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A week with a ten-year-old diesel estate
Five hundred kilometres of school runs and one mountain pass, and what I would check before buying one.
What 180,000 km does to a small hatchback
The clutch, the rear springs and the seats: where the miles show and where they don't.
News: older diesels and the new city zones
Which towns near me are closing their centres to older diesels, and what it does to used prices.
A first used electric car, three weekends in
Range on cold mornings, a slow charger at a village hall and the battery report I asked for.
Driving a small SUV over the pass in fog
A tall car in a crosswind on a narrow road, and the one thing I would change on it.
Reading a service book before you drive the car
Stamps, gaps and receipts: what a good history looks like, and what a missing year usually means.
A long weekend in a small family estate
Four people, two bags each and a picnic: the boot, the back seats and the fuel bill.
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The Weekend Drive
One used car a week, what it was like to own, and the checks worth making before you buy one.