Marlboro License Department rocks!
My car’s license expired (back in October) and I have never found time to get it renewed. My professional engagement did not allow me to spend hours waiting in a queue to have my license renewed. So I...
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Petrol price increase: R 10,00 for a litre of diesel
The retail price of petrol will increase by between 66 cents and 68 cents a litre on Wednesday April 2. This is after increasing by 61 cents per litre last month, and 17 cents the month before. 91...
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Moron award: Write off an Aston Martin DBS
On 19th December, some epic moron took an Aston Martin DBS, a 6 litre, V12 beauty — valued at about 3.5 million Rand (USD 280,000) for a test-drive and managed to land himself in a 6 car-pile-up on...
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The R114 roadsafety/upgrade petition
I travel the R114 (commonly known as the Lion Park Road between Lion Park and R511) frequently to drop my son off at school (Heronbridge College) and on the way to work. The road is covered in potholes...
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MTN stops celebrating
It has been very clear in my previous post “MTN under fire“, that their “customer-extortion-competition” (also lovingly called “Celebrate 15 years of MTN”) will face a sudden death once the lottery...
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Landrover: How to get shafted!
I ain’t no wrench-jockey or grease-monkey and my knowledge of cars does not exceed the recognition that E stands for empty on the fuel-tank. The closest mechanical expertise I have is changing a tyre,...
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Land Rover: Oil in fuel injector and questionable ethics?
In one of my previous posts I raised my latest issue on my Land Rover and was hoping that either Land Rover South Africa or the dealership in question (Waterford Land Rover, Fourways) would address my...
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Businessman gives away Audi R8 to car-guards
One can only hope that this is some ingenious “marketing-prank”. A businessman in Capetown went up to Table Mountain and handed over a R 1,4m Audi R8 to car-guards: The duo-then decided to carve a slit...
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Potholes – Bring ‘n Tar
This will be a new initiative I am trying to kick off “Bring ‘n Tar”. The muncipalities, traffic departments, road agencies are all not capable of using our tax money in fixing and maintaining our...
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Impressive Corporate responsibility – Pioneer Foods / Sasko
Commuters along Witkoppen Road (Fourways, Johannesburg) would be familiar with the picture below during rush hour traffic where taxis disregard all traffic rules and drive on the middle islands of...
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