The latest driving news and comment from TimesOnline en-uk mar, 30 oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:28:02 GMT Newspapers 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif Tim Dawson Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:28 GMT 2009-11-14T09:09:29Z I was meandering down a minor road outside Edinburgh, and I had entered that kind of pedalling trance when thoughts wander. Suddenly, the air was sucked from around me, and a monstrous roar filled my ears as a motorcycle scythed past just an inch from my arm. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:26 GMT 2009-11-13T12:51:26Z Q. Is there a genuine advantage to wearing stretchy, expensive bike gear, as opposed to my usual jeans and T-shirt? Home Staff Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-11T11:51:15Z A switch to electric cars may not necessarily reduce CO2 emissions or dependence on oil, a report for the Environmental Transport Association claims. Tim Shallcross Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:39 GMT 2009-11-11T04:34:39Z Sadly, lots of motorists spend the winter months commuting in a cold, damp box of misted up gloom. If you’re going to be that miserable you might as well be on a bus. However, it’s quite easy to keep the car dry, warm and comfortable until you can open the windows again without getting a soaked shoulder. The next time you find yourself having to wipe the inside of the windscreen, try these and get back to enjoying the car: Tim Shallcross Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:09:53 GMT 2009-11-11T04:09:53Z It’s not that long since oil had to be changed at 3,000 mile intervals. Until the 1970 oil crisis this was the norm – oil was cheap, motorways were still relatively new, annual mileages were still low for most of us so a 3,000 mile service interval wasn’t particularly onerous. Patrick Foster, Media Correspondent Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:55:00 GMT 2009-11-09T01:06:11Z Top Gear, the BBC motoring show, was criticised by the television watchdog today for showing scenes of a man committing suicide before the 9pm watershed. Jonny Smith Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:40 GMT 2009-11-06T08:35:41Z There is a maxim in business that a thing is worth whatever someone is prepared to pay for it. By that reckoning, Afzal Kahn is onto a winner. Andrew Frankel Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:34 GMT 2009-11-06T12:01:34Z Just as you can spoil a good curry by making it too hot, so Volkswagen has, by warming up the recipe for the Scirocco, rather overdone its hitherto delightful coupé. Laura Curtis Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:33 GMT 2009-11-06T12:22:33Z InGear’s inaugural track day for readers got off to a roaring start last week at Silverstone, the home of British motor sports. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:27 GMT 2009-11-06T12:05:28Z Q. A few years ago my wife and I decided to get back into the saddle and bought a couple of traditional-style bikes, which suit us well. We want to take them further afield but are having difficulty finding a roof rack that will carry them — each is about 50lb.