Quick Quiz: looking to buy a new car? Let our quiz make the decision for you

24 August, 2015

Purchasing a car is difficult at the best of times. Ignoring the element of standing in the middle of a car dealership as the vultures slowly creep in, the seemingly simple task of selecting a viable motor that suits both you and your needs is one of life’s great puzzles. Thankfully for you though, The Motorhood are on the case! Check out our quiz below, and see what car we think would suit you. And don’t forget to share the results with your mates, unless it’s a lemon of course — we don’t mind if you redo it a few times just to get the Ferrari …

This could be good news for restoring cars and bikes – but we must be quick!

Our parliament is currently considering a member’s Bill, drawn by ballot, called the ‘Right to Repair’ Bill.
It’s due to go a Select Committee for consideration, and we can make submissions ie say what we think of it, before 3 April this year. It’s important because it will make spare parts and information for doing repairs far more readily available and this should slow the rate at which appliances, toys and so on get sent to landfill.

1959 Sunbeam Alpine: A road trip with Lady P

The romance of the road
The South Island begins to reveal its unbelievable beauty and clarity of light as we weave and bend past mountain peaks, blue flowing rivers, and bright green forests. Today, while the cutlery wheel continues to chime, there are no morbid rattles, and we are still alive. The road moves beneath us and I start to really understand what a road trip is all about: the warm analogue hum of the engine, the sensory overload of wind and sun, the dreamy pageant of shapes and colour that glides by like a movie set, not a cloud in the sky.