Just in case you thought I’d fell off the end of the world, I thought I’d better post something and in case you’re asking  Is Maurice still a work in progress? The answer is yes! He’s fine, thanks for asking but I’ve slacked off – due to crummy weather and other things that had to [...]

Ever find out what someone does for a living and think  ‘Lucky git – how on Earth did he land that job?’ Me too. I think that about motor journalists – what a fantastic job to drive cars, travel the world, write about it and get paid. Until recently, like a lot of people outside [...]

I’ve been thinking; again. It’s a dangerous occupation for me I know, but I really want to know how these damn cars work.  I’ve been rather reluctant to start whipping bits out and pulling things off just in case it takes me longer than expected to do what I intended to do or I make [...]

It could end here – it really could. This could be the shortest blog ever! I expected to get stuck, be bamboozled, baffled, confused, frustrated and annoyed. I usually am. I never expected to come to a bit of a dead end though. I thought I copped out ringing a mechanic and asking for advice [...]

I thought I was in a minority and I have always been slightly embarassed by it. I only ‘came out’ when I started this blog. No, not that type of ‘coming out’ – I mean admitting that I name my cars. Maurice, as you are no doubt aware by now, is my little blue MX5; [...]

Mazda MX5 owners are renowned for their sociability – there is a little phenomena called the MX5 Wave. If you drive an MX5 and you see another on the road – you wave to each other – it’s nice, it’s polite and the very first time I took Maurice on the road, another MX5 driver [...]

My little blue Mazda – Maurice – was hauled away yesterday (finally) by my mechanic. Dragged away by a Ford Escort van just to add insult to injury. For some reason, I’m very attached to my car and having been carless for the last week I’m beginning to understand why. A car to me represents [...]

Okay – so I’ve only just started and I’ve caved already. Maurice is still in the driveway and I have a shed full of ramps, tools and bits I’ve bought (and spent a fair bit of money on already) and I’ve cheated. I called my mechanic today and booked the little blue Mazda in for [...]

Lots of things make me happy – sunny days, lasagne, a bit extra in my pay packet and strangely today, I’ve found, a torque wrench. For a middle aged woman I’m not too sure whether that’s a good thing or bad thing. I always thought diamonds were supposed to make me happy – or so [...]

I wasn’t going to keep a tally; I was going to take the  same view I do with my horse – pay out and don’t keep count – I don’t want to know! For some reason I’ve decided I want to know – I’ll probably regret it, but if any of you are thinking of [...]