Advantages: Find out why I was absent from Ciao for so much of last year. Disadvantages: Find out how I snatched disaster from the jaws of success!
motoring life with our Subaru Legacy Diesel, it covered a ?mere? 15,994 miles during 2009, 3,000 of those being on business trips and a further 3,000 miles on our Polish trip in the summer.
Once again, Mrs R and I were delighted to receive an invite to Company Car in Action back at the end of June. As yet I have not managed to get around to reviewing any of those cars.
During 2009 I drove a total of 21 different cars:
Audi A4 2.0 TFSi S Line
Audi A6 2.0 TDi e
BMW 318d M-Sport
BMW 320d SE (Automatic)
BMW 330d SE Coupe HiLine
Fiat 500 1.4 16v Lounge
Ford Escort 1.4 75 Van
Ford Fiesta 1.25 82 Style
Ford Focus RS
Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi 140ps Titanium X
Honda Accord 2.2i DTEC 180 Type-S
Honda FRV 2.2 CDTi
Honda Insight 1.3 ES-T
Lexus RX450h-SE-L Premium
Mazda 6 2.2D 185 Sport
Mini Cooper Convertible
Mini Cooper (CVT Automatic)
Subaru Legacy Boxer ...
was my mam's 50th birthday in August and we went to Yorkshire for a long weekend. We've never been on holiday with my sister and the children before so it was really good. We also had a suprise birthday meal for her at Azurri in Newcastle, with my aunties and uncles :)
Just before I went back to university my brother-in-law won a prize on Metro Radio for a 3 course meal for 4 people at Tiger Tiger in Newcastle. Unfortunately he was unable to go so he gave all 4 places to me, so I went with 2 of my friends (I couldn?t get a 3rd friend who was available at such short notice). It was a great night and hardly cost anything as we got 3 free cocktails each and a bottle of champagne!
October, November, December
I started my first external placement in October. In second year we had placements within clinics at the university but ...
I've always preferred the more Arcade-ish Virtua Tennis to the more tennis sim game Top Spin, so when Virtua Tennis 2009 was released I bought it on the release date.
- Gameplay -
The gameplay is virtually identical to the original Virtua Tennis, with the main change being instead if diving for a shot just out of reach - you now stumble at it.
There is no flat shot, which leaves with only slice, top spin or lob - which is a bit disappointing.
It's very easy to get the hang of the game, as all you have to do is either use the directional buttons or the analogue stick to get you to the ball then press one of the action buttons to hit it. You don't have to get your timing perfect or anywhere near it, but if you do you will play a better show.
- Graphics -
The graphics in this game are shocking ...
