Cars

The Lancia Fulvia

Via comments from Andrew Robertson: You really do have the bug. Give us a run down on the model code names, specs and years? Know very little about this little car…liking it more and more myself. Yes, I do have the bug. Sadly, it’s an intellectual bug only because I’ve never actually driven one. The Fulvia has come to my […]

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Cars

“Lancia Quest” continues….

I’ve long had a theory that any given model of vehicle is worth X-amount of dollars in good condition. If you get it for X-minus-Y dollars, there’s a good chance you’ll have to spend Y dollars (or even Y-plus-Z dollars) on repairs or restoration to bring it up to good condition. That’s proving to be the case with the Lancia

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Cars

To Lancia, or not to Lancia?

So the GTV6 is sold and we’ve decided to shelve our plans for building a new home. That means it’s Game On for car shopping! I had a couple of important criteria for my next car, key among which were that it had to be good for a long distance east-coast road trip that Mrs Swade and I want to

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Non-car life

This is Australia, where we don’t like drug cheats in sport (even alleged ones)

The Essendon Football Club went to Perth tonight to play the West Coast Eagles. It was an extremely tough game. It should be a memorable game due to the Bombers winning away from home – a come-from-behind thriller for the ages played in hostile territory. Unfortunately, that’s not what this game will be remembered for. This game will be remembered

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