The Garage

The Drive Cult garage, home to our daily drivers and weekend toys.

Lotus Elise

New arrival: Lotus Elise

6th February 2012

The Drive Cult garage welcomes Alastair Preacher's S1 Lotus Elise. In his first report, he's got some hard figures on how much it costs to run this modern classic.

Microsoft Excel is not generally exciting, and before today it hasn't been particularly scary. However, I did something silly today involving MS Excel and I am slightly scared. The cause? A fully populated spreadsheet of all the work done on my Lotus Elise since I bought it, including mileage, details of what was done and most importantly, the cost.

There were 3 good reasons for doing this:

At heart I'm an inquisitive and data-hungry chap so sadly enough this sort of thing interests me. Some may...

The Daytona at an overnight halt during the Le Mans Classic 2008 trip

Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona

Looking back and looking forward

29th December 2011

Reviewing the Daytona's year and looking ahead to 2012. Plus, how does driving a Daytona on Forza Motorsport 4 compare to the real thing?

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The fantastically broken tarmac of Barrett Smith Road. Sorry the car is so dirty!

Mini Cooper S

Driving the Mini for the Sake of Driving

21st December 2011

Jamie decides to cut out the distractions and rediscover how much fun driving can be.

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The M3 will easily carry a mountain bike, but is that what I want from my weekend car?

BMW M3

The Swiss Army Knife of cars?

31st October 2011

Martin Spain updates us on life with his M3, and how it's failing to stir his soul.

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The Daytona in the unofficial '73-'75 parking at the Goodwood Revival

Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona

The Daytona at the Goodwood Revival and an autumn spruce-up

9th October 2011

A roundup of the latest news with the Daytona.

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The Daytona waiting for the parade in Hyde Park.

Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona

Taking the Ferrari Daytona to Chelsea Auto Legends

12th September 2011

The Daytona joins the Ferrari parade to Chelsea Auto Legends.

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The M3 was a little outclassed by the company on our recent trip to the GDC Supercar Breakfast

BMW M3

Road trips, high speeds and niggles

7th August 2011

The M3 has been to Germany and back, carried mountain bikes up muddy lanes and made numerous tedious long journeys more enjoyable with its madcap acceleration. Martin Spain reports on the last couple of months with his BMW.

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