Gorse Fox has fitted some nice shiny new boots to his car... that should see him through another 25,000 miles. When it comes time for new tyres, he's glad he took out a maintenance contract with the car... times like this the contract comes into its own.

went with the Silver Vixen to test drive another car. This one we liked. So will have to look in the piggy bank and see what can be done... It is certainly the sort of vehicle that should last for many, many years and will provide SV with the sort of robustness, safety, comfort and performance that she needs. (And it'll irritate the eco-mentalists... so that's good).

[File under: Motoring]