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Why eBay has become my first port of call for parts

Keeping terrible cars alive isn’t glamorous. A short, honest take on why eBay has become my go-to source for car parts

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Hot Wheels launches brick-built Honda Civic EF and S2000

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Yippee! it’s Mr Whippy – the long, damp winter of a British ice cream van

Dimitri Urbain

The cars Petrolblog would like to buy in 2026 (but probably won’t)

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Petrolblog’s 15 milliseconds of fame on The Grand Tour

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Britain deploys a Land Rover to defeat… leaves on the line

Miles Overton

The great prefix plate debate: Club Petrolblog decides

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Bridgestone Potenza Sport EVO: fewer metres to stop, more excuses to misbehave

Miles Overton

Thirteen ways Jay Kay gets around in “Seven Days in Sunny June”

Chris Barker

Stay alert, but don’t veer for deer (or French tat)

Miles Overton

Newsish: If Petrolblog ever sold its Fleet of Terribleness

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Club Petrolblog is back (and yes, it still smells of old french plastic)

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

A tyre just won a design award. No, really

Miles Overton

Petrolblog Revisited: Man buys Hot Wheels toy but fails to post photo on social media

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Hot Wheels crowns a life-size toy at the NEC

Miles Overton

Volkswagen Polo wins Best Car of the Half Century – what’s your Car of the Century + 25?

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith

Petrolblog Revisited: Car buyers don't care about ‘some hard plastics’

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith