It’s that tricky time of year: bit of daylight left as you leave the office, early flowers blooming, birds singing in the trees, though still chilly and plenty of propensity yet for frost, snow and salty roads. Even so, those glimmers are enough to make worthwhile the effort involved in getting your pride and joy out of the garage and going for a spin on one of those ‘crisp’ (read: cold!) blue-sky days.
I’ll be honest: I gave up properly hibernating my old cars a few years ago. Sure, it saved a few quid on road tax but often did the opposite elsewhere. Cars being tucked away for three months have cost me a master cylinder, a clutch slave cylinder, more than one brake caliper, a heater blower and countless batteries.