Last week I stupidly offered to send out a copy of our 2005 column on buying a new car. Surprisingly, this week I found I have more than two readers and the newspaper said the cost of buying stamps for all the envelopes would be too much.

Thinking of buying a new car?Every year here at The Weekend Australian we try to give you a few hints to avoid being completely done over. If you want a reprint of our complete guide to buying a car in 800 words or less, just email me.

Now I know you appreciate the hard grind I put in for you attending collector car auctions around the world. It’s tough. Free champagne, glamorous persons of all sexes and even better looking, legendary pieces of multi-million-dollar metal

So now we know Lewis Hamilton is so relaxed that he watches the big screen on the track while he is racing; that Sebastian Vettel is so unrelaxed that he can break the world record for using the F word while shaking his finger at another driver while racin