About PetrolBlog

Championing the interesting, the obscure and the mundane.

PetrolBlog is the motoring world according to MajorGav – a different spin.

PetrolBlog is automotive waffle and bunk and is best served with a mugful of tea and couple of Hobnobs.

If you’re reading this is an elevator now, my elevator pitch would be describe PetrolBlog as a nostalgic look back at some classic (and not so classic) cars from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s with a sprinkling of interesting new cars mixed in for good measure.

But if you’re not in an elevator, I’ll go on to say that PetrolBlog will include:

New car reviews I’ll be testing relevant and interesting new cars. Rather than look at the technical and rational aspects of new car ownerships, I’ll be seeking out the more emotional, real world side of a car. My tests will invariably involve a series of early mornings, lots of coffee and some captured images on the iPhone. Oh and the small matter of a 1,500 word review.

Real World Reviews Reviews of older cars provided by the readers of PetrolBlog. Some rose-tinted, some best forgotten and some educational. But always interesting and engaging.

PetrolBlog looks at… Reviews of stuff that aren’t cars. Quite.

What ever happened to… A nostalgic look back at some cars that used to be common place on Britain’s roads but are now rarer than a race win for Ralf Schumacher.

Yesterday’s specials Some special editions that were, how can I put this, somewhat special.

1970s and 1980s cars Cars from the greatest era of the motor car. ’nuff said.

Shatchbacks A collection of the automotive horror that is the booted hatchback. Or as PetrolBlog likes to call them – the Shatchback. By exposing them here, it will avoid the shock of seeing one on the open road. Warning, some of the images are not necessarily safe for work. You have been warned.

Car Confessional Cars that I really shouldn’t like, but I do. OK. Get over it!

The PetrolBlog Point A series of short observations on the automotive world. The kind of small talk that petrolheads make at dinner parties leading other guests to make their excuses and leave.

PetrolBlog waffle Random stuff that doesn’t really fit anywhere else. Either that or it is just rubbish.

I hope you find at least one sentence of PetrolBlog remotely interesting. If not, I apologise for wasting your time. Have you ever been to a Harvester before?

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