Road test. Ready? Get into your car, and drive in a straight line (no this isn’t an alcohol test, but similar). Notice your car pulling left or right? Or your steering wheel veering off to one side or the other and you have to pull it back up to centre it? Or can you maybe […]
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It’s 1983, and Tom Cruise rolls up to a fuel station in a ’79 Porsche 928. An attendant hobbles over to help fill ‘er up. Attendant: Nice ride, Tom! What’s it gunna be? Tom: Petrol, pronto. Thanks Fast forward to 2020. Tom Cruise rolls up to a fuel station in a BMW M5. The same […]
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You’re out on a camping trip, when you accidentally leave your headlamps on. Come the morrow, you turn the key in the ignition to find it doesn’t make that reassuring start up sound. The ice trickles into your veins, your senses sharpen, your breath quickens. Your car’s battery is dead, and the ol’ flight or […]
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There’s more than just being fined for speeding when you’re behind the wheel in Dubai, and the UAE in general. To make sure you’re aware of the different traffic violations, and how much you’ll need to cough up if you do cross the lines, here’s a list of 2020’s main driving whoopsies in Dubai: List […]
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Here’s a true story. While I was studying at Kent University, my uncle and his brother volunteered to pick me up from Heathrow and drop me off at school. On the way my uncle’s brother, who was driving, missed the exit and, rather foolishly, attempted to swerve off the main road and into the little […]
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Road safety is a serious issue. Nearly 4,000 people die every day because of road accidents, and this is raising some alarm bells around the world. If we don’t do something about it, we’re definitely staring down the barrels of a driverless car future, although who’s to say they’ll be any safer? That’s why GEM […]
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Sometime before Christmas, a Ferrari toy ad aired on TV. We see a boy pleading with his father – let’s call him Robert – to buy the toy. Robert promises that he will buy it. Unfortunately, the Ferrari toy’s out of stock in all the stores when Christmas finally came around. Fast forward to January. […]
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It’s 7:30 in the morning. You overslept (damn that Netflix show!), and as a result you’re late for work. Tapping the rim of your steering wheel impatiently, you stare at the long line of vehicles ahead of you, inching along, and wait for that wretched green light. Bit by bit, you’re losing your patience. There’s […]
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Truth passes through three stages. First, it’s ridiculed. Second, it’s violently opposed. Third, it’s accepted as self-evident. It’s the case for electric cars: 2016 – Edward Reuter, Daimler chairman, says, “Tesla is a joke that can’t be taken seriously compared to the great car companies of Germany.” Ridiculed. 2017 – Shai Agassi, environmental entrepreneur, says, […]
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Little Darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter Little Darling, it feels like years since it’s been here Here comes the sun, doo da doo doo Here comes the sun, and I say It’s all right… Nothing beats starting your day with some good old Beatles, eh? The sun is shining, your day is […]
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