October 23, 2012

RAC Inside Lane Winter Competition

Brrrrrrrr! It is sure getting cold out there and as the dark nights come upon us our attention turns to winter. Even here at Inside Lane we have to think about essentials to take with us on road test for this time of year. Obviously breakdown cover is one such essential as the last thing you want is to be stranded out in the cold with a car that is throwing 101 problems at you.

This winter we are teaming up with the RAC to bring you a competition well worth entering! Prizes consisting of RAC “winter driving kits” that are worth £19.99 each as well as digital tyre pressure gauges. The kit in particular includes; de-icer, screen wash, foil blanket, microfibre demist pad, antibacterial hand wipes, wind up torch and an ice scraper. Sounds like it’s worth a punt doesn’t it? So this is all you have to do to enter…

 

Take a picture of your car and in one line sum up why you bought it. Simple! It can be any car, boring or interesting, but a good one-liner could just be your secret to success. Just E-Mail your image and caption to: [email protected]

Below is an example just in case you are in any doubt.

Caption: “Never fails to put a smile on my face…”

All entries must be in by 31st October 2012 and winners shall be notified via the E-Mail address you contact us with. We shall judge entries on quality and how unique their caption is. We do not share data with any third parties. Please read the terms and conditions below to ensure that your entry is valid. GOOD LUCK!

 

Terms and Conditions
Please note that you must meet all of the terms and conditions for your entry to be valid.

  1. Entrants must be aged 17 or over upon the date of submission.
  2. Entrants MUST be a resident of the UK. Sorry, we don’t like to exclude anyone but shipping prizes all over the world is a nightmare.
  3. The car in the competition image must be your own and the image MUST NOT be copy righted in any way.
  4. Any entries that do not abide by the terms and conditions of this competition will be disqualified.

Formula One Valencia Testing Round-up

So it has begun… The F1 2011 season is so close you can taste it and as the first winter tests get underway for this seasons cars we can already tell we are in for quite a season. This past weeks events have been filled with thrills, spills and occasional fire.

It kicked off on day one with the majority of the field unvailing their new cars. Though many have their own unique features the one generalization that can be made for all of them is that the rear section of the body has become very minimalistic. As the car trundled to the track in order to gather data on the new tyres it was current world champion Sebastian Vettel who topped the time sheets and stayed their for the rest of the day.

Day two was full of surprises as Robert Kubica setting the fastest time of the day in his new Lotus-Renault GP car. However it was Massa who caught the head lines as an oil leak led to a fierce fire in his Ferrari F150 and ended the day for him.

The following track time was spent torture testing the new Pirelli rubber as many are saying this conservation of the tyres will be key this year.