obsession, I took a classic Alfa Spider on a perilous trip down the Amalfi Drive, one of the scariest coast roads in Europe.

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Memoirs of a reformed Alfaholic
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Memoirs of a reformed Alfaholic
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Why do people develop a loyalty, even obsession with one make of car? For me, it began in 1968 with my first holiday abroad at the age of 11 when I saw my first Alfa Romeo…

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The getaway car
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The getaway car
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Back in the 1960s real crime money came from robbing a bank. And if you were robbing a bank you needed a getaway car. Your best choice was a Jag Mark 2.

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The watch and the bicycle
Watches & Clocks
The watch and the bicycle
Watches & Clocks

The link between mechanical watches and cars is frequently made in car and watch magazines. But can I make the case for a closer connection – with the humble bicycle?

Watches & Clocks
The 5 ‘T’s of watch choice
Watches & Clocks
The 5 ‘T’s of watch choice
Watches & Clocks

Why do so many of us cheerfully stump up thousands for a ‘good’ watch? A spot of people watching has helped me hatch a theory on the topic. Let’s call it ‘The 5 ‘T’s of watch choice’.

Watches & Clocks

Training is all about developing practical skills and the confidence to apply them. But it’s important to have a basis of knowledge and theory to give the skills strong foundation. Having worked extensively in commercial management and university teaching, David ensures his training covers both the theory and the practical.

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