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With the Belgium Grand Prix not taking place until the end of the month, we decided to counter our F1 withdrawal by taking a trip down Formula’s 1 memory lane and picking out 30 of the greatest racing battles. We tried our best to include races spanning the colourful history of Formula 1, and were actually quite surprised to find footage of races as far back as 1935! Anyway, as always with these kinds of lists it’s only our personal opinion on what the greatest F1 battles were, and we’d love to here what yours are! So, if we’ve missed…

Following on from our previous feature on the best movie car chases, we decided to take a closer look at just what exactly made them so great, and in most cases it was the car! So after a long weekend of debate and lazing around watching DVDs we put together a nice compilation of what we believe are 70 of the greatest cars to every grace the big screen. As with all our opinion features we love to hear reader feedback, so if you don’t agree with our selection or if we’ve missed out your favourite, feel free to let…

With series 16 of Top Gear not scheduled to air until early next year, we thought we’d try and counteract our withdrawal by spending some time looking over previous episodes and picking out our favourite stunts and shenanigans. With so much tomfoolery packed into every episode it was a bit of a challenge picking out our top 20, but we’re happy with our selection. We’ve even included some bonus footage of the ice-cream van hovercraft that never made it to air on Top Gear. What’s you favourite Top Gear stunt? Let us know your thoughts and opinions in the comments!…

Jeremy Clarkson, the enormously tall, bouffant-haired presenter of Top Gear is a simple man. Loved by millions, he is guided only by Ten Commandments. No, not the Old Testament Commandments; something far more relevant that he probably wrote on the back of a fag packet, and keeps in the back pocket of his stone-washed jeans. Luckily we managed to get hold of a copy of them, so read on if you want to live your life according to the rules of Clarkson! 1. Thou Shalt Not Walk Anywhere A simple one. You must always drive wherever you are going. Walking…

Modern caravans and cars are incredibly reliable. Long gone are the days of having to de-coke your engine every year, grease your suspension points every week and pay for a full service every 3,000 miles. Not many of us miss such a punishing regime but when our cars and caravans do let us down it can come as even more of a shock. Caravan owners have a unique perspective when it comes to buying breakdown cover. OK, most of the time they’ll be driving solo, just like the rest of us; but when they are towing their caravan and they…

Buying a new car is stressful. After you have negotiated the pricing minefield you then have to confront the most dreaded creature in the motoring world: the car salesman. Not content with taking thousands of your hard-earned pounds, he’ll then try to scare you into buying half-a-dozen optional extras. You’re in a buying mood and want to treat your new car well, so get suckered into buying a stack of stuff that you just don’t need. A couple of months later you’ll be poorer and feeling like a chump, while your salesman is booking his fourth holiday of the year…

Buying a car at auction is a much feared but essential man skill, like reversing a trailer or owning a chainsaw. All have the potential to go horribly wrong but all will make you look effortlessly cool – if you do them right. We’ve bought a couple of dozen cars at auction and have never (fingers crossed) had it go wrong. There are pitfalls, of course, but they are fewer than you might imagine. (We also own a chainsaw, a proper fire-breathing petrol jobbie, but reversing a trailer is a skill that still escapes us…) Here is the BreakdownCover.org.uk guide…

Family touring holidays can be stressful – but great fun! The key is to plan for the worst and hope for the best and introducing a car into the equation adds an extra complication, but one that is more than off-set by the freedom that it gives. Get Your Car Serviced Getting your annual service done just before you go on holiday is a great idea. Everything will have been recently checked, adjusted and ready to go before you set off, giving you peace of mind. But, don’t get it done the day before because you won’t have time to…