Parked up here, on a gentle slope, and performed a super-slow handbrake skid from a standstill. That's slippy! Filmed a "driving on snow and ice" video for HubNotes later.

HEADS UP! If the Panda isn't your bag, I've just recieved word from Ales, the winner of the C4 that it's not for him. He's offering it for only £750 to viewers & followers, so if you were one of the ones who REALLY wanted it, it's still very cheap! Let me know if you want to be put in touch.

OMG SNO KAOS! youtu.be/_OzRbPLKv1M

That? Oh just my step-daughter driving on snow for the first time. We had just got stuck on a very steep hill but her clutch and throttle control are very good. A gentle push and she was away.

Snowy old day that. This was the A48 in Carmarthenshire. Now safely back home with the Hublets.

We've escaped the snow today, but have to collect the Hublets tomorrow. With snow forecast overnight. Especially on hills. There are many hills between us and the Hublets...

Tonights video goes live in 10 minutes. Did the Ka actually deliver a profit?

Mean skies today. Must be snowing somewhere!

Will! It! Fit! The game where we get Kei's into impossibly tight parking spaces! #Kei #JDM #軽自動車

Mucky old day for a drive. Keep that screenwash topped up!

Going live at 4pm today UK time! youtube.com/live/vyCqlze...

While New Year is normally a time of looking to the future, today I'm going back a while, to 1979 in fact, with this UK Motor Show leaflet on Toyota's 'shape of cars to come', the advanced FCX-80 concept, with an interior featuring maximum visibility and sensible city-car proportions. #weirdcarbs

Final outing of 2025 saw Desmond hit 60,000 miles. Well done Desmond! Happy New Year to you all.

This really confused me! youtu.be/HbZ3bUXgBS4

It appears the HubNut family laptop is not happy. No malware or viruses it seems but Windows Power shell and Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation are hogging the CPU. I know not why.

That's fine...

Fun fact. I sold my Tercel to the owner of this and his friend. It's a fascinating story. Go grab a copy of Copacetic and have a read!

Had a couple of days away. It may be a fake fire but Diego still loved it. We've done little but eat and watch crap telly. Bliss.

10 years ago, I was waffling away in my Citroën XM. Still waffling. youtu.be/vA6Qlo9wc7k?...

Nothing says Boxing Day like eating a turkey sandwich while watching World's Strongest Man.

Which of these Polish beauties would you choose? youtu.be/XORrBGgoElY

Christmas.

The really odd thing about British-built Traction Avants is that the chevrons were mounted INSIDE the grille. Almost as if they were ashamed of them.

Here is a Santana that I saw in 2024. Santana kept developing the Series Land Rover in Spain, retaining leaf springs while Land Rover itself moved to coils. In the 1990s, they were even imported to the UK briefly, finally becoming the Iveco Massif. Production ended in 2011 with the end of Santana.

Unpopular opinion. I don't love the Saab 900. I admire the anti-norm styling but just don't love the driving dynamics. I owned this one back in 2009. The Hankooks I'd just put on it were pretty handy in the snow for summer tyres.

Whiteland Restorations have hit 15k Subscribers! To celebrate, you can get 15 FREE TICKETS added to your order! They’ve got some proper kit up for grabs. Offer ends NYE. 👉 Use code: HUBNUT15 at checkout! Link to enter is here: raffall.com/whiteland_re...

Festive waffle! Coming soon. www.youtube.com/live/nnicfXk...

Look at that positive camber!

Is my Perodua Kenari crying?!

Now my mother-in-law-to-be is sending me Spanish spots! Renault 4 action today, apparently known as Cuatro Latas in Spain - four tins.

Rétro cars voiture 🚘 la Peugeot 504 familiale de 1978

YUM.

I don't help myself... youtu.be/CJNbqE8M6BM

Well over two decades after the original Renault 12 body debuted in saloon and estate bodystyles, Dacia in Romania was attempting to sell a new six-light hatchback version. It is shown as the short-lived 1325 Liberta in this 1995 leaflet, featuring a rather dodgy English translation. #weirdcarbs

Pick ups?

Factoid: Here’s your quick reminder of the Galant Sapporo, the hardtop version of the 5th-gen Galant which sold in Europe btwn 1987-90 though it would be interesting to know how many were actually sold…(1)

Anyone else feeling a bit emotes after Pause for Thought on Radio 2 this morning? Very moving. Very thoughtful.

Family reunited for Christmas. Little Miss HubNut drove several hours in the Panda today! Not bad considering she has about 3 days of experience. And never on the roads we drove today!

On a day where misogyny is in the news, I felt this needed to be said. youtu.be/qUtzIfcjh60

More Autocar archive. Always liked this 2001 test of all the stuff you could get under £10k. Fairly diverse - city cars, superminis, MPVs, baby hot hatches, quite a spread of manufacturers. Just went through price lists and lemme tell you, it's difficult to assemble that many cars today...

@misshubnut.bsky.social bought one of those Gamesticks as an early Christmas present to the family. Thousands of retro games - we headed straight to Micro Machines and Mario kart.

Brand new Suzuki Kei trucks are available in the UK! We drove one. youtu.be/SVhRYG3W7pM

Rustival 4 will be on 18th April 2026 at The British Motor Museum. What would you like to bring? www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/whats-on/rus...

Grim old day for travel yesterday was brightened up by spotting some Aussie metal 'enjoying' the conditions. Met @mrcogginsgarage.bsky.social for a very pleasant evening before being reunited with @misshubnut.bsky.social and then really loving the many M4 overnight road closures. Back home by 1:20.

Some people seem incredulous that @misshubnut.bsky.social would go on holiday without me. The same people didn't seem to mind when I took myself off to very same location earlier in the year. With another man! Same logic though. We have kids in school (well, one now) and education comes first.

Took Elly to a new car meet a bit over an hour away. Very wet drive over and a wet AND windy drive home but thankfully largely dry at the meet itself. You haven't lived until you've driven a 2CV in a crosswind. A straight course is a challenge!

I do miss this little town. It's where Tim and I road-tripped to in April.

Factoid: Just a cool graphic of the W201 190 compared with the W126 S-Class & W123 stablemates, the latter being 12in longer than the compact Merc (the factoid ‘nugget’ of this post)… (📸: Autocar)

Will this cheap headlamp restoration kit work? youtu.be/WofrkmF_4FI

Gosh. Forgot how sinister and moving this is. Portishead covers Abba. youtu.be/WVe-9VWIcCo?...