Never mind that the Golf V6 has just had it's second pencil coil pack up in 2 weeks.
But these are the calamities we must endure when we choose to run old, fun cars rather than modern slow, boring cars.
At least the Triumph Street Triple works and is in fine fettle but that won't really carry three people and a dog to rural Wales.
So as long as the Golf or Land Rover can be fixed on Monday Speedmonkey will be on holiday for a week. In the meantime here are some links to our mot popular articles. Click on the highlighted sec ion to go to the article.
The Valentino Rossi saga
On 3 August we told you that Rossi was moving to Yamaha for next year. Many didn't believe us.
On 4 August we found that one part of the story had proved to be false but that he was still moving to Yamaha.
On 7 August the Rossi to Yamaha story edged ever closer as Yamaha announced to the press that a press release would be issued on 15 August.
On 7 August we also postulated on a Ducati without Rossi.
On 10 August the cat was out of the bag. Press releases from both Ducati and Yamaha confirming Rossi's move. We were correct then!
Other bike related articles
New HP4 from BMW
How we would fix MotoGP
Supercars
Audi R8 e-tron
Porsche 911 GT1 Strassenversion for sale
Porsche 918 Spyder
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta
Aston Martin V12 Zagato
Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster
McLaren MP4 12c Spider
Morgan Eva GT
Noble M600 Convertible
Formula 1
Massa's replacement at Ferrari
F1 drivers losing the plot
What if F1 was like MotoGP
Hungarian Grand Prix - the alternative race review
Why I miss F1 test days
The Maldonator
