Formula 1 fans may or may not be familiar with the name Jason Plato. While he didn’t race in F1, he’s a racing car driver with quite a pedigree. He has completed the second most British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) races, trailing only rival Matt Neal in total...
Review: Lights Out, Full Throttle
Recently, having an Audible credit and an idle mind, I stumbled across this book by Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill. I really enjoyed their commentary when I still watched the races on Sky Sports F1 (I’ve since moved to F1 TV Pro). Anyway, I decided this could be...
February F1: drama, suspense, and zoomies
February was an exciting month for F1 fans around the world. There were new liveries leaked revealed, Lewis Hamilton returned to social media, the FIA’s commented on the last race of the 2021 season and cancelled the Russian GP, and of course, there was the first...
Free and friendly: specialist advice from Battery Centre
Syllable is affiliated to Battery Centre and their digital agency. Battery Centre is the leading battery specialist in South Africa. With more than 150 franchises (and growing) there’s no reason to ever run out of energy. My aunt had car trouble and we suspected the...
The Subaru XV: cross over to adventure
Syllable is affiliated to Subaru and their digital agency. I’ve asked Grant for his thoughts on the Subaru XV, so this co-written post is a first. OK, so it’s mostly Grant’s words, with my two cents in italics. I've always been a bit of a Subaru fan. Years ago, my...
Petrol price in South Africa over the last 10 years [infographic]
This is a sponsored press release. This week's infographic is courtesy of the people over at cars.co.za and recaps the staggering increase of fuel over the last decade. Just 10 years ago South Africans were paying 339% less for petrol. In August 2004, unleaded fuel on...
Some technical bits about my Volvo V40 mothership*
*My (own) little car is a tiny three-door hatch, so I really do feel like I’m piloting a ship through the choppy seas Jo’burg traffic in the five-door V40. Also, it lights up like something from a distant galaxy. I can tell you that even when stuck in traffic for two...