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    CLASSIC TAILS

    Aug 07, 2020 3 minutes
    ANDREW EVERETT

    OUR THROWAWAY CULTURE IS A DISGRACE

    I’ve visited some scrapyards recently and a lot of the throwaway waste culture in the UK truly baffles me. It’s no secret that lots of repairable cars end their lives prematurely, but some of it to me is just disgraceful.

    I was pulling out of a yard next to a Copart salvage auction recently and along came a transporter with cars to be auctioned off. On the top row, front-centre stage was a metallic bronze 2007 Audi A4 Convertible. I noticed this as I

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