WE all know ‘that noise’. We pass every journey listening for it. We never want to hear it, but are constantly alert for it, regardless. ‘That noise’ is a sound from the engine, or the gearbox – anywhere, actually – that means it is game over. ‘That noise’ tells us mechanically, our car is ruined.
When my Classic made ‘that noise’, my heart sank. I thought it was terminal; it sounded it. Martin and I had finished the repair –