When it comes to a petrolheads birthday, all we can think about is what car parts we need to get. Some of us want money to put towards a set of wheels for our car, some replacement seats or a steering wheel or even just a car cleaning kit to keep our pride and joy…
At the Titanic Dubs show on Saturday I spotted these two very cool looking Golf’s which belong to two pals of mine, Steven Toner and Damien “Dee” McConville. I decided it might be a good chance to photograph both cars together with us having such an amazing location at the Titanic Quarter and with the…
This past weekend seen the Irish Drift Championship move onto round four in County Cork, the home of Irish drifting. Drifting in Ireland is synonymous with the Rebel county as it is the base of the Irish Drift Championship. Many of our best drifters come from Cork with the likes of Darren “DMAC” McNamara, James…
Before AutoLifers was born, I caught up with Brian Lappin from Co. Armagh who has created this plush VW Golf. On shooting the car we managed to get into the showroom of Edwin May’s VW in Portadown, then in contrast we got all street in the T13 Skate Park in Belfast’s dock area. Thanks to…
I have been thinking all morning how do I open this post of the Momentum Motorsport Scirocco. What can I say that will do the car justice? Usually I can draw on my own experiences of a car such as my love for the Lancer Evolution but to be honest I have never been close…
The Ballymena Car Fest was held on Saturday 8th June 2013 at Ballee Playing Fields, Antrim Road, Ballymena and yet again the organisers provided one of the biggest and best shows I have seen on the Emerald Isle. With a week of Caribbean weather before the show, it was sure to be one hell of…
The most eagerly anticipated event of the year for the entire rally community in Ireland has to be the Donegal International Rally. Even with the economy the way it is 140 crews made the start of the event. The Donegal Rally never fails to draw a big entry as it has some of the best…
AUTOLIFER AUTOLIFER | A day with TopGear A few years ago I received a phone call that I never thought I would ever receive. No it wasn’t that the “AutoWifer” had went into an unexpected labour of a child that I didn’t know existed, and neither was it Camelot ringing to inform me that my…
I am a huge fan of motorsport inspired wheels especially as any of my cars are (usually) motorsport derived versions of whatever make or model it happens to be. I especially love white wheels and upon seeing the gorgeous fifteen52 Tarmac wheel I instantly fell in love with it. I first came across the wheel…