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The Good Oil: Classic communist coupe

Every week Damien writes The Good Oil column for the NZ Herald’s DRIVEN Saturday magazine – each day we will bring you one story from the latest one, with a link to the entire thing! Fancy a bit of Communist-era Soviet bling in your daily commute, but prefer a more modern driving experience? Well then, Russian company Bilenkin […]

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The Good Oil: Hummer Lives! (Sort of)

Every week Damien writes The Good Oil column for the NZ Herald’s DRIVEN Saturday magazine – each day we will bring you one story from the latest one, with a link to the entire thing! Remember Hummer? Well, it seems that the single awesome car that they never built is back. Sort of. In 2008 Hummer unveiled the […]

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The Good Oil: Big Bentley Bash

Every week Damien writes The Good Oil column for the NZ Herald’s DRIVEN Saturday magazine – each day we will bring you one story from the latest one, with a link to the entire thing! One of the greatest racing cars to ever turn a wheel in anger is the mighty 4 1/2-litre “Blower” Bentley run by Sir […]

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Thursday Five

Every week Damien writes a list of five things. Every Thursday www.driven.co.nz runs it online as the Thursday Five, here is this week’s list of random nonsense!

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The Good Oil: Herbie sells out

Every week Damien writes The Good Oil column for the NZ Herald’s DRIVEN Saturday magazine – each day we will bring you one story from the latest one, with a link to the entire thing! Have you ever wanted to own an original Volkswagen Beetle? Then The Good Oil suggests you seek professional help. Have you ever wanted […]

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The Good Oil: Honda scoots off road

Every week Damien writes The Good Oil column for the NZ Herald’s DRIVEN Saturday magazine – each day we will bring you one story from the latest one, with a link to the entire thing! The Good Oil generally doesn’t get too excited about bikes; when we do it is usually of the smaller, scooter-y variety. Because scooters […]

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The Good Oil: Chinese Hummer Jeep

Every week Damien writes The Good Oil column for the NZ Herald’s DRIVEN Saturday magazine – each day we will bring you one story from the latest one, with a link to the entire thing! It would seem that Chinese knock-offs of Western cars is not just limited to their consumer cars – the military is getting in […]

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Thursday Five

Every week Damien writes a list of five things. Every Thursday www.driven.co.nz runs it online as the Thursday Five, here is this week’s list of random nonsense!

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The Good Oil: Holy Bank Account Batman!

Every week Damien does The Good Oil column for the NZ Herald’s DRIVEN magazine – here are a few highlights from the latest one, with a link to the entire thing! Holy Bank Account Batman! Got a lazy $8 million lying around doing nothing? Well then, could The Good Oil have a loan? Because the original […]

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Thursday Five

Every week Damien writes a list of five things. Every Thursday www.driven.co.nz runs it online as the Thursday Five, here is this week’s list of random nonsense!

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