Matthew Hayward

Recent spot!

Clean MoT for the old workhorse.

...After replacing the front springs AGAIN. Still, it looks and drives far better now.

Lovely recent car spot while in Germany 👌

The A2 passed 170,000 miles this weekend, 15k of which I've added since I rescued it in 2023. It definitely feels slow in a modern context, but the joys of owning a sub-1000kg car really do make up for it.

Recent spot. Colour Storm A2 looks particularly good on Pepperpots! Semi-seriously thinking about a set for mine.

First bit of random BX 16v tat that I've bought for a while 😄

Lightweight white car with white wheels lunch with @matthewhayward.bsky.social

I've set up an Octane Bluesky account if anyone wants to follow 👉 @octanemagazine.bsky.social

Another local A2 spotted.

First one I've seen in the wild. Minus 50 points for having the roof up on such a lovely day.

There's one on eBay, quite heavily modified with half the interior missing. Not really my thing 😕

Do these ever actually come up for sale in the UK? Can't remember the last time I saw a *nice* Trueno, and this was lovely.

1970 Citroën M35 Prototype

1970 Citroën M35 Prototype

1970 Citroën M35 Prototype

1970 Citroën M35 Prototype

lunchtime browsing on Citroën Tuesday: this account is obligated to bring you all French rotary content and any of the surviving run that escaped the crusher simply must be posted

www.aguttes.com/en/lot/16041...

Gave the cars a bit of a much needed clean today.

Always delightful to see one of these out and about. They do seem way more common than DC2s these days, but still a rarity. Would love to try one at some point.

I'm in that 'need to build a new PC' phase at the minute, but hoping creaky current set-up will run it. Will check out Nightrunners Prologue!

Although I'm hoping that this will give me at least half an hour of light entertainment this evening.

I always really wanted to love this sub-genre of racing game, but always struggled to get into them. I'm kind of intrigued to try the new one, though.

A mk1 Honda CRX, finished in white, shown from front 3/4 view. Driving at speed, with a blurred and colourful background, which is reflected in the car’s paintwork and glass.

Side profile of the Fermi spaceship during war. The background is streaked and blurred and the ship - which is largely white and orange - is in a warp bubble.

A blue mk1 Toyota MR2 and a white mk2 VW Scirocco, shown from front 3/4 view. Driving next to each other at speed, with a blurred and colourful background, which is reflected in the car’s paintwork and glass. Both have their headlights on.

A Ford Sierra RS500, in full “Kaliber” touring car livery with gold alloy wheels, shown from front 3/4 view. Driving at speed on a racetrack in the rain, with a blurred and colourful background, which is reflected in the car’s paintwork and glass. In the foreground are blurred white and yellow lines.

These are probably my favourite pieces from 2024. One day I’ll muster the courage to start selling prints again, but for now my work is mostly just for me or private commission.

Wahey! Couple of my little photos in Octane this month 😄

Can anyone save me from the insufferable fools on Facebook Marketplace? £3995 ono.

I've given up now. Weekends are especially bad...

Post four blue cars from your camera roll:

Don't have many pics annoyingly, but it was a lovely spec. Veloce, with dark blue leather.

I'd definitely have another one of these, but for all the reasons you've listed, it wouldn't be that one.

My 2.0 Twin Spark only just felt quick enough to be interesting. Probably would have kept it had it not been such a rough example.

I consumed the entire series when I was ill before Christmas, and absolutely loved it.

I've been driving my 306 and A2 almost exclusively since just before Christmas, so this has made a very welcome change.

First impressions? The driving position of the updated GR Yaris has made it about 500% better. Love the new dash, too.

Having swapped a few head units in '90s JDM Toyotas, the thing I noticed is that they didn't use a cage at all, the head unit screws into the dash directly. I always assumed this might be a common thing in the land of JDM.

Out for my evening walk... Pretty car 😍

Have been out in the Peugeot today. It really does a great job of zipping through the traffic.. The picture demonstrates why.