The latest driving news and comment from TimesOnline en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:39:26 GMT Newspapers 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif Joseph Dunn Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:58 GMT 2009-07-03T05:38:16Z The last time I saw Jesse James he was trying to jump over a house in a 4-ton monster truck. He didn’t make it, bounced off the roof and demolished a shed instead. Today, for visitors at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, the maverick American is promising an equally bone-jarring show. Richard Hammond Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:55:54 GMT 2009-07-03T05:23:54Z One day we’ll run out of petrol. Or, more worryingly, jet fuel. Already car manufacturers are turning to hybrid and electric cars; cars powered by rotten turnips, old chip oil and the fumes from an engineer’s handkerchief. The point is that in the future there will be cars to tow caravans. What there might not be is jumbo jets and that makes a foreign holiday a bit of a problem. Try asking your boss for six months off work to row a boat to Thailand. And another six to get back again. James Mills Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:52 GMT 2009-07-03T05:38:42Z From Aston Martin to Zonda, all the names fit for a resident of Monaco will be present in the supercar paddock in preparation for the world’s most glamorous hillclimb — the Sunday Times Supercar Run. Better still, you don’t have to be a multi-millionaire to get close to the machinery at today’s highlight of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The informal atmosphere means visitors can get near enough to the car of their dreams to pose with it: hence our cameraphone ratings of drop-dead desirability. James Mills Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:45 GMT 2009-07-03T05:38:25Z Today’s Goodwood Festival of Speed has it all: Britain’s fastest men in Formula One mixing with F1 heroes from bygone years, classic cars and vintage champagne, and, of course, the unmistakable smell of burning rubber in the air. John Holmes Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:37 GMT 2009-07-05T01:59:25Z When the director-general of the BBC claimed on expenses the 23p it cost him to park on Bruce Forsyth’s chin for his 80th birthday (or something), you may have wondered, as I did, not what the hell he thought he was doing with licence payers’ money, but how on earth he managed to park anything anywhere for 23p? Nick Rufford Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:29 GMT 2009-07-03T05:49:20Z Two weeks ago the Silverstone circuit was reverberating to the roar of Formula One cars cheered on by 120,000 spectators. Today the crowd may not be as impressive (a dozen onlookers huddled under umbrellas) but the atmosphere is no less charged, as four driving stars pull on their race suits and prepare to do battle. Kate Spicer Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:15 GMT 2009-07-07T02:43:13Z Victoria Pendleton has perfect skin. Its luminosity is due to a fitness regime that pumps beautifying oxygen round her body. These annoying athletic women with enviable skin often have slightly less enviable legs — like giant sturdy oaks. Incredibly, though, the best female sprint cyclist in the world, a sport that requires thighs like tugboats, has the most exquisitely turned legs too. Adam Sage in Paris Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-07-01T08:40:02Z Two Britons have been banned from driving in France after being caught at speeds of up to 210km/h (130mph) in high-performance vehicles on a cannonball run from London to Saint-Tropez. Kevin Hackett Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:05 GMT 2009-06-30T10:29:31Z James Bond screeches around hairpin bends in them with a beautiful woman at his side, while they are the car of choice for European royalty in which to parade themselves around the Continent’s more opulent capitals. Jonny Shrink Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:48:28 GMT 2009-06-26T04:49:31Z Q I purchased a Daihatsu Fourtrak last year and the dealer had fitted a spare wheel cover with a huge advert on it. While I appreciated the dealer’s service, I don’t like having a billboard stuck on my vehicle. Is this a common occurrence?