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  Mobile speed trap fines expected to rise by 40% 10 Jan 2006 (News)
  the signal of a hidden or mobile speed camera. One drawback to the Quintezz detector is that false alerts are likely at traffic lights and supermarket doors; however, this is thought to be a small inconvenience to motorists compared to the cost losing your driving licence
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  New Navara Prices Beat Independent Imports 6 Jul 2005 (News)
  with electrically selected part time four-wheel drive via an easy to use rotary dial on the dashboard. There are high and low ratios. Nissan also fits as standard a limited slip differential as well as anti-lock brakes with electronic brakeforce distribution and Brake Assist. Up front there are twin
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  Rovers Not Selling at Auction Today 4 Jul 2005 (News)
  This one did. It was 97,000 mile 2000W 75 1.8 Club SE and made £2,300. Another 75, a 98S left hand drive but 22k mile and immaculate 75 1.8 Club with satnav confounded the vultures by selling for £3,375. But a clutch of 54 reg facelift Rovers and MGs didn’t get
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  Something For Everyone at Auction Today 12 Apr 2004 (News)
  Easter Monday’s Top Car sale certainly drew the crowds, and early arrivals also took advantage of the Hall 3 part-exchanges. Top Car of the day was the left-hand-drive Ferrari F360 Modena F1 Spider in the photo, imported from Spain and with only 7,000 kilometres under its wheels
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  Busy Day at Blackbushe Auctions 15 Aug 2003 (News)
  control and CD and just 5,329 miles. But the MINI CVT hasn’t been 100% reliable, so a securing bid of £10,450 confirmed that the public is still willing to pay over the odds for MINIs. The status stuff was mostly high mileage which meant you could park something big on your drive
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  Sudden Shortage Forces Auction Prices Up 11 Sep 2002 (News)
  at a sensible £15k, it went on to sell for £19,800. A 55,000 mile 2000W Focus Zetec 1.8 with a/c kicked off at £4,200, then romped up to £5,450. A left hand drive 1993L BMW 850Ci with 180,000 kilometres under its wheels should have been about £4k and sold for £6,300. A 46,000
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  Maserati Cambiocorsa Spyder Arrives 17 Nov 2001 (News)
  . These modes are linked to the electronic traction control system and, where fitted, the variable 'Skyhook' suspension setting option. This allows the driver to select the optimum combination of transmission, suspension and traction settings to match conditions and driving requirements
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 13-6-2015 13 Jun 2015 (News)
  @honestjohn.co.uk   Please try to keep them as short as possible.   Merging on the ridiculous Could you please clarify a point? Yesterday I was driving west towards Liverpool on the A580 where at the junction with the M6 there are extensive road works. One lane of the A580 is closed
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 25-4-2015 25 Apr 2015 (News)
  to be specialists in classic cars and asked them to renew the battery, change all the fluids, free off anything that needed freeing off and overhaul the brakes.  The bill came to about £4,000 with VAT.  That was last autumn and I have just taxed it from the 1st April. Q1: I am now driving it again
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  NEW ENGINES AND TRIM FOR ALFA 159 RANGE 27 Aug 2009 (News)
  it is the flexibility of the in-gear acceleration that sets the engine apart from its competitors; with 25 - 62 mph in fifth gear achievable in 11.5 seconds and 37 – 62 mph in sixth gear reached in just 8.9 seconds – this translates, in real world driving, to a more sporting driver experience consistent
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 16-5-2015 16 May 2015 (News)
  until the car ahead has cleared the box and, of course, that is completely impractical.   Last chance saloon We currently drive a 2008 SAAB 9-3 1,998cc petrol automatic Vector Sport 4-door saloon and are thinking of replacing this soon, as we are concerned that, given time
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  City Rover Goes on Sale from £6,495 6 Nov 2003 (News)
  compact, easy to drive and park, it has a roomy and user-friendly 'tall' package, with easy access for all ages. The new model will be sold through all MG Rover dealers and benefits from the regular three-year/60,000 mile warranty and 6-year anti- perforation cover." "The CityRover range
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  Today’s Auction Prices Broadly in Line with Glass’s new Valuations 1 Aug 2012 (News)
  Today was the first day of the new ‘Book’. Glass’s Guide has revised its trade price structure, now showing an average trade price and trade prices broken down by three levels of condition. So, it seemed appropriate to drive down to Blackbushe and get my feet back
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  Classic Auctions in Surrey on 2nd and 15th June 1 Jun 2010 (News)
  since been cooped up in a chicken shed for 34 years, being driven only once when the farmer and five friends drove to a local barn dance soon after buying it. Having thoroughly enjoyed themselves, they piled into the Coupé and roared home, but overloaded with passengers and driving
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  Government awards police forces £2.7 million to tackle motorway closures 29 Dec 2011 (News)
  congestion caused by motorway closures and drive down the £1bn annual cost to the economy was published in May by the Minister. Assistant Chief Constable Sean White, of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), said: "On behalf of the police service we welcome enormously
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  'Irritating' Rinspeed concept set to bring wackiness to the Geneva Motor Show 16 Feb 2011 (News)
  design underestimates the boss of the Swiss concept powerhouse. He reinterprets the automotive references of days gone by and evolves them into the future. He plays with man's yearning to get back to the roots, often paired with the desire to be in harmony with creation. That makes electric drive, also
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  'Elvis Car' Ford Model A Hot Rod Comes Up For Auction 1 Aug 2019 (News)
  .  Athan continued driving his hot rod until 1978 after which it was stored in a barn for 20 years. Then, in 1996, another friend, Tom Leonardo, persuaded him to unearth the car and restore it to the look it had as The Elvis Car, complete with Kelsy Hayes wire wheels and whitewall tyres
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  Hidden Heroes: Fiat Bravo HGT 10 May 2019 (News)
  powerful than it was. That was further addressed in 2000 with the run-out model, the HGT 155, which had 154bhp (or 155PS, from which it gained its name). The extra 10 horses, along with some Abarth body styling features, made it even more interesting to drive
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  Hidden Heroes: SEAT Toledo V5 5 Apr 2019 (News)
  .  So why, then, is the Toledo V5 such an intriguing proposition? First, it’s an oddball, and we like cars that don’t conform. Second, it’s a cracking car to drive, and those high running costs, coupled to the fact that not many people know what it is, mean that used prices
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  “World’s Finest” RHD 1989 Porsche Speedster in Historics 24th November Classic Car Auction 20 Nov 2018 (News)
  in July 1989 to C26 South African specification with the optional wide Turbo style body and delivered to His Royal Highness Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei. Well known as one of the greatest car collectors in the world and a man famous for having only the very best. It is one of just 139 right-hand drive