Car Mechanics

The Peter Simpson COLUMN

► Over the past few weeks, my 1991 Volvo 240 estate has, to put it mildly, been an incredibly useful piece of kit. You see, the arrival of spring also signals the start of the annual Simpson family spring-clean – or, more accurately, spring clear-out of things we no longer need. Which, because things have been a little, shall we say, ‘different’ since 2020, has been a bit more ‘intense’ than usual. Oh, and we’ve had the added complications of a major living room revamp and ‘absorption’ of the 70 years accumulation of stuff from Mum’s house thrown in for good measure. I really don’t

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