Metal to metal, dust to dust. Cheap motor insurers win modding battle!

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Being a sort of semi-retired boy racer, reformed and what like, I was once what you are now. No, not a member of Boyzone. Delusions and perversions aside, I lived, breathed, ate and puked modified motors. So I know what flicks your nitro switch if you get my drift. And by that I don't mean Jordan and her wonderful assets - her two friends, Peter and Andre. Side-stepping mammary glands I might now be found floundering at weekends with adult responsibilities, such as dishwasher maintenance, elderly relative visiting hours and shuffling aimlessly around hardware stores in a shabby sports blazer as opposed to pi**ing around attempting handbrake turns and doughnuts within the confines of a local retail park, but I still know my onions.

In the same way friend of 4youngdrivers.com, Autotrader does. They know exactly how to get your attention. In the eyes of some, lesser motor insurers (and the law) flashy body kits, spoilers, tweeters and Velcro-fastening assorted fur products that don't form an integral part of your girlfriend's anatomy, are said to attract thieves, and even, devalue your machine. Machine? I mean even the terminology they use is fundamentally flawed. Yet online floggers of countrywide cars Autotrader, are encouraging you to pimp your ride as if your sorry life depended on it. Infact they're going to reward you for letting your imagination run amok. Like the array of lighting at the front end of my RS Turbo Escort once did. Which if nothing else provided a cheap laugh for prospective purchasers.

'Curves and Chrome' is the name of the game, as Autotrader want your modified metal. They've joined forces with our other chums over at Max Power to launch a modifying competition to end all modifying competitions. One that requires a little more creativity and elbow-grease than applying an Oakley Thermonuclear Protection adhesive product to your rear window. If you haven't done that at some stage in your motoring past - then you're lying like a man with bulging pockets and attempting to disguise a heavy Merseyside dialect.

The competition is divided into 2 categories - amateur and professional. By that token those that probably operate alone, who max their motors for the sheer love of it (and to misguidedly attract the opposite sex), and the slightly more believable garage or company that professionally blings up rides for customers.

The question is, do you consider your rig to be up to the challenge? You can either nominate it yourself, if conceited is your middle name, or have someone else do the honour. The aim of the 'Curves and Chrome' is to find the nations ultimate customised cars. As chosen by their select panel of motor experts. Sadly I haven't been invited to make up numbers, but John Sootheran (Maxy P's Editor at large), TV presenter and all-round car-know-it-all Mike Brewer, editor of Autotrader Stuart Milne and some bloke called Phil Leech of SQPlus, have been. Each an expert in their own field, and Phil Leech, will run the rule over your smoothed-out euro-ride, lairy jap chariot, blinged yank tank or full-on track attack weapon (the Ripspeed English Dictionary words used by Autotrader there, not mine please note) and adjudged in their estimation as to which vehicle from each category deserves the made-up accolade of winners of 'Curves and Chrome'. But the success story doesn't end there.

There is what amounts to a small lotto win for the champions too. I thought that would get your attention. Especially to any Corsa driver out there who's disfigured their beloved motor so much, they're gutted to learn its still worth less than a loaf of granary bread. Should ease the pain. £4000 to the victor in the amateur class, and an ad in their local Autotrader to the winner in the professional section. An ad(s) that's worth a staggering £4264 that is, given its full page and plural. Not only this, but both modded rides will get to be the stars of the show on the Autotrader stand at this years British International Motor extravaganza in London in July. For the world to see. Now that's a prize that money or a serious stash of narcotics can't buy. For all the details, online entry form and better use of vocabulary found here, be sure to go to www.autotradermotorshow.co.uk today. Good luck.

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Date - 15/09/2006