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IS BUYING A CLASSIC CAR ACTUALLY WORTH IT? A 55-YEAR-OLD ITALIAN HAS THE ANSWER.

Every time someone comes over and tells me one more story, it is as if an invisible passenger climbs in for a while. A father. A mother. A brother. An old friend. Or simply a much younger version of the person standing in front of me.Read the story

I WENT TO GERMANY MYSELF TO COLLECT THE PORSCHE. I WOULD NEVER PAY SOMEONE TO BRING IT TO ME.

How hard is it really to import a car from Germany yourself? The story of my third personal import - Autobahn, Swiss passes and a ferry across the Adriatic - and everything you need to know before you bring your own.Read the story

A PORSCHE FOR UNDER €25,000. TICKING TIME BOMB OR HEAVEN ON EARTH?

IMS, bore scoring, and everything you need to know before buying a Porsche 986 or 987 - from someone who's been on both sides of the story.Read the story

FROM THE ROAR TO THE STAR: A CHARGER, A CORVETTE, AND THE A35 I NEVER EXPECTED TO LOVE

This story comes from Rafail Kopiloglou (Raf). He moved to Dubai at 20 as cabin crew, and by 22 had an American muscle car in his name. Then came a dream Corvette, the hardest sale of his life, and a two-litre hot hatch that taught him the dream was never about displacement.Read the story

BUY THE PROJECT CAR - WHAT DO YOU CALL A LONGING ONCE YOU FINALLY GET TO LIVE IT?

An MX-5 they wouldn't let me buy at eighteen. Another one - faded and abandoned - that turned up in front of me ten years later. Between them, a longing that patiently waited its turn. That's how an old Japanese roadster became a project car - and the project car became stories worth living.Read the story

SEPARATING MEN FROM BOYS: MY FIRST CAR WAS A MANUAL 981 BOXSTER S

Manual, rear-wheel drive, over 300 horsepower - and 24 years of waiting. How a GT Silver Boxster 981 S became the first Porsche with my name on the paperwork, and how the first speeding ticket arrived that very night to confirm the choice.Read the story

THE THIEF OF JOY STAYED OUTSIDE: COLLECTING MY FIRST 911

Twenty years after the first time I sat in a 911 pretending to drive, I took a train to a place just north of Nottingham to collect my own. A story about dreams that take their time - with an F12 in the background, ice-grey seatbelts, and a heart rate of 160.Read the story