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TV Times
What is the best school run car? It’s a question I get asked a lot and my answer is usually along the lines of ‘not a diesel SUV, you idiot’ and I often end up recommending a petrol Zafira. It’s an...
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Unknown Legend
Many years ago I used to deliver cars for a living. Very rarely I’d drop off a Honda Legend. Lovely cars but I always wondered why people would choose them over a Lexus or Merc (which we also...
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Imperfect Recall
Every so often manufacturers have to recall cars, as we know. This is not especially funny I admit but the way they try to spin it almost always is. Toyota’s risible attempt to gloss over stuck...
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Hooked on Classics
Some say that what drives the classic car market is the juvenile obsession of men (and, let’s face it, it is mainly men as very few women are that daft) in their early forties to get hold of the cars...
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My Big Fat Gypsy Audi
I’ve often wondered how long Audi could keep up the magic trick of selling Volkswagens to the gullible at vastly inflated prices. If you think about it – it’s pretty brazen. I mean, it is just the way...
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The Unthinkable
It pains me to say it – but the trusty old W124 Mercedes I’ve run for the last 7 years has reached the terminal point. That horrible occasion when you realize that it has to go – that the cost of...
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Mr Toads Revenge
The recent decision by the government to scrap compulsory MOT tests for pre 1960 cars has confused me slightly. It does seem a rather odd policy. It may be that the numbers involved are small (but that...
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Pandering to no-one
The other day I was attempting to park my car in Fitzrovia in central London. Attempting is rather the operative word here as I drive a gigantic old Mercedes and it’s a nightmare to berth – longer and...
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Boyz N the Hood
The Sun has been mercilessly beating down the last couple of days. As has become usual in the last few years, we have emerged from the wintery gloom into the middle of high summer. This reminded me of...
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In a terrible estate
Recently our household suffered a terrible blow. My beloved 1995 W124 series Mercedes E220 has finally bitten the dust. Though it had covered quite a small mileage by W124 standards (180,000 miles), a...
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