We've all seen them. We've all questioned them. Most of us still don't understand them. That neglected car, once polished and maintained like a silver cutlery set, now slowly turning to dust in the English weather. Until you've owned a car for a long stretch of your life, it's hard to understand the ties that form. The memories begin to outweigh the value, and the once cherished pride and joy sits abandoned at the end of a drive.It might have flat, cracked rubber boots at eac

Having recently snapped my choke cable, I fitted a new one before giving the carburettor a careful tune-up. (My Rover runs a Weber carburettor conversion, so it’s a little different from the factory setup.) The result? It now starts at the touch of a button and runs beautifully, quiet, smooth, and pulling as strongly as ever. It’s amazing what a little TLC can do. If only the same applied to the driver. I also tracked down the mysterious battery drain. The culprit turned out