Long-Term Tests Certified Comedy: 100,000 Kilometers in the Mercedes GLB 200d Ninjutzu, 12/05/202614/05/2026 If you are looking for an honest Mercedes GLB 200d review that doesn’t sugarcoat the German build quality, this is the story for you. Two years ago, I made a decision. I decided to buy a second-hand Mercedes-Benz GLB 200d. It had a mere 19,000 kilometers on the odometer, and…
Rental Car Chronicles The Renault Grand Scenic: A Masterclass in French Lunacy and Rental Car Despair Ninjutzu, 06/04/202614/05/2026 I have driven some truly baffling machines in my time. Cars that seem to have been designed by people who have never actually met a human being, let alone watched one try to operate a motor vehicle. Recently, I found myself in need of a car for a week. So,…
Rental Car Chronicles The Undercover Tank: Why My 2023 Rental is a 1996 Time Machine (And I’m Not Mad) Ninjutzu, 07/03/202614/05/2026 In a world obsessed with “Smart Mobility,” we’ve forgotten how to build a Tool. We’ve traded gaskets for gadgets and ground clearance for “Infotainment.” But then you land in a place where the sun wants to melt your skin and the sand wants to swallow your pride, and suddenly, those…
Rental Car Chronicles The Jeep Compass: A Quiet Surprise on the Eastern Europe Roads Ninjutzu, 28/12/202514/05/2026 I found myself, once again, traversing the rolling landscapes of Central Europe. The mission was simple: drive from Budapest towards the Romanian border and back again. The weapon of choice? A black Jeep Compass. Now, if you’ve been following my chronicles, specifically my Portuguese Odyssey in the Jeep Compass 4xe,…
Rental Car Chronicles Nissan X-Trail: A Voyage to Timisoara in a White Fridge Ninjutzu, 30/11/202530/11/2025 The start of my journey was marked by the sort of bureaucratic comedy that usually involves all kind of local council. I arrived at the Avis desk in Budapest airport, a reservation for a “SUV” clutched in my sweaty hand, ready to thunder across the border into Romania. The man…
Review The All-New Dacia Duster: The Budget Car That’s Suddenly Too Good for the Jokes Ninjutzu, 10/10/202514/05/2026 Right, let’s get one thing straight. Dacia. The name alone used to conjure up images of a car built entirely from recycled lunchboxes, driven by people who genuinely thought a satellite navigation system was some kind of elaborate bird feeder. It was the perpetual punchline of the car world. James…
Others EU Nanny State on Wheels: My Car Thinks I’m an Idiot Ninjutzu, 08/08/202514/05/2026 Right, let’s get one thing straight. I am all for safety. Seatbelts? Fantastic invention. Airbags? Superb. Crumple zones? A work of engineering genius. But what I am not for, what I will never be for, is being treated like a dribbling simpleton every time I climb aboard my own motor…
Review The Toyota Corolla Cross: The Car That Shouts at You for Being Good Ninjutzu, 04/07/202504/07/2025 Right, let’s get one thing straight. The Toyota Corolla is, and I hate to admit this, a global phenomenon. It’s the car that your geography teacher drove, the car you see delivering pizzas, the car that will likely be scuttling around, cockroach-like, long after the apocalypse. It has sold more…
Review The Suzuki S-Cross 2024: A Surprisingly Accurate Trip Back to the Year 2000 Ninjutzu, 25/03/202525/03/2025 When you think you reached bottom with the Qashqai, then be prepared and, buckle up, as there might be a new low in town. Here’s a tale from the not-so-distant past, experienced in the very present, aboard a machine that seems utterly bewildered by the concept of the 21st century….
Rental Car Chronicles The Volkswagen T-Roc Cabriolet: A Tenerife Tale of Triumph and Tiny Engines Ninjutzu, 02/03/202514/05/2026 Right, listen up, you automotive adventurers, you sun-seekers (regardless of where that sun might be hiding behind perpetually grey skies), and you curious cats who’ve stumbled across this review wondering what fresh hell Volkswagen has unleashed upon the world. Today, we’re confronting a vehicle so… unique, so eyebrow-raising, it’s like finding…