http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk Need we say more? Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:35:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Those of you who like private number plates and free stuff are in luck. Numberplates.com is running a free photo competition. The prize is a nice 4 Gb Apple iPod Nano, like the one featured in this hi-res photo... The contest is basically that you send in a decent photo of your ... http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/11/01/free-competition/ Some of you may have noticed that I added the Regtransfers blog to my Blogroll. This one is actually worth a look. It's not just a load of sales stuff about number plates, or company propaganda. It is pretty entertaining - even funny at times. Well worth a look IMHO. Anyway, have ... http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/04/18/good-personalised-number-plates-blog/ Although I spend quite a lot of time here, banging on about cars and driving, I neither particularly like cars, nor know much about them. That is why I didn't really have a clue why one Suzuki Jimny I saw had a strange pipe that stuck up along one side ... http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/04/13/amphibious-suzukis/ You must have seen those chaps who lurk in supermarket car parks with their little car wash barrows. I'd previously regarded them with complete indifference. When they called over to ask "Car wash, sir?", I'd just say no thanks then go and do my shopping. Last weekend, for some unknown reason, ... http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/04/12/workin-at-the-car-wash/ You may recall that I whinged about tyres a while back, and how bloody expensive they are. Well, thanks to a chap my sister put me in touch with it looks as if tyres are going to be far more affordable now. A good £30 cheaper for each tyre than ... http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/04/12/some-good-news/ I asked Angela how she is getting on with sorting out her car problems after the accident. Well, that's not strictly true... actually, she told me without me asking. The progress report I received went something like: "They don't care about my car. They don't care about my neck. They don't care ... http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/04/04/angelas-ordeal/ Regtransfers.co.uk has just launched its official blog at http://www.regtransfers.co.uk/blog/. This will keep their website visitors up-to-date with personal registrations news... as well as any random nonsense that just happens to appeal to their blogger's sense of humour. While I have an abiding suspicion of corporate blogs, I know the people ... http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/04/04/new-number-plates-blog/ Here is a pic of Angela's poor, deceased car... http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/03/30/crunch-ii-the-sequel/ A friend with whom I work had a nasty shock this week. I had just got into the office when my phone rang. It was Angela saying she had had a car accident and would be delayed. The whole thing was rather unfortunate. The chap who crashed into the back of ... http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/03/30/crunch/ Well, good ole Andrew got me through the MOT just in time to tax the car. The DVLA's boys with the baseball bats will just have to find some other skull to crack this month. Don't you just hate their ominous, fascist, intimidating TV ads? Just like the TV licence ... http://www.stuffaboutcars.co.uk/2007/03/30/squeaked-through/