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leave the car? NOW…WHERE DID I
Did you know we spend more than 35 million hours a year looking for our parked cars?, plus iconic Mini celebrates 60 & diary date
Save the date – the race is on!
recent survey of 2,000 drivers revealed that more than one third of us regularly forget where our car is parked, and on average ‘lose’ our vehicle once a month, while a further one in 20 said they struggle to locate their parked car on a weekly basis. According to the data, it commonly takes 10 minutes to find a lost parked vehicle, although 5% of respondents admitted searching for more than half an hour on occasions. The figures result in 133,245,000 instances of ‘lost cars’ every year based on 32.9 million license holders in the UK. Multi-storey car parks were revealed as the most common location to lose a car, closely followed by shopping centre and supermarket car parks.
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The survey, which was conducted via OnePoll, also revealed other common places to lose a parked car are airports, town and city streets and concert venues. Meanwhile, women are more likely to forget where they have parked with 72% saying they had at some point lost their vehicle, compared to 58% of men. However, women take less time to fi nd their cars, taking on average 8.8 minutes in comparison to men taking 11.9 minutes. Despite in-car and smartphone technology enabling motorists to log their parked car, only 9% of respondents have ever used this to its advantage and tracked the location of their vehicle. And when it comes to 25-34 year olds, 16%, almost double the overall average, said they have used a smartphone to fi nd their car.
The Crazy Jeans Kart race is returning to Tunbridge Wells for 2019, turning the usually tranquil Dunorlan Park into the wackiest of soapbox race circuits on Saturday 8th June. This year’s event will be raising money for Hospice in the Weald and Taylor-Made Dreams and more than 45 karts are already confi rmed. Trackside entertainment will include a kids’ zone with giant infl atables along with a food and drinks village. • Early-bird family tickets are on sale now. Visit
eventbrite.co.uk/e/crazy- jeans-soapbox-race-2019-early-bird- family-tickets-tickets
Celebrating the 60th
anniversary of the Mini The Mini, the most popular British car ever built and a true British icon, celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.
The original Mini ranked fourth in a poll of British design icons organised by the BBC and the Design Museum; it has had starring roles in fi lms like The Italian Job and at the London 2012 Olympic Games; it has gone racing; it has been a troop transporter, and has won the hearts of many millions across the globe for six decades. And now with increased standard specifi cation for UK customers, the Mini brand’s most powerful Hatch and Convertible models return with a more distinctive presence than ever. • Visit
mini.co.uk
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