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Talking Japanese - to your car
It seems hard to imagine a place more crowded than here in the UK, particularly if you commute to work on a train in the morning, but Japan takes dense urban living to an altogether higher level. This lack of space has often been the impetus for highly original design ideas.
Bond cars: goodies and baddies
It might just be me, but the arrival of a new Bond film seems to herald an accompanying armada of media coverage.
Take me to a hire place
Unlike the many people struggling with the cost of petrol or public transport, I’m lucky enough to live within walking distance of work. In fact, just over a year ago, I sold the car that I could no longer afford to run.
One vengeful lady owner…
There’s another one of those stories on the BBC - you know, of the wronged-woman-takes-revenge-in-public kind.
A load of scrap
If you’ve ever been for a bracing countryside walk only to be brought up short by the sight of an abandoned vehicle, you’ll know how important it is for cars to be properly scrapped and recycled. In fact, seven years ago the government was so concerned about an estimated 340,000 illegally dumped cars each year, [...]
Progress, 1930s style
There’s an interesting story in last weekend’s Times that DEFRA is funding a project to develop recyclable car parts from hemp fibres.
