Car Mechanics

The Peter Simpson COLUMN

How much stuff do you carry with you in your car’s boot?

And how much of it do you actually need?

Once upon a time, I carried a complete toolkit; a full fivetray cantilevered box which contained, basically, all my hand tools. On top of that there would be boxes-full of ‘essential’ emergency spares; fanbelt, bulbs, spark plugs, oil and water plus, because we’re talking about 20-25 years ago at least, a dizzy cap, coil, rotor arm and a set of contact-breaker points. Oh, and the most essential item of all, a can

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