It’s not the first and won’t be the last time that we write about the importance of regularly servicing your car and changing your oil. The truth that we don’t want to hear is that manufacturers’ recommended service intervals are often too long, especially when we who live in the city drive in ‘abnormal’ driving conditions more often than not; stop-start traffic, extreme hot or cold weather, frequent short trips…sound familiar?
The ride-sharing service, Uber, is not unfamiliar with the ire of legitimate taxi drivers, but the latest in the series of strikes, which broke out in Paris, is one of the most violent ones to date.
As the inaugural season of Formula E comes to a close on the streets of London this weekend, there is a familiar ring to the headlines, with Prost and Senna battling to beat Piquet. The names are all echos of past F1 heydays when the pinnacle of road racing was a little less processional, and the outcome of the races was a little less than the forgone conclusion that has been the norm in the past few seasons.
Nico Rosberg is closing in on F1 world championship leader and teammate, Lewis Hamilton, who is now only 10 points in the lead after Rosberg snagged a dominant victory at the Austrian Grand Prix.
What looks like a truck that belongs in a Lego diorama is actually the newly launched Multix, a personal utility vehicle brought to India by Eicher and Polaris Motors, and is the poor man’s version of the Ford F-150; we say that without scorn, even if it is targeted towards the rural and suburban buyers, hence, the ‘poorer’ folks.
So the official announcement is out. UK radio DJ and sometimes game show host, Chris Evans, has announced that he was thrilled to be taking the popular BBC show into the future, after the exit of Jeremy Clarkson due to a fracas with one of the producers.