My super cars aren’t supercars
On a recent episode of Fifth Gear, Tiff Needell introduced a piece on the new Ferrari FF by implying that it was every petrolheads dream to drive a Ferrari. Well I’m sorry Mr Tiff, I know I’m a little weird but it isn’t and never has been my dream to drive a Ferrari. Sorry.
In fact, I’m going to say something rather controversial now. I’m not that fussed about supercars. There, I said it. I know I’m probably going to have to turn in my petrolhead badge now and be told to empty the contents of my desk into a box, but hey, sometimes it’s good to get things out into the open. Read more 
Car confessional: Part 2
A couple of weeks ago PetrolBlog became an automotive confessional (see http://bit.ly/99tb4T). A chance to share automotive guilty secrets and release the pressure from the shoulders of an avid petrolhead. I was clearly expecting a barrage of abuse and cries of “you’re not fit to wear the badge”. But something else happened, I was instead greeted with cries of “me too”. I was also quite literally inundated with one email that offered an alternative guilty secret and one which the sender was clearly unable to admit to in public. To you sir, I say go let it out. Better out than in. A problem shared. Etc, Etc. Read more
Car Confessional: Part 1
We all have guilty secrets. A few skeletons in the cupboard. Some embarrassing facts that are best left in the head. Nothing too sinister of course, just the kind of information that can taint an otherwise blemish-free record.
Take me for example. I happen to think that A-ha’s The Sun Always Shines on TV is one of the best songs of the 80s. Not that I’d admit that on a publicly accessible website such as this. Nor would I admit to having Cliff Richard’s Devil Woman nestled somewhere in the depths of my iTunes library. That would be a foolish admission. Read more
