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Maintenance 'favours' end up costing more

GETTING help from family, neighbours or friends for basic car maintenance tasks costs the UK public an estimate £300million a year, according to a new survey. Over 2,000 people were surveyed on behalf of Halfords Autocentres and one in six said they regretted asking for help in the first place. 45% who subsequently had to pay a professional to rectify mistakes were left with a bill in excess of £100.

Aston Martin One-77 – the real McCoy spotted

But what was a big surprise was how categoric the AM spokesman we spoke to was on the issue. We didn’t get the usual ‘There is no truth in those rumours”. Instead, we got: “Absolute Rubbish!

You could own Jeremy Clarkson's old Jaguar XJR

This is quite possibly the best Jaguar XJR… in the world. And that's because it was formerly owned by a certain Jeremy Clarkson. So you can bet your life he spent many hours smoking in the big supercharged cat.