When Mark Reece took his car for a routine service, he expected it to receive professional care and attention.

But when the businessman came to collect his beloved Audi RS4, it was not exactly in the condition in which he left it.

In fact the £50,000 estate had been driven no fewer than 27 times while in the care of the registered Audi garage.

On several of these occasions it had been mysteriously racing around his home town at more than twice the legal speed limit.

The excursions were exposed by a... // Mail on Sunday

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When Mark Reece took his car for a routine service, he expected it to receive professional care and attention.

But when the businessman came to collect his beloved Audi RS4, it was not exactly in the condition in which he left it.

In fact the £50,000 estate had been driven no fewer than 27 times while in the care of the registered Audi garage.

On several of these occasions it had been mysteriously racing around his home town at more than twice the legal speed limit.

The excursions were exposed by a... // Daily Mail