AS many of you will know, I was lucky to have many adventures last year in an Audi A3. When the time came for Monty (as it had affectionately become known) to head back home to VW HQ, I wasn’t entirel

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We were camping in a tent in south Devon and were joined by my brother and his wife, who were in an Auto-Sleeper Northants two-berth motorhome. I had just retired from a job that had involved almost w

‘IT’S A BIT like seeing an old girlfriend again,’ muses Nicholas Mee as his former Venturi Atlantique 300 press car glints in the sun. ‘There are a lot of mixed feelings.’ Nearly 30 years have passed

Ian Cushway searches out new and used parts prices

I SUCCUMBED. OR, as younger people say, I caved. I’d been looking at my Phantom’s bodywork (the victim of a blow-over respray prior to my renewed ownership, after a white ‘wrap’ was removed) and alway