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I was down in New Ross, Co. Wexford this morning. Only back a few minutes but while on the way home traffic had ground to an almost halt. The reason was that the traffic ahead of me were waiting to overtake a slow moving van. As luck would have it, I had my camera on [...]

If you are lucky enough to have had the money to buy one of the worlds most expensive, exclusive and fastest road cars then there are two things you should be aware of. Number 1: Just because you have the million odd € to buy it does not mean you can park wherever you feel [...]

Back a few days ago there was an accident in Florida when a brand new BMW M5 drove off the end of an elevated runway. The car sailed through the air for about 200ft before hitting a tree and splitting in two. The driver was 18 and it was his own car. I just checked [...]

Just back from a trip to Enniscorthy in Co. Wexford. Nice day for a drive so the going was good. Then I realised that today being the 20th of December meant it was an anniversary of another trip I had to make to Enniscorthy. Exactly this day five years ago I had a service call [...]

My car had its NCT (National Car Test) today so my wallet is now €49 lighter. But it passed. Quite frankly I was amazed as I have had it 3 years and it has been in storage for over one of those three until I put it back on the road recently. Like something out [...]

Grandad is giving running a series on how to drive here in Ireland over on his blog. But what if you don’t have a car yet or planning to change the one you have? There is one simple thing that people when looking for a new or used car tend to forget. In fact it [...]

This morning was absolutely magnificant here, barely a puff of wind and quite warm too. There is a full moon tomorrow night so the tides are exceptionally low and high. Low tide this morning was at an accessible time so I took myself off to the beach to have a look around. If you walk [...]

I was trotting over home from the pub last night when I was almost knocked down by a car that came flying around a corner on three wheels. The car ground to a halt and despite going nowhere the driver insisted on revving the engine sending showers of sparks in to the air. It was [...]