Author: thekillerbee
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Can your cars Instagram account increase its value?
Whether you’re buying a performance car, a classic or even just a run of the mill daily driver, a big file of bills, receipts and documentation is imperative in checking a car’s history to make sure you’re not buying a shed. Seeing all the stamps in the service book is bare minimum, finding old MOT…
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Smart motorways, a deadly mistake
I’ll start this off by telling you a rather uncomfortable experience I had a few years ago on the M40 near Coventry. My own uncomfortable experience It was a bitterly cold December and my Dad was giving me a lift to London so I could complete in the annual British indoor rowing championships at the…
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Ferrari V12: Victim of Legislation or the Petrol Head’s Last Stand?
For a petrol head, the future has been looking bleak for some time now. Constant vilifying of the internal combustion engine has culminated in a ban on the sale of petrol and diesel-fuelled cars by 2030 onwards, at least in the UK. Who knows what the future holds after that. Will the seemingly illogical push…
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You Don’t Need to Spend a Fortune to Enjoy Cars
At the time of writing, the UK government are going to announce a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. That’s less than a decade away. It’s scary to think that something that has been part of our lives for well over one hundred years, is beginning its final chapter.…
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The World’s Most Reliable Cars
If someone put a gun to your head and said you can pick only one car for the rest of your life and if it breaks down they’ll pull the trigger, what would you buy? There are a few trains of thought on this one, how many of you would go for a new car…
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Are the Traditional Supercar Manufacturers being Left Behind?
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll probably be aware of the shit storm that got kicked up over the past week or so, surrounding the two way average of 316mph and a peak of 331mph in a top speed record by the SSC Tuatara. The idea for this blog came from the belief…
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Are Car Brands Selling Out and Ditching Their Historic Core Values?
When Ferrari stop building a naturally aspirated, front engined, rear wheel drive V12, the four horsemen of the apocalypse are truly on their way… I recently published a blog looking at the history of Citroën and how a few decades ago they were innovators in automotive technology and design. Each new model would build on…
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Cars Aren’t Cool Anymore
The current crop of super/hyper cars don’t seem to grab the general public’s attention like they used to 30 years ago… Us car guys are a dying breed. It’s sad to hear but the current generation just aren’t into cars like us crusty old bastards. And there’s more than just one reason too. In this…
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The Rise and Fall of Citroën: Part 3
Those unfamiliar with older Citroën models may wonder why it’s worth writing about the story of a company that seemingly creates cheap runabouts for people who are not really interested in cars. Well, put simply, it wasn’t always this way… If you haven’t seen it already, take a look at The Rise and Fall of…
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The Rise and Fall of Citroën: Part 2
Those unfamiliar with older Citroën models may wonder why it’s worth writing about the story of a company that seemingly creates cheap runabouts for people who are not really interested in cars. Well, put simply, it wasn’t always this way… If you haven’t seen it already, take a look at The Rise and Fall of Citroën:…
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