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► I’ve just replaced my other half ’s 2010 Kia Sorento with another; there isn’t really anything wrong with it, in fact for a 12-year-old Kia with 125,000 on the clock, it drove pretty well. It was also a presentable and reliable-enough old thing, served us well as a family-wagon, and during August covered nearly 3000 miles in around

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