PART of the problem with new cars these days is that what you see isn't usually what you get. Unless you pay for it as an optional extra, that is.It's one of the car industry's worst kept secrets that paying for life's little luxuries can add hundreds - sometimes even thousands - of pounds to the price...
4 Cool Home Office Desks for Sale Under $300
Around the holiday season we are often asked about affordable office desks that won't break the budget. It seems more and more people are interested in a having a cool desk with ergonomic features these days and for that reason we've decided to share some of our favorite new home office desks from industry...
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Jaguar builds a speedboat
EVER wondered what would happen if let Jaguar's style gurus loose on a speedboat rather than a car?Well wonder no more because the shapely creation you see here, designed to help plug the launch of the not-exactly-ungainly XF Sportbrake, is what they've come up with. It's called the Concept Speedboat...
Blog, Updated at: 5:27 AM
Life On Cars Magazine issue twelve!
IT'S back! If the miserable weather and the clocks going back is giving you the winter blues, then the latest edition of the Life On Cars magazine should help to brighten your spirits. Among the highlights of the November 2012 issue are:A look at the Paris Motorshow stars conceived, designed and manufactured...
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Owning a Jaguar XJR is a stupid idea, no matter how cheap the insurance
THE woman from Confused sounded a bit, well, confused. When would I be interested in taking up insurance on a supercharged V8 Jaguar?It's very nearly November, which in the Life On Cars household means enduring the expensive ordeal of insuring both a £300 Rover and a Mazda MX-5 at roughly the same time....
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Reviewing Mayline Sorrento Furniture: The Luxury Office Solution
Buying affordable furniture is always nice, but sometimes luxury office furniture is required for a space. All things considered these two factors drum up the perfect recipe for Mayline Sorrento Furniture. Over the last few weeks we've had the chance to install and test Mayline Sorrento Furniture in...
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The sun sets on another summer of motoring fun
COULDN'T resist sharing this shot of the MX-5 bathed in evening sunlight, which I took by the beach at Southport a couple of days ago.With the nights drawing in, the air getting chillier and the wet British summer set to turn into an even wetter British winter, it's probably one of the last times I'll...
Blog, Updated at: 6:22 AM
Fire up the... BMW 3-Series
THE problem with BMW's 3-Series is you don't really need to read a road test to decide whether one should take pride of place on your driveway. It's simple; you either want one or you don't.That's why I thought I'd start this week not with the car, but Coldplay. Every couple of years, they release an...
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Are big cars better than small ones?
THE Citroen DS5, for all its clever hybrid tech and avantgarde styling, is a big car. Which is exactly why the company's PR man reckoned I wouldn't like it.He put it to me, as he handed me the keys for the French firm's largest and most luxurious twist on its DS range yet, that I'm a small car sort...
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Affordable Holiday Gift Ideas for Young Professionals
With the holiday season right around the corner, we thought we'd share some fantastic gift ideas for young professionals that won't break your budget! From adjustable drafting table solutions to the latest mesh desk chair styles available from top manufacturers, we have your every holiday office furniture...
Blog, Updated at: 7:31 AM
Happy tenth birthday* Top Gear!
MANY happy returns, Britain’s most watched motoring TV show. Many have tried to better your three-blokes-and-a-Stig format, but nobody’s really managed it.Even though I was naive, 16-year-old college student at the time I remember that first programme of the reinvented Top Gear like it been shown yesterday...
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Video: Confessions of a motoring journalist
AS mentioned earlier in the week, I made a video to show the nice people at the Institute of Advanced Motorists but things didn't exactly go to plan.This, had the computer not said no, is what they would've seen - a sort of narrated slideshow, giving a glimpse into the world of roadtesting cars and...
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Fire up the... Chrysler Ypsilon
YOU'D be forgiven for thinking the fine lines of this city slicker have come from the delicately held pencils of an Italian artist. In fact, you'd be right, because while this new Chrysler's might have an all-American badge pretty much everything else is more Turin than Detroit.That's because Chrysler,...
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Plans for Skelmersdale karting track mooted by charity
PLANS are being revved up to turn a disused industrial site in Skelmeradale into the bigest indoor go-kart track in the north west.The scheme, which has been submitted to the borough councill's planning department proposes turning a vacant unit at Pimbo Point, on Potter Place into a karting venue.As...
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5 Awesome Office Chairs Under $200
Often we're asked the average price for good office chairs. For that reason, we decided to highlight a few of our favorite office chairs priced under $200. Keep in mind, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It's always important to research the chairs your considering purchasing. However, in...
Blog, Updated at: 12:38 PM
How not to give a talk about motoring
THE projector was definitely taking the day off.In a crowded hotel suite last night I was a picture of nervousness, because the technology rigged up to help me was doing exactly the opposite. It was the monthly meeting of the Sefton Institute of Advanced Motorists and I, as that bloke who does that...
Blog, Updated at: 1:00 AM
Life On Cars presents The Petrolhead Pub Quiz
A FULL-THROTTLE competition to help raise funds for the National Autistic Society is being put on for petrolheads of all ages next month.David Simister, Champion motoring correspondent, is holding a pub quiz with a twist - all the questions are motoring-related - to help raise funds for the National...
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It's Sportage versus Focus in the Champion family car battle
AFTER several months of of fruitless debates I'm finally able to put a longstanding argument at the Champion offices to bed. Focus or Sportage - which is better?It all started earlier this year when one of the office petrolheads asked what's the best new car money can buy, provided you're a family man...
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Great car, great road: tackling the Buttertubs Pass in a Mazda MX-5
NO WONDER I was a bit knackered. I had, after all, driven nearly 500 miles yesterday in my bid to get to Yorkshire, drive some new cars and then get back again.But at least 50 of those miles I could have avoided, had I not insisted on going the long way home, and heading north up the A1 in a hunt for...
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Test driving new cars at SMMT North 2012
THE residents of the pretty village of Cattal, about halfway between Harrogate and York, must have got fed up of seeing me driving past today.I've just got back from SMMT North - a Yorkshire-based spin-off on the motoring media's annual speed dating event at the Millbrook Proving Ground - where...
Blog, Updated at: 1:40 PM
The 5 Best Furniture Lines for Home and Business Use
What's you favorite? Do you have a preference? What's your recommendation? These are questions any quality office furniture provider faces on a daily basis. Without doing a careful review of each line, it's hard to choose. Going on looks alone is never accurate and to provide customers with the absolute...
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Bond's Aston Martin DB5 looks stunning in Skyfall
YOU always know from the amount of secret agent-themed ads on telly when there’s a new Bond blockbuster on the way.Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave for the past year you’ll already know that 007’s latest adventure is called Skyfall, and will feature Daniel Craig in his third outing as the suave secret...
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The Modern Seating Revolution: Mayline Commute Chairs
Mayline commute chairs are the hottest thing to hit the office seating world since panel furniture! This line of incredibly cool office chairs is selling like hotcakes and for good reason. Mayline Commute chairs offer style and quality ergonomic features that are sure to keep you comfortable all day....
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