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Back in the driving seat

LOOK out, team! After eons out of the motor game I’m back on the roads and ready to rumble (steadily, at bang on the speed limit because I’m actually a tediously sensible driver). I decided a year ago, reflecting that I had no permanent job, didn’t own a home and was desperately single, that I’d do ‘something for me’ and buy a car. The varyingly creative penises scrawled on cars by delinquent youth on my street had put me off a little but that has subsided lately so, despite being less single now, I’ve decided that a real grown-up should own a car.

“I opted

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