If you follow us on Instagram (@starlikeuk), you’ll probably have seen there’s a few of the Starlike crew that drive Ford Focus RS MK1’s. We love the platform, they’re light, fun and easily responsive to tuning. One of these cars is owned by James, someone I met when choosing suspension for my RS, since at… Read More Putting some bite into an RS with Sabre
We’re living in a time where Porsche’s classic 911 designs are in such high demand that prices have skyrocketed, but what do you do if you have enough money to have what many consider to be a modernised version of a classic 911? You call Singer of course. Singer’s cars aren’t a new thing to… Read More Singer and Williams team up for bespoke engines
These days performance cars are very rarely mentioned without some digits in the same sentence. You’d think BHP or torque figures, even 0-60 times. Well, you’d think wrong, more often than not, manufacturers seem to measure their stock against a single lap of the Nurburgring. We’ve seen the controversy over hyper cars such as the… Read More Rising sun vs Green hell – Honda reign at the ‘ring
Since we launched the Starlike blog and Instagram page, we’ve been in awe at the extremely talented photographers out there. One we’ve been following for a while is Jordan Nishida, otherwise known as Corkscrewlife. Jordan provides top notch content from the Laguna Seca raceway, hence being named after the infamous ‘corkscrew’ corner, consisting of a… Read More Spotlight: Living the corkscrew life at Laguna Seca
Making last minute decisions can be a disaster, a waste of time or a pain in the..well you get the idea. Sometimes, however, they can work out perfectly. In this instance, an 11pm on Saturday decision worked out better than I could have imagined. I’d seen the Pistonheads event pop up on Facebook and though… Read More Coverage: Pistonheads Sunday Service
Sometimes you’re given an opportunity to do things you never though would happen, to see something or meet someone you have followed for years across various media, someone who, without realising it has influenced you greatly. When we heard about this event, there was no doubt we would go, blog or no blog, we’d have… Read More Coverage: RWB comes to the UK
As you may have seen if you’re following us on social media, (if not, why not?!), we’ve recently had some amazing news. Starlike has been selected to have our own channel on DriveTribe – a new motoring enthusiasts’ site lead by the ex-Top Gear presenters, Clarkson, Hammond and May. If you’re not familiar with the project, it’s… Read More Update: Starlike leading a DriveTribe
Sunday 19th of June saw brilliant sunshine for most of the UK, meaning a perfect day for a drive and a chat with fellow petrol heads. After getting the car cleaned up the day before, I headed from Essex up to Aylesbury, more specifically the Akeman Inn, where Boosted UK were hosting this month’s cars and… Read More Coverage: Cars and Coffee with BoostedUK
So alongside the various racing series at Brands Hatch, there was also a great attraction, the so called ‘ultracars’. I’m not quite sure at what point a hypercar becomes an ultracar…and what’s next, the megacar?! In any case, there was some extremely impressive machinery on display, check them out below: Starting with the might P1… Read More Coverage: The ultracars take Brands Hatch by storm
Continuing with the coverage of Starlike’s weekend at Brands Hatch, this post brings a behind the scenes look at our time in the team RJN (Nissan) garage during the Blancpain event… Once we arrived at the circuit we familiarised ourselves with the layout of the pits, so knew exactly where we were headed to find… Read More RACING: eatsleepRACErepeat with RJN
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