Virage corner – exciting new information

The 5.3 litre V8 of the Virage is at the same time the essence and the Achilles heel of the car.  In the next post I’ll describe how we solved all the major problems with it (none of which had been diagnosed by Aston dealers and specialists).  In this one, I’ll cover a bit about the unit…

Of interest to a maximum of 5 people in the world – but possibly very useful to them – you know who you are.  Link is here.  Upcoming – new detail on replacing the vacuum pipes!!  Try to contain yourselves!!

My recent posts of Olympics photographs made me think more about practicality in portable cameras, and also what the absolute ideal would be for me.  The closing ceremony in particular provided a classic example of real-world usage.   Knowing the closing ceremony was going to be visually interesting, and also probably quite low-light at times,…

After too long a delay, I am going to finish off this series about good quality, handy, cameras.  The delay has been due to a lot of other stuff to do, plus I felt the need to do more lens testing between the four cameras I am describing here.  The process has taught me a…

No doubt to signal their displeasure at the public money about to be wasted on Mrs Thatcher’s funeral, some b*st*rds somewhere are mounting a huge attack on WordPress sites, of which this is one. This is the reason the site has been slow or impossible to access  in the last 24 hrs. A little tinkering…