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Why buy a new car? in Buying and selling

5 April 2007, 3:02 PM

None of my friends drive new cars. Nobody within even my extended group of acquaintances has ever bought a new car.
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Avoid the Glasto mud - take a van in Driving

27 June 2007, 4:53 PM

Mud, mud, not so glorious mud: while my 4Car colleague braved the weather at Goodwood, I took the rock'n'roll option and went to Glastonbury instead.
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Whatever happened to my hippie dude in his knackered Beetle? in Driving

18 May 2007, 2:46 PM

Nearly every morning on my commute to London last year, I saw it: a rather scruffy lime green Volkswagen Beetle (of the original variety) with one maroon door, chug-chugging its way up the M23.
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Fix 'em when they break in Driving

23 July 2007, 10:34 AM

Once, I got it right. Just as I was considering whether to treat my Citroen Xantia (£400, a year's reliable motoring) to a bit of a service at MoT time, the clutch packed up.
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Are you a terrorist, madam? in Driving

12 July 2007, 11:58 AM

As a teenager, I got used to being pulled over by the police on a fairly frequent basis.
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Stranded! in Driving

7 September 2007, 10:05 AM

Ever wondered what happens to vehicles that expire in the roadwork sections of the M25?
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Hey good looking. Oh, you're a traffic warden in Driving

8 June 2007, 11:56 AM

We all hate traffic wardens, don't we? Snooping around in their silly peaked caps, desperate to meet their targets and slap a ticket on anyone at the slightest excuse, turning a quick stop at the cashpoint or nip into a newsagents into a very expensive expedition...
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Whatever happened to the hot rodders? in Cars

7 March 2007, 11:21 AM

The hot rod scene's an almost exclusively retro affair, the Max Power brigade hardly influence anything beyond the next Demon Tweeks catalogue, and names such as Von Dutch (a legendary pin-striper) are now better known on baseball caps..
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Weird Car Deals: the aftermath in Buying and selling

7 August 2007, 2:08 PM

You may have read Martin Buckley's story last week on weird deals, in which he mentioned that he'd sold me a Merc. What you won't know is what happened after he sold it to me.
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What sort of fuel do you take me for? in Driving

16 May 2007, 10:51 AM

Yesterday, walking along Kensington High Street, I was stopped by a man asking for assistance. 'So sorry to bother you, but I'm in a bit of a fix,' he said.
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Numpty plates in Driving

28 February 2007, 4:43 PM

I keep spotting cars with personalised number plates - or at least, number plates with some truncated, text-speak-style resemblance to a name or noun and laboriously rearranged letters and numbers.
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PT Cruiser RIP in Media

19 November 2007, 10:25 AM

Chrysler, under new ownership and management, and under pressure to cut its costs drastically, is planning to axe the slow-sellers in its line-up. One possibly car for the chop is the PT Cruiser.
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Garages for the girls in Trade and industry

4 June 2007, 10:59 AM

At a wedding the other week, I met a woman with an interesting business idea: she was planning to buy a small independent workshop and run a female- and gay-friendly garage.
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Under the arches in Trade and industry

30 August 2007, 6:18 PM

When you're trying to keep an ancient car going on a tight budget, you get to visit dealers so far from polished main-franchise service bays they might as well be in another industry altogether.
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MOTs every two years? Yes please in Trade and industry

1 March 2007, 4:36 PM

I heard a representative from a motor trade organisation on the radio recently, sounding off about proposals to scrap the current annual MOT checks in favour of tests every two years.
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Peugeot 205 GTi: classic or deathtrap? in Cars

17 April 2007, 12:41 PM

With the launch of the Peugeot 207 GTi come the usual complaints. It's too heavy, it's not fast enough or hardcore enough, the steering doesn't feel right... Basically, it's not the legendary, iconic 205 GTi.
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Farah AlKhalisi

Farah AlKhalisi is deputy editor of 4Car, and the only member of the original crew still on board after seven years. An expert on alternative fuels, and passionate about cars nobody else has even heard of, she’s owned dozens of vehicles but has never paid more than £500 for one.

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5 November 2008, 8:57 PM

By ricbrown

Yeah sure its nice to have that heater system that warms up nice and quick, to have air con in the summer. But then at the same time feeling disconnected from the road and your surroundings. It mig...
5 November 2008, 8:52 PM

By ricbrown

Yeah sure its nice to have that heater system that warms up nice and quick, to have air con in the summer. But then at the same time feeling disconnected from the road and your surroundings. It mig...
5 November 2008, 8:48 PM

By ricbrown

Yeah sure its nice to have that heater system that warms up nice and quick, to have air con in the summer. But then at the same time feeling disconnected from the road and your surroundings. It mig...
5 November 2008, 8:46 PM

By ricbrown

Yeah sure its nice to have that heater system that warms up nice and quick, to have air con in the summer. But then at the same time feeling disconnected from the road and your surroundings. It mig...
5 November 2008, 8:46 PM

By ricbrown

Yeah sure its nice to have that heater system that warms up nice and quick, to have air con in the summer. But then at the same time feeling disconnected from the road and your surroundings. It mig...