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How enthusiast Ben Major got lucky second-time around with his latest Alfa Romeo

It takes confidence to buy a 12-year-old sports car that you haven't driven, following a long train journey in deepest winter from one end of the country to the other.

Ben Major is the man with exactly that confidence and, judging by the smile on his face, the Alfa Romeo 4C that he now owns was worth every mile of his ride into the unknown.