Really Jeep?
Because Fiat/Abarth is FCA, I am on the mailing list for Jeep. Have to wonder if this image does anything positive for the brand? Lets fuck up a mountain?
My Fiat Bravo 155 HGT the HubNut star!
Ian 'Hubnut' takes the Bravo for a spin
The Pencil and the Battery Electric Vehicle
Had a chance, and interesting, coincidence today in my podcast playlist. Pocket Casts has my favourite podcasts set to auto-download and add themselves to ‘Play next’. Two episodes were ready to play when I left for the morning commute. The power of graphite; in pencils First up a new season
Fiat Bravo HGT heading for classic status?
A recent “Hidden Heroes” article on Honest John got my attention. They think my Fiat Bravo HGT is a future classic and there are only 21 left on the road in the U.K. There were never many HGTs in New Zealand; I was told maybe Thirty total and just
A2O Cycle Road Trip 02–Whanganui to Wellington
Driving South to Wellington
AHBART 156k
What is it about round numbers? Glanced down just as AHBART rolled over 156,000km on the way to work yesterday, but pulled over to take the photo!
Just because you are on a crossing, keep watching…
Red lights, cars stopped, green pedestrian and cycle crossing, all good?
Triangle Road, Massey, Auckland Chicken Run
It is astonishing how many cars are doing a head on "’chicken run’ down Triangle Road passing stationary traffic, on the wrong side of a double yellow ‘no passing’ line, crossing a two lane bridge with no means of escape. They must have a good job to be that
From no Abarth to an AHBART–My Abarth 500 Esseesse
How I got a new(er) car to partner my Fiat Bravo 155 HGT
Agnelli, the man, the documentary
Found this HBO documentary about Gianni Agnelli on Sky NZ while grazing the Soho schedule a couple of weeks ago. Recorded it, just got around to watching it, and so glad I did. While the Agnelli FIAT connection got my attention this was very much about the man, the family,
SH16 cycling near hit, still here thanks to rear view mirror
I nearly didn't go this way today, just to avoid crossing this SH16 roundabout, but traffic was light. Thankfully I saw a black car cutting across to do an illegal left turn (from the right/straight lane) in my "Take a Look" rear view mirror and,
Fiat 132: rare then, rarer now
Seeing a green Fiat 132 in this Telegraph article reminded me of the first Fiat I drove. Although a slightly earlier model (and GL not GLS) our ‘family car’ was similarly rare, but not exotic, car in New Zealand. Although cheap to medium priced mass market cars in Europe Fiat