So far it's mostly bits and pieces to get some daily content on the site but I have done a couple of longer things.

 

Any comment or criticism is appreciated

 

Mini Cooper

http://drivelife.co.nz/2015/02/2014-mini-cooper-5-door-road-tested-a-mini-for-the-whole-family-2/

 

 

Leadfoot Festival
http://drivelife.co.nz/2015/03/the-2015-leadfoot-festival/

 

Toyota 86 GT review coming soon

Edited 20 June, 20169 yr by RobClubley

Wow get you and your clever words I'm well impressed, although I shouldn't be, as I know you can put a sentence together and are a proper petrol head. Did you take any of the pictures?

 

Can I just add "do give up your day job", I think you might have found your vocation

The pictures are all mine. I did have some help with processing on the Mini ones but I think the Leadfoot ones came out well after a couple of hours' Lightroom tutorial

Also the knees are mine

Also these:

 

http://autoclique.co.nz/2015/02/great-drives-the-coromandel-peninsula/

 

http://autoclique.co.nz/2015/02/new-zealands-great-driving-roads-gentle-annie/

 

http://autoclique.co.nz/2015/03/new-zealands-great-driving-roads-the-forgotten-world-highway/

Clarkson replacement found

Clarkson replacement found

He even comes from the same county!

I just remembered I did this one a few months ago

 

http://autoclique.co.nz/2014/03/drive-rush-stunt-driving-and-car-control/

I have just had a quick read of your Mini Cooper review, Rob. Have you just found a new career as a professional writer and reviewer? Well done!

Do you need a slightly faded glamorous (cough...cough) assistant for when you take over Top Gear?

Do you need a slightly faded glamorous (cough...cough) assistant for when you take over Top Gear?

Who are you calling faded?

:(

Do you need a slightly faded glamorous (cough...cough) assistant for when you take over Top Gear?

Do you know someone who fits the bill Amanda? Other than Bryan of course!

Do you know someone who fits the bill Amanda? Other than Bryan of course!

Apparently Bryan isn't faded Although I can not testify that he is glamorous.

Rob really very good ! Nothing wrong with that at all 10/10

Edited 23 March, 201511 yr by seboni121

Do you need a slightly faded glamorous (cough...cough) assistant for when you take over Top Gear?

 

Sounds like a plan. More female petrolheads are required on TV.

I thought you were camera shy?

Any investigative reports in the offing ?

Good review. I tend to stay away from the "you" - "when you accelerate" I prefer to say things like "the car accelerates like a scalded cat" or something to give the reader an insight. 

 

It's all a matter of style and, more importantly, what the Ed wants that matters !

Read your mini review, very well written. Enough words to get the point across without just faffing words to get the count up. Excellent work sir!

86 GT Review

 

http://drivelife.co.nz/2015/03/2014-toyota-86-gt-road-tested/

 

Edited 20 June, 20169 yr by RobClubley

Very well written again Rob.

I've had an idea Rob. We pester you to go and test drive cars for us and save us the hassle of having to trawl around all the dealers ourselves. I fancy the new Suzuki Vitara in SZ5 Diesel Allgrip guise, but if you test drive it, I can lie in the bath all afternoon instead and read your write up while I am sploshing about

Great review of the 86. Really written well and it's all about the car too. Some reviewers seem to go off on a tangent. 

Great review of the 86. Really written well and it's all about the car too. Some reviewers seem to go off on a tangent. 

 

Thanks. Yeah a local newspaper reviewed the exact car I had the week after. Two crappy photos taken in a grassy car park and half of the "review" was about the condition of State Highway 3's road surface. Sigh.

I've had an idea Rob. We pester you to go and test drive cars for us and save us the hassle of having to trawl around all the dealers ourselves. I fancy the new Suzuki Vitara in SZ5 Diesel Allgrip guise, but if you test drive it, I can lie in the bath all afternoon instead and read your write up while I am sploshing about

Nice sunroof, dire stereo.

Will that do, or would you like a bit more detail?

Nice sunroof, dire stereo.

Will that do, or would you like a bit more detail?

More detail, I'm intrigued......