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I want to share my latest repair with everyone, which demonstrates the value of not leaping to conclusions and following a logical diagnostic path.

The car in question is my wife’s 2006 Vauxhall Tigra with 74,000 miles on the clock.

A couple of weeks ago she had trouble starting it. She reported that she had to cycle the ignition key a couple of times before the starter would crank over the engine. Then she said the electrical items in the centre

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