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In Ireland Maxol has just released a new fuel a blend of 95% petrol and 5% locally produced bio-ethanol which will retail at the same price as standard unleaded petrol. This has been welcomed by high performance car enthusiasts with open arms but is it safe for our cars?

Here are two email that have been sent to BMW and Maxol respectively asking about the use of E5 in BMWs.

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Google and BMW have just teamed up to allow Google Maps to be available on your BMW. BMW cars with BMW assist will be able to access Google Maps and send destinations from your PC straight to your car. This feature is being called Drive Assist. For the time being it is only available in Germany but we can expect this to become more widely available as the days past.

For myself this is a great new development, I have always favoured the portable GPS units due to the fact I can plan my route and set all my destinations on my PC. The two videos below should provide some visual aid on how these features will work.

Google Maps in your BMW

Send Google Map destination to your BMW

It’s been some time since the last Karting and so a couple of weeks ago we decided it was time to organise another session. We were hoping for a bigger turnout but it worked out well, with the 7 we had meant we could do the Mini Enduro race. The format was simple, we get a few practice laps then we ran the first heat of 25 laps. After the 25 laps the position we ended with would be reversed so first place started at the back and last would be on pole. In each of the heats you would score points, much like a regular race. Winner would be the one who would score the most points after the two heats.

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