Citroen DS3 1.6 THP DSport A Distinctly French Approach Once upon a time, France was all about pavement cafes, croissants and coffee, Gitanes and garlic, Brigitte Bardot and Citroen. Then came package holidays, British bakers trying to do light and flaky pastry, the criminalisation of smoking and Tic Tacs, Brigitte […] Read more »
Car: Jaguar XJ L
Jaguar XJ L Cossetted by a Big Cat I was never entirely comfortable during my time with the new Jaguar XJ and I can’t put my finger on exactly why. Half the battle of enjoying a car, any car, is being comfortable with it. Not just comfortable in it, but […] Read more »
Feature: Car of the Year 2010
Kia Sportage Is Scottish Car Of The Year 2010 …. KIA’S stylish new Sportage has taken Scotland’s top motoring accolade at the 2010 Scottish Car of the Year Awards. The Kia drove off with the prestigious Scottish Car of the Year title at a gala event in the Fairmont St […] Read more »
Obituary: Stewart Robertson
Stewart Robertson 1950 - 2010 Last weekend, Stewart Robertson died suddenly at home near Dalbeattie. The news hit the south west area hard, and it was a particularly cruel blow for Solway Car Club, where he previously served as Committee Member and Chairman, and also the nearby Machars Car Club […] Read more »
Report: Strictly come Skating
Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally Strictly Come Skating Jock Armstrong and Kirsty Riddick skited to victory on last weekend’s 2010 Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally in the frozen south west of Scotland. I use the word skited deliberately because it implies less control and grip than the words slidey or slippery, and […] Read more »
Rally: Reay of Sunshine
Kingdom Stages Rally, Saturday 6th November Reay of Winter Sunshine Reay MacKay and Gerry Straube won last Saturday’s final round of the Hankook Scottish Tarmack Championship by less than half a minute from Stuart Baillie and Dave Cranston, but the result was in doubt till the end of the final […] Read more »
Car: Lexus IS 250C
Lexus IS 250C Life Out of The Fast Lane I was running late as usual, and the early morning mist south bound on the M74 was hampering progress. It was patchy too so there were times when I had to really slow up, and occasions when I could press […] Read more »
Report: Forrest Forest Win
D A Autoparts Forrest Estate Stages Rally, Sunday 31st October Forrest Forest Win for Armstrong Jock Armstrong and Margaret Wylie won last Sunday’s D A Autoparts Forrest Estate Stages Rally by over half a minute from the opposition. And it would have been more had the second stage not been […] Read more »
Rally News: 24 October, 2010
News & Gossip Roundup Ahead of the Tunnocks Mull Rally I had a chat with some of the boys. Calum Duffy was telling me his new John Reid engine had 317 bhp and was geared for 147 mph, but he was telling me also that the car really was a […] Read more »
Blethers: Misery in Munich
Flights of Hateful Fancy …. I hate airports, and I’m beginning to hate flying too. It’s not so much the airport building or the flight, it’s all the bleedin’ time spent hanging around these modern cathedrals of cantankerousness waiting, and waiting, and then waiting some more. I often spend more […] Read more »