Car Chat with Dr Pixie McKenna
We talk cars , gadgets and dream locations with Dr Pixie McKenna Dr Pixie is best known for her work on the Channel 4 series, Embarrassing Bodies and RTE’s You Should Really See a Doctor and is the author of Dr. Pixie’s First Foods Your current car – Love at first sight or just a means to get from A to B? It’s a Landrover Discovery which I share with my husband so rarely drive! I’m safer driving a bike he says! What...
Peugeot 508 RXH
The French are better known for their fashion, food and fine wines, rather than their big cars, writes Geraldine Herbert What is it? The RXH is the bells-and-whistles version of Peugeot’s big family car. When it first when on sale, it was a diesel electric hybrid with a 4WD system, but the technology proved expensive and cumbersome and sales were poor. Instead, you now get a luxury specced 508 estate, with chunky body styling...
Aimee Woods’ 2016 Formula Vee season begins……………
Welcome back to Aimee’s Inside Track……….The 2016 Formula Vee season kicked off in Kirkistown writes Aimee Wood The 2016 Formula Vee season saw the opening round kick off in Kirkistown located in the North of Ireland – a track I’m not overly familiar with. My last outing in October 2015 had been a practice session in Mondello Park to see out the year on a high note with hopes of continued improvements to the lap...
Honda Jazz 1.3 i-VTEC
Honda’s supermini, the Jazz, has been revised, bumper to bumper writes Hannah Gordon What is it? First launched in 2001 the Honda Jazz has been a familiar sight on our roads, the new updated 3rd generation promises more interior space and refinement. Available now with just one engine choice can this reliable little car carry on from where it left off? Who is it aimed at? With the new Jazz Honda is trying to appeal to a larger...
Tips for Driving in Spain
Planning a holiday trip to the Continent this summer? we have some practical tips and advice for driving in Spain writes Geraldine Herbert 1) Drivers who wear glasses must keep a spare set in their car. 2) Seatbelts are compulsory for front and rear-seat occupants 3) There are tolls on motorways so take plenty of change with you as often these are automated barriers 4) Warning triangles are a common requirement in...
