#11 Cricket, Poker, Gold, Route 66 Revisited and Death Valley with no A/C

Cricket and the Englishman

The Loved One - Evelyn Waugh

Poker

A Porsche Digression - 

The rise of the 993 4S

J’s 964 experiences

J’s 968 CS test drive

In praise of the Cayenne GTS’ interior

Porsche choose their customers like Ferrari. Anecdotally.

The appeal of a base model Boxster

J rebels against car models always bloating

'15 and '16 Fiesta ST running reports

A revolution in car cleaning products, by YouTube

'17 BMW M2 running report - A/C and brake juddering, and a not great dealer

J’s app for surfing beater cars in Europe - AutoScout24

Renault Clio 182

1914 Grand Prix Peugeot

Peugeot 205 GTi

Sierra Cosworth (Sapphire)

Citroen Saxo VTS

Citroen C6 and Up N Down

Renault Fuego GTX

2002 Mercedes E55 AMG running report @ 158k, “cut roof off”, a broken hood ornament but mechanically sound; central locking pump and battery change

Battery strategy when letting cars sit

Hubnut

Vain - Whisper

Plans to Pick up the Free Motorcycle

Vice Grip Garage

Western road trip - Coloma, where they found gold in California

X-15 Major Michael Adams Memorial

Seligman AZ: the real Radiator Springs from the Cars movie

Death Valley at 124 degrees with no A/C 

Thanks to United Rentals, and their Ford F250

J retells the story of the discovery of gold in California

Highway 395

Route 66 - all kinds of awesome, Seligman to Victorville especially

Gentrification and Shelby - an LA story (as seen in Ford vs Ferrari)

Newton’s bad behaviour on a Honda XR650 Supermotard

Paradise Cove reprised

Bruce Junor and his book

PCH and memories of the CBR

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