MOTORING

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring.html (The Risc Disc Volume 2, 10/1995)

The Electronic Telegraph  25 April 1995  FEATURES

The troubled time machine

THE EYES widen, the leg that was stepping off the kerb is arrested in mid-air, and the duffel-coated man crossing the Falls Road turns his head to watch this sleek, brushed-stainless-steel sports car heading through West Belfast - back to the industrial estate where it was built. It is amazingly wide, well over six feet, it has a mere 25,000 miles on the clock and, from its condition and clean lines, you might take it for a recent Lotus. But this car is nearly 14 years old . . . and still stopping people in its tracks.more

Sounds too good to be true

A SHINY NEW car warrants a new stereo system and to make it compatible with the hi-fi in my living room I wanted one with a compact disc player. I didn't want some fancy auto-changer in the boot, worth so much money that the local thieves could retire upon the proceeds from it, I just wanted a simple, fully extractable radio/CD player.more

Keeping your distance from a nasty outbreak of the national disease

IT IS not only on motorways that the "national driving disease" is rife. Travelling too close to the vehicle in front, at any speed, is a highly dangerous habit, practised by far too many drivers. Even at 10mph in a slow traffic crawl, it is asking for trouble; you must keep your distance. This applies also when stopping behind another vehicle in a queue: always leave one car's length in front of you, so that you can see both "tarmac and tyres".more

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