So, here I am throwing my old Fiesta around country bends (she’s only failed me once, though it would be fairer to say that I failed her with my dreadful driving), but with this gnawing fear that the old girl is not going to see out the spring, I wonder whether it’s time to buy a new motor? ‘Winter isn’t over!’ scream the adverts, ‘Prepare for even more snow!’ they tell me. ‘An unrelenting deluge of ice is on the way!’ This, obviously, advocates the immediate purchase of a land rover and 4×4 insurance. If you knew me, this would be an utter hypocrisy. For years …
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