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In my Humble Opinion

Lockdown Lunacy

► To a lot of people, selling, finding and buying a new or used car is a nerve-wracking and time-consuming affair. The state some people get into is staggering and even myself after many happy years of motoring mayhem continue to be baffled at the things I see or hear about when it comes to four wheels. Lockdown and/or furlough has made buying a car rather difficult – my take is simple, if there’s nowt wrong with your current motor, wait for Boris’s green light when we can all skip around the forecourts and showrooms with total abandon. Here is an

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