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What does £80,000 Buy You These Days?

What does £80,000 Buy You These Days?

A very sensible and practical car that gets 9.0mpg, and can do 179mph: You could buy a whopping 82cm of widened M25 - for such a short stretch, you’d only need a little digger: You could do 1% of the work required to refurbish just one of the Trident programme’s two hundred W-76 thermonuclear warheads: The NHS...
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Friday Bicycle Caption Contest: Strictly Edition

Friday Bicycle Caption Contest: Strictly Edition

What on earth are these kids thinking? Surely this can’t be a safe way to ride, or is it just a new dance craze: If you can come up with a suitable explanation for what’s going on here, just leave your answer below. Who knows - you could even win this week’s prize...
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Another Bear With Transport Aspirations

Another Bear With Transport Aspirations

Remember the German bear who tried to make good his escape from the zoo by stealing a bike ? Well it seems that they’re all at it. This time, it was a bear making off with a car - allegedly attracted by the peanut butter sandwich left on the seat by the car’s...
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Peak Oil: You Electric Car & Bike Owners Needn’t Be So Smug

Peak Oil: You Electric Car & Bike Owners Needn’t Be So Smug

Peak oil - what does it mean? Well, demand finally exceeds production capacity by a long way and at the same time, available oil to get out of the ground starts to run out. Oil, oil-based products, or anything that uses oil for transportation (i.e. everything) gets a whole lot more expensive. We’re...
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