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BMW 640D GC

Tom Ford

There was much concern over the specification, if I remember rightly. A 640d of miles, too. Some fast and some slow, all tripping slightly on the interior colour scheme and daily learning about how best to get blue jean dye out of white leather. Eventually we took it on an epic lap of Scotland, and it was imperious, thousands of miles, many laughs and brown doesn’t show the dirt. It was a fantastic car.

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