STACY and I spent Sunday in Paignton looking at the classic cars along the seafront. You know you are getting old when you wander around the field looking at the vehicles on display, remembering you once owned an older model.

If only I had kept the E-Types or the Frogeye Sprite. I could sell them today and retire.

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We got there along the A380, travelling at speeds between 49.9 and 69.9 mph, depending which stretch of carriageway we were on.

As a 'local', being aware of the locations of the speed cameras helps me to remember to watch my speed. So the announcement that funding cuts will mean turning off speed cameras next year has little effect on me. I'm already programmed for these streets. I doubt it will have much effect on 'locals'. We all know where to slow down now.

It's the unaware tourists who will be caught out by the static cameras. I do confess to being snapped by one of those mobile units along the Topsham Road last year and that's why I am very pro them. Isn't that the point?

Did you see Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz on Top Gear this week? They took the reasonably priced car around the track at high speeds. Tom is now the 'top gun' on the leader board.

I go to work each day through Marsh Barton, past all of those motor showrooms with their tempting offers. Despite the demise of scrappage, UK car production rose by 28.6 per cent in June compared to the same month last year.

Before I buy some new wheels I must sell my Polo. So this week I spent a few hours getting it ready for the marketplace. I noticed I have a few very light scratches along the sides. They have appeared after negotiating those smaller Devon country roads. Some of the carriageways are so narrow overgrown hedges and bushes have reached out to caress the bodywork. It could be worse. Some of the tighter bends and junctions are so overgrown, at times you really are taking your life into your own hands.

There are many 'cloned' cars still being sold to genuine buyers duped by false documents. Criminals use them to change the identity of a stolen vehicle to match that of a legitimate car. It's thought more than 100,000 illegal registration documents are still in circulation. Remember; clones are cars too!