Wheels

Westerman

LIFE ON THE street must be brutal for humans, and a relentless battle for survival for dogs. But it’s also deeply unkind to cars.

The search for a low-budget first vehicle for my 17-year-old daughter had taken us to (and past) scruffy, unloved Suzuki Swifts, a clunky Honda Jazz, and a parked-by-ear Yaris that had covered all of the miles to the moon and back. Eventually it led us to a 2009 K12 Nissan

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