RobiNZ Personal Blog

Cars I've Owned, Driven, Rented

Inspired by Jack Yan's much more exciting list...but with comments & memories. Like my own version of CAR Magazines:The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (GBU). Explore the map (below) by expanding/collapsing the branches, clicking the link icons will show the wikipedia post for that model/series. The icon is cars I’ve owned. Note: The map embedded in this post requires the free IE Mindjet MindManager Viewer Control from http://www.mindjet.com/viewer_blog/ For those without i.e. the text export follows; BMW http://www.bmw.com BMW 318i http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_E21 A couple, courtesy cars from my mechanic mainly BMW 320i http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_E30 A old courtesy car from my mechanic,... Read more →

LJK Setright - Goodbye to a Genius

I started writing this post after hearing the sad news back in September 2005 but couldn’t finish it then. I wanted to write about one of my favourite authors and now I’ve finished reading his last book the time is right. It was going to be a review of the book but in the introduction, LJK Setright outlines his motivation for writing Drive On! : A Social History of the Motor Car: Extract from “A Preamble”, Drive On! LJK. Setright "We need a book to show us - especially those of us too young to remember - what good and... Read more →