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DAVE MORLEY GIVES YOU THE CAR ADVICE YOU NEED – AND MAYBE A BIT ABOUT LIFE AS WELL

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Despite always trying to find a car-park away from the wretches, sometimes you’ve just gotta take a punt and park where there’s a space. Which is exactly the situation in which I found myself in the insanity that was the recent run-up to Christmas. Not that I take an active part in the whole Festival of Ker-Ching (I don’t have kids, so why would I bother?). But even a resourceful bloke like me has to stock up on ice, bait and ammo now and then.

Which is how I found myself in the MBC CV8 Monaro, parked next to a shiny new Toyota Corolla. This thing was fresh from the showroom and was so new it hadn’t even been driven in the rain yet (you could tell by the mint paint on the suspension arms). But that’s

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