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What's the best method of removing another car’s paint from your own car’s paintwork?
The Agila I was thinking of buying from has been found to have a cracked front bumper on its pre-delivery inspection. Presumably it is only plastic, but they don't know how it occurred and this is worrying....
In today's Telegraph you asked if readers had heard of newspaper clippings inside a car. My story involves a car made of newspaper clippings. My first vehicle was a green Austin A35 van, bought for £150...
NB's report of the inscription inside the Porsche body shell reminded me of a strange discovery found during the restoration of my 1938 Alvis Speed 25 some twenty years ago. When the ash body frame was...
If you keep an older, more rust prone car outside, does a cover really work? Is it a replacement for a garage?
I own a silver Toyota Corolla saloon, and am having trouble removing some stubborn stains from the bodywork. My mechanic tells me they were most likely caused by sun-cream from hands and that they can't...
I bought a new Mercedes E200 two months ago which I need to keep for many years. What is the best way of protecting the paint and body work?
Our 2004 Citroen C5 recently sailed through its MOT with a single advisory, noting that the Polycarbonate headlight covers had an external ‘bloom’ reducing light emission. Having spent many years in the...
Jaguar will never recreate an icon similar to its E Type whilst it continues to make the front inlet grilles on its latest models look as though they are made of chromium-plated chicken wire.
I've just had a cylinder block hurled through my C1's passenger window and the door is bent beyond repair. I can't find any spare C1 doors online yet, but I can find Peugot 107 doors. I know it's a long...