Ecurie Ecosse to grace the Goodwood Revival 2017

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It seems like The Festival of Speed was only yesterday, and already the next iteration of Lord March's is on the horizon, with only eight weeks to go until the 20th Goodwood Revival Meet, taking place between September the 8th to September 10th, time to step into your pre 66' finery and enter the halcyon days.

As a highlight of this years event, a tribute to Ecurie Ecosse the legendary Scottish racing team will be performed daily on the race track.

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The experience at Concours of Elegance Hampton Court

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We've just returned from the Concours of Elegance and the sublime setting of Hampton Court in London, the palace was the perfect backdrop for the automotive excellence event which ran for three days including the Friday which was owners day followed by two public days.

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Michael Eastwell next race and new website

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Michael Eastwell Racing

Michael Eastwell racing is certainly gathering steam, with the launch of their new website which now shows Michael's next race and a countdown till launch time.

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It's easy going green with the LAPD more EV power

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At a recent press conference , Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti announced that the LAPD will introducing the BMW i3 and the Tesla Model S P85D to their police car fleet, truly putting the EV on the Los Angeles Map. 

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Car repairs you, garage or both?

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Repair your own car?

It's an interesting question and my answer, both. Now don't get me wrong if I had a ramp or pit I would attempt way more repairs, parts changes, modifications, gearbox tweaks, suspension work, exhaust bits, oil changes and sump cleaning to name a few.

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StreetDrone launches the autonomous One 2017

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StreetDrone One
Ex-F1 engineers produce testbed for autonomous technologies in aid to unify and reduce the cost of driverless testing.
The British based business StreetDrone has officially launched its affordable autonomous and unique vehicle – the StreetDrone ONE– From the Munich NVIDIA GPU conference in Munich yesterday.
The vehicle has been designed as an autonomous technology with a purpose of addressing divergence, and the growing costs and siloed research for businesses across
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Telematic Box Insurance - Is it worth it ?

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Corsa Telematic insurance box

It is becoming increasingly harder for new young drivers to get on the road, even the smallest 1.0-liter city car costing around one thousand pounds and the average Vauxhall Corsa or Ford Fiesta costing in excess of one thousand pounds to insure. This means that as a young driver it is becoming more and more out of reach to get on the road as a new driver.

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F1 AMG Petronas and Qualcomm 5ghz telemetry transfer inrace

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F1 racing is taking a technological step this coming weekend in Austin. MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One team and Qualcomm teamed up to enable a wireless download of F1 car  telemetry data using a hyperfast 5 GHz Wi-FiĀ® Transfer during the Formula One practice sessions.

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