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Did you know that EVs (Electric Vehicles) are over a hundred years old!

27 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments sleepyjey

I've always thought that EVs are a revolution of the 21st century. So I was a little surprised that the foray into Electric Vehicles started in the 19th century! Did that surprise you too? To put things in perspective, the automotive car was launched...

My Silly Fast Car Dreams: Japanese Sports Cars

9 Sep 2022 6 minute read 0 comments stevenbhow

The Japanese sports cars from the 1960s-2020s that I would love to own   I wrote a bunch of articles about mostly American Muscle Cars I'd love to own as well as some classic sports cars and one article about some awesome Restomods.  I mentioned it b...

My Silly Muscle Car Dreams I

8 Sep 2022 2 minute read 0 comments stevenbhow

I have a stupid dream that most likely will never be achieved. And probably shouldn’t be achieved since it would be a pretty bad example of hoarding and owning cars that aren’t what the planet needs right now. But, I’d be lying if I said I’...

I had to wash the car for filming myself

25 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Entertainment backstage after 3:45A little bit about filming:1) We (CMCproduction & SmartREC) have prepared a script for a video on car warranty service in the network of Pragmatics car centers.2) Andrey Smirnov was approved for the main role of the...

Daihatsu Sirion - waxing lyrical

22 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower

A parcel arrived for me earlier, what's inside? ah-HA! two cans of Dynax UB aerosol wax for the rear half of the Daihatsu, excellent. After using their S50 cavity wax a year ago I knew what I was letting myself in for, so duly put on my most grotty j...

Daihatsu Sirion - Reassembly at last!

15 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower

With itchy feet I set to again today with a plan to get this all back together. I gathered my tools and things and carefully jacked the fuel tank up into position, attaching the fuel gauge plug, fuel return line and fuel feed lines before raising it...

Daihatsu Sirion - Weld-a-thon pt2

3 Aug 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower

More progress made on the Daihatsu. The biggest obstacle to overcome was the welding, as I cannot weld and electricity confuses and frightens me in roughly equal parts. A friend was able to come over and work on the chassis rails which were the last...

Daihatsu Sirion - Finally fixing things

25 Jul 2022 2 minute read 1 comment Lawnmower

New news! With everything fully disassembled, I've finally got some forward progress.  I've been busy de'rusting the outside of the fuel tank with a wire brush, painting it with Vactan and tonight, applying zinc primer. I need to buy some more black...

Daihatsu Sirion - MOT issue rectification - dissassembly pt. 2

18 Jul 2022 4 minute read 1 comment Lawnmower

Onto phase 2 of the operation. Removal of the tank. This had mixed outcomes... All started off well, I was able to loosen all 4 bolts holding the tank to the car fine - however access to the exciting bits was poor. There is no access beneath the rear...

This Cartier was created for the 1983 Dakar rally. It is now up for auction

13 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

This is one of the rarest and most obscure Cartier watches in existence. It's called the Cartier Cheich and they only made four pieces. Back in the 1980s, Alain Dominique Perrin - the man in charge of brand at the time - and Paris-Dakar founder Thie...