CLASSIC TAILS

TIPS, TRICKS AND NOSTALGIA FROM A LIFETIME IMMERSED IN OLD CARS ANDREW EVERETT

BOUGHT NEW IN MAY 1984 Andrew has only ever bought one brand new car. Fortunately, it was a Ford Ka. May this year marked 25 years since I bought my one and only new car, a radiant red Ford Ka. Up until then I’d been driving a never ending stream of cheap bangers – Alfasuds, Sierras and of course the inevitable BMWs. That was when you could buy a decent 15 year old 5 Series for under £500; that’s about £850 in today's money and you won’t find a good 2009 car for that. In those days I was doing a lot of magazine work across multiple titles and covering around 30,000 miles a year. Often I’d sit at home and think about the 250 mile trip, look outside at…

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Classics World (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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