British blokes are devoting more of their precious free time jazzing up their cars than they do on their partners.

As many as one in ten men admit that they give more attention to their automobiles than they do their relationships, according to a recent survey by fish4cars.

Of the guys polled, nearly half (44 per cent) said that they had doted on their motor in the last couple of weeks, while 40 per cent said that they had not bought their girlfriend a present in over a month. The study also discovered that one in three British men will spend almost £20,000 on their prized set of wheels in their lifetime.

"It is a sad story to hear that some men enjoy spending time cleaning and tinkering with their cars more than wining and dining their loved ones," said Joe Slavin, chief executive at fish4cars comments.

A sorry state indeed - sort it out fellas!

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