Always In The Rough
The parallels between seeking out coaching to play a successful game of golf and driver training in a high performance car.
Americana (2–Part Series)
Bob Young takes a tongue in cheek, and a not so tongue in cheek, look at attitudes to cars and driving on the other side of the pond.
Evolution of The Driver
Despite rapid advancement in vehicle performance, driver training has not kept pace. This means many drivers are now outclassed by their own car.
Ford Mustang GT Ownership
Chris Hall, of Ride Drive, has always had a thing for American cars and has now bought a Ford Mustang.
Police Rover 3,500 SD1
Often depicted as being a popular choice of the police service, the police Rover SD1 was by no means a favourite of those who had to use it.
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Car Road Tests
Alfa Romeo Spider Road Test
Bob Young takes a 15–year old Italian sports car on a road test around the lanes of the Cotswolds and was pleasantly surprised.
Audi R8 Road Test Audi R8 Road Test by Ben Robinson, a Ride Drive customer, looking to see if he could choose this car as compared to his beloved Porsche 911.
Jaguar XF Road Test
Chris Hall drives the new Jaguar XF from Warwick to the south of Spain, driving in convoy with 5 other XF’s, as the cars were being driven to a dealer launch.
Jensen Interceptor Road Test With 7.2–litres of American V8, Bob Young takes to the wheel to find out how this wonderful British classic sits on the road today?
TVR Pages
TVR Griffith 500 – Ownership Story What it is like to own a Blackpool Beast? Bob Young only got into TVR’s as a result of working for Ride Drive and tells us about his 5–litres of British Grunt.
TVR Griffith 540 Special A 5–litre V8 sport car should be enough for anyone, but when faced with a wrecked engine it is easy to begin to grow horns. Graham Jeffs explains.