Is it me or has Top Gear passed its peak performance? The programme used to be entertaining but now it’s the same thing every week, just variations on a theme. And while they may be good themes, everything has its day and eventually become tired and repetitive. The format worked for a while but it’s getting predictable. The presenters  – Clarkson, Hammond and May (sounds like a firm of solicitors when put like that) – Read more…

New world champion Jenson Button has signed to drive with McLaren for the next three years, partnering 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton in an all-English team. The partnership will mark the first time in Formula One history that a team has started the new season with a line-up featuring the most recent two successive World Champions. It is also the first pairing of two British World Champions since Graham Hill (1962, 1968) partnered Jim Clark (1963, Read more…

It’s not just cars that you can hire, there are other, travel-related things you can rent, and to celebrate this new beginning we are going to talk, in no particular order, about them.. Travel Gear Renting travel gear is great for so many different reasons. In many cases, renting travel gear is much cheaper than buying the gear outright. For this reason, many people turn to rental gear as a way to create a little Read more…

Night driving presents a number of different challenges that many of us are not used to dealing with. As deadly car accidents are more common once it begins to get dark outside, it is a good idea to become familiar with the different obstacles you might encounter when driving during the night. Learning how to handle these situations effectively will make night driving safer for you and for everyone else on the road. If you Read more…

It may have been the most spectacular venue that the Formula One teams visited all year, but the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last weekend, which closed the 2009 F1 season, produced a dreadfully dull race, apart from the first and last few laps. You certainly couldn’t fault the place itself. With its five star hotel spanning part of the track, a pit-lane exit which dived through a tunnel and the longest straight on the Read more…