Silverstone Classic Part Ia – Car Club Displays – August 2022
2021 saw the 30th iteration of the Silverstone Classic Festival. The 30th anniversary of what started out, as so many of these things do, on quite a s...
2019 Vauxhall Astra 1.0T 103 SRi (GB)
There is always an element of lottery associated with rental cars, so despite what you book you are never quite sure what will be available and alloca...
Queen Square Cotswolds Driving Day – August 2022
Although static cars shows are always interesting, with plenty of nice cars to look at and often their proud owners to chat with, there is at least as...
Wheels on Wednesday (on Sunday) – 21st August 2022
In the beginning there was "Wheels on Wednesday", an evening car show held, as the name suggests, on Wednesday evenings, on a monthly basis in the exp...
2019 BMW 530i Sportline (USA)
In all the years that I have been renting cars out of the Hertz USA fleet, I've been able to sample models from a very wide variety of manufacturers w...
Wheels at Prescott – August 2022
The idyllic Prescott Hill Climb, on the slopes of the Cotswolds, a few miles north of Cheltenham is a lovely place to spend time almost regardless of ...
Festival Italia at Brands Hatch – August 2022
The first Festival Italia was held at Brands Hatch in 2016 and it was an instant success. The combination of rounds of historic Alfa and Ferrari racin...
2018 Toyota Sienna SE (USA)
Walking into the vast Hertz LAX facility early on the last Saturday morning of my September 2019 trip, I was dismayed to see that there were not that ...
Abarths in Wiltshire – August 2022
In recent years, as the number of Abarths on UK roads has increased, so a series of Regional Groups have been formed, some with stronger links to the ...
Wheels on Wednesday – 10th August 2022
There are quite a few evening events taking place over the summer that I have added to my calendar, among which are the "Wheels on Wednesday" series, ...