Liz Turner
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    • Fitting a baby seat
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    • First Mustang owner was a gal
    • Emma Peel vs Alice Morgan >
      • Jade shows me how it's done
    • Western Group Driving Day
    • Transport for four babies
    • Women lose advantage
    • Sam flies high
    • Jo Price beats the boys
    • They bought any car Dot Com
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    • E-types on film
    • In which I bought a car
  • Car Reviews
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    • VW Golf SV GT 2014
    • Renault Twingo 2014
    • Audi A3 Cabriolet
    • Jaguar F-type
    • Fiat 500 Goes Large
    • Putting Paceman through its paces
    • Mazda6 and Concorde
    • Jaguar Land Rover Experience Day
    • VW up! - city car in the country
    • Joining the MX-5 Club
    • VW Driving Day
    • Face-lifted MX-5
    • Review: VW Golf 2013
    • SMMT Test Day 2012
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  • Galleries
    • My cars >
      • Metropolitan
      • Volvo 1800 S
      • 1941 Chevrolet
      • Eunos Roadster (Mazda MX-5)
    • All-New Discovery at Gaydon
    • Silverstone Classic 2016 >
      • I-PACE launch
    • Hot rods at Pendine 2016
    • Hot rod heaven 2013
    • Classic Motor Show 2014
    • Goodwood Revival 2014
    • Beaulieu autojumble 2014
    • My favourite hotels
    • Bonhams Auction Goodwood 2014
    • Women in motoring history
    • Riding with BTCC Champ
    • Pink c'est chic!
    • Bond girls' cars
    • Women in Car Advertising
    • The woman driver onscreen
    • Disney without kids
    • Sweeney!
    • Geneva Show 2013 Gallery
    • Goodwood Revival 2012
  • Contact
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1957 Metropolitan Convertible

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My first-ever car. It arrived in primer with accessory fins and leopardskin seat covers and I sanded filler until my fingers bled. It didn't have a roof for a long time. I loved it to bits and took it on the Chelsea Cruise every month.
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1964 Volvo 1800S

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People remember my Volvo, the Little B'stard, scalloped by hot rodder Scratch. I had to start it with a screwdriver and one of the doors didn't open. Top Gear's Andy Wilman said it was the worst car he'd ever driven. 
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1941 Chevy lead sled

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This 1941 Chevy was transformed into a swoopy lead sled by Gary Janes of the original Low Fliers. I couldn't lift the carson top so always drove it roof-off. I sold to some crazy French hot rodders and missed it badly
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Rover P6 (various)

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I had a series of P6s, partly because they were cheap, but also because I love the way they drive and handle. Even the 200 auto, which the guide books gave just one word: avoid. The 2.2 TC was the best. I had some dodgy old Volvos, too.

Mini One D

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Our first new car! To be honest, we were just fed up with sudden bills and wanted something with good fuel consumption. I love the DAB radio, too.
   Read the story of how we bought it here.
   See how we did over its first year here.


BMW 2002 tii

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I loved this car with its Alley Cat alloys on low-profile tyres and a rumpety high-lift cam. It handled like a dream, but rust had eaten the rear spring mounts and the prop disconnected itself on the M25. It had to go.

1994 Mercury Grand Marquis

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I could have bought a Jetta, but when we moved to America, I wanted a proper Yank with a bench set, red plush interior and a column-mounted selector for its auto 'box. It had an Intercepter Pack like a cop car, and it needed snow tyres in winter or corners were 'interesting'.

1995 Eunos Roadster

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I've loved MX-5s ever since I drove one in Greece on the European launch in 1990. I adored this Brilliant Black Eunos until the head warped. It's now thrashed around racetracks by Project Merlot. Read more here.

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