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Your non-diagnostic vehicle-related problems solved by Steve Rothwell

MILEAGE 90,040 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see whether a modernised 2005 car can be better than a new one Gulp, deep breath: have I ruined it? To recap, I’ve been driving a 90,000-mile, 21-year-old BMW 33

With the new bearings, piston rings and seals fitted into the 850 block (at last), it was time to pull the old 700cc engine from the Vegemite Special so certain other parts could be swapped over. Firs

When I was 19, I was carrying out my nightly duty of taking my then girlfriend’s dog for a summer evening’s stroll along a certain Warwickshire high street. I happened on a Rosso Corsa Ferrari Testaro

Dawn West’s first classic joins her family’s ex-military ambulance and a Harley Davidson