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I had a new exhaust made for my Indy and decided to take the car for a drive. Apart from a few laps around the neighbourhood, this was the first time I got to drive and experience an Indy on the open road. Wow - what a car!! There's a bearing inside the gearbox making itself known.

Two weeks ago, I competed in the annual Passion for Speed motor races at Zwartkops in Pretoria in my Red Pig. This was the first time that I competed in a serious race in this car and it was very surprising. Last year when we tested the car, it was unstable when braking, so we fitted a double...

BMW has a rich racing history in South Africa, always participating (and often winning) the premier production racing car series. The top racing series from 1986 to 1994 was the Wesbank Modified Production Saloons, which was officially supported by all car companies in South Africa and drew...

I sold my Quattroporte V two years ago, but I am a Maserati owner again. I have been chasing this particular Indy for a few years and made and offer about four years ago, but we couldn't reach a deal. Sadly the owner is now in ill health and I was approached by him to see if I was still...

My Red Pig finally made it onto the track at the Passion of Speed held at Zwartkops Raceway outside Pretoria on 29 January. The car was also featured in the January edition of South Africa's CAR Magazine, and you can see the photos from this shoot and a report of the first race here...

This weekend, exactly 50 years ago, a little known tuning company called AMG, triumphed at the Spa Francorchamps 24-Hours race on 24/25 July 1971. The AMG-entered Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.8 won its class outright and finished 2nd overall behind a factory entered Ford Capri, catapulting AMG as a...

I think I might have mentioned previously that my father bought a Maserati 300S in the early 70s that he found in Angola. I was recently given a number of boxes of old slides by my aging mother, some family related and some motor racing related. I was randomly going through a box of slides when...

So in November last year the car developed the familiar rattle in the front suspension. I had had new bushes replaced at 40 000km, and now at 83 000km I was told by the agents that the ball joints were knackered, so just replacing bushes again wasn't an option. I ordered a new set of control...

This weekend saw the running of the annual Passion fro Speed historic racing festival at Zwartkops Raceway outside Pretoria. This event usually attracts some international entrants from Europe and the UK and it's worth attending. It's a wonderfully informal atmosphere with unlimited access to...

Looks like an Indy might be coming my way that's been in long term ownership. Have known about the car for two years and asked the owner to contact me if he ever wanted to sell. Got the call this morning and am going to see it this weekend. Where are Indy values going and what are current fair...

The choice of a tow car with character has been a topic of debate with my friends for a few years now. At the beginning of last year I bought what I thought was the ideal car, a CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake until it became apparent that I couldn't tow with it. Since then the thinking has...

I've always admired the fitted luggage period option with classic cars, most notably with Mercedes-Benz. It's fabulous to see a 300SL Gullwing with fitted luggage, along the gracious 300S, and of course the 600 Grosser. I was unaware that there was a fitted luggage option for the Quattroporte...

This happened just outside my hometown on Tuesday. The video clip shows exactly my worry about SUVs and double cab bakkies - in situations like this they usually always end up upside down. Occupants of the bakkie walked away with cuts and bruises - astonishing. And the actions of the other...

I think we're being duped. Years ago we were being told that petrol cars were Satan itself and that diesels were 'clean' and environmentally friendly. I used to look at the black diesel smoke belching out of the exhausts on a 240D Benz as a kid and some how years later when the 'clean diesel'...

So yesterday I'm driving up the road in the QP and approach two school boys walking towards me on the pavement - they're probably eleven or twelve years old. As I get closer, they both stop and the one takes a bow at me. That was me at that age and it made me smile.

It seems that there a few folk here who have an appreciation for these 'sheds' - as referred to by someone on the forum. I don't like them and I can write pages of rant why I dislike them. However, I am genuinely intrigued to understand why people like SUVs. Unless you're towing a horse...

I don't think you guys in the UK should ever complain about the state of your roads - the reality here in SA is bad and the QP has been bruised..... For some reason the spare didn't want to inflate with the compressor, but fortunately there was a tyre place a block away and I got it pumped...

I've lived with the CLS63 AMG for a month now and, although a very different car from the Quattroporte, I can't stop myself from making comparisons. This is a bang up-to-date modern car, which I'm not used to and up until I got this car a month ago, my 10 year old Quattroporte was the most...

Allow me to introduce my best friend, Chris - we met about 10 years ago and in December he turned 72. He has an incredible energy about him that belie his years and this year in August he will start the adventure of a lifetime. Together with his brother Francis, who is now 70, they will be...

No much, actually, except for the rain sensor wiper function. It has a mind of it's own and drives me out of mine. I wish there was just a simple intermittent function with a knob to turn to increase or decrease the time between wiping.