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Give a damn...GiveacarGive a damn...Giveacar Cars, they're a bit like kids; great when they're doing what they should be doing but when they keep acting up and costing you a packet you want to give them away :) Luckily for me when I was a kid and...

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24 top tips for winter driving24 top tips for winter driving I don't know about you but I'm hoping for another Winter like the last one! I love the snow and I like driving in it too. So in anticipation of another long spell of deep snow covered roads, icy corners...

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Have a free guide to buying a used MX5 on me...Have a free guide to buying a used MX5 on me... My smurf coloured MX5 is up and running again and beginning to shape up nicely - finally :)  There have been quite a few problems that could have been avoided if I'd had a bit more knowledge earlier on...

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How to replace your soft top in two and a half hours...How to replace your soft top in two and a half hours... If it's the first time you've ever replaced the vinyl hood on your MX5, the bads news is you'll probaly need a weekend. On the other hand, if you've a bit of extra cash to hand you can call in The Soft...

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How to improve an MX5 – wrap it in sunshine!How to improve an MX5 – wrap it in sunshine! When I suggested to a friend I was going to Union Jack Maurice, he said 'Why don't you wrap him?' I immediately thought how do you wrap a car? How many rolls of gift wrap would it take, can you get bows...

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About Me

My name is Strawberry Fields – yes, you read right, as in the song. Start singing it and I may have to come round to your house and beat you with a rotten melon. It’s a name, my name, get over it – if Engelbert Humperdinck can make a career of it I should do okay.

What are my qualifications? Absolutely nothing vaguely to do with cars! I like learning though – correct that – I love learning – and I love MX5′s, so I intend to learn about renovating Mazda MX5′s and if I learn a few other things along the way, even better.

If you have any helpful information please feel free to mail me or leave a comment – I could use all the help I can get :)

Can you contact me? Sure use the contact page!

General Disclaimer (translation – take responsibility for your own cock-ups):  I’m just someone who decided to do something and blog about it – no mystery. If you follow anything I do on here that’s up to you,  if you bust an arm or a leg doing it that’s your problem. If I bust an arm or a leg doing it that’s my problem – I’ll learn from it and not be so stupid next time!

Things you might like to know about me…or not..

My former life was working with animals, mostly horses.

I like Monty Roberts – I did his residential course in Witney, Oxon…he’s a good a bloke as he appears.

I like chocolate and pickled onions together – try it…it’s like sweet and sour!

I’m in the middle of a mid-life crisis – it’s been going on for a few years – when do they end?

Buying maurice was the start of my mid-life crisis. Finishing him should be the end!

I used to be a perfectionist but I’m okay now.

I’m the black sheep of my family…but I’m not black.

I work in mental health..and with people with challenging behaviour.

I know Sir Ian McKellan was right when he visited a mental hospital and said he couldn’t tell the patients from the staff…neither can I…neither can the patients.

I’m studying for a degree in Psychology.

I love cars…especially all things MX5

I hate pink.

I follow Depressed Darth on Twitter…I think he’s hilarious.

I think Cesar Millan is a top bloke…quite cute too!

I love tinned tomato butties.

I have an old horse called Tilly..whom I adore…and who doesn’t give a stuff about me!

I have a RSS feed to LOLCATS … this LOLCAT is my favourite.

I live in Southport…which isn’t in the South…and doesn’t have a port.

I’ve just ran out of steam…it happens often… :)