The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Ignoring faults
New research by breakdown cover provider Green Flag reveals that up to 21 million cars on the roads are faulty and an “ignore the problem” issue is racking up bills in British households.
Drivers are spending an average of £574 per year – a national average of £21.5 billion – on car repairs; and 47% of these repairs could have been cheaper if the issue had been addressed sooner.
According to those surveyed, drivers have an inbuilt “fault filter” – where they stop noticing their car’s issue, thus delaying repair. A third (33%) of drivers say they’ve become de-sensitised to their car’s fault, no longer noticing the issue, while a fifth of drivers (21%) state that even though they still notice their car’s faults, they are no longer annoyed by them.
This could prove dangerous, particularly under the new MOT rules which are set to come into effect on May 20. relation to the famous flax spinner and manufacturer David Corsar & Sons. Your correspondent is only half right!
“There were two Almerieclose Houses, one built in circa 1653, likely reusing stone from the Abbey alms house and St Michael’s Chapel. This existed on what is now Burnside Drive.
“The estate consisted of large parts of the central Brothock valley and Keptie. This land was sold off over time and formed the heart of the new industrial town of Arbroath centred on flax processing and later engineering.
“One of the later owners of Almerieclose, a Mr Lindsay, decided in circa 1800 to build himself a more modern residence, New Almerieclose House and this was located at what is now the junction of John Street West and Catherine Street, on the grassed area outside the Angus Training Group buildings.
“It was this Almerieclose House which would become the offices of David Corsar and Sons.
“This building survived to the early 1970s, whilst the original or old Almerieclose House was demolished in 1931, its grounds firstly becoming a brick works and later part of Fraser’s engineering works.”