Make the Journey Your Destination
“The future is big data, anti-heroes, and bedrooms on the freeway,” says Wayne Batty. It is a bird, it is a plane; no, it is Superman. Delivered with giddy levels of 1978 Hollywood melodrama, you can feel the optimism. Superman, with its message of justice and hope, resonated with an audience looking
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It matters little how you learned to drive, Judgement day, aka the driving test, remains the great leveller. Whether you have been drifting the Blomqvist family Saab since you were eight years old, or you have only had a few sweaty-palmed driving school lessons in a Toyota Tazz, nothing prepares
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Wayne Batty reckons it is a casualty of excessive choice. If you owned a Nintendo Game & Watch **Fire** device in the early 1980s, your childhood was probably awesome. Controlling two trampoline-wielding firemen in a bid to bounce evermore frequent jumpers from a burning building into an ambulance seemed the best way
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Three Saffers take a British car from its German home on an Italian jaunt. … Preparing for our first European road-trip involves a frantic search for discounted plane tickets and blind faith in Booking.com. Five days, four nights equals hand luggage for me, but wife and daughter appear ready to emigrate. I
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The first time man realised a horse could be ridden, be assured he also quickly felt the need in his nethers for increased ride comfort. Enter the padded saddle, a welcome boon to his favourite pastimes, namely, exploration and war. Not only could he lord it over pedestrians – sorry, infantry –
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It is often suggested that you cannot be counted a true car aficionado unless you have owned an Alfa Romeo. Blame Clarkson for that, even if he could not tell an intake manifold from an exhaust header – “Is this the turbo?” In reality, it is only the most passionate of
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A recent trip to the Kruger National Park and its surroundings in a BMW X5 M50d jogged the memory of Jim Freeman – remembering tales of the Bushveld, a man and a boy. And a very special dog ... click here to read more online
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Hear the words road trip and the image of two SoCal girls cruising down Route 66 in an '80s Mustang convertible wearing bikini tops and denims so short they are more like jean panties is unavoidable. Almost certainly the girl riding shotgun has her hands raised well above her head, fingertips
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