Ford Kuga review (09/05/2012)

AS a motoring correspondent, friends and readers ask for my advice when buying a car. Other people’s attitude to me is ‘what, ask that eejit?’ They feel their own grasp of the subject would be sullied by asking a professional.

When someone — foolish or enlightened or anywhere in between — phones to ask my opinion, I am polite and courteous.

Sometimes the inquirer phones me back, not only to say that they appreciated my advice but also that they acted upon it.