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You printed a letter form PF of Purley who informed us of the video loop camera he installed (an SVS 100 GPS). Your readers may like to know of an iPhone app called iCarBlackBox that costs £0.69p. With...
Please could you advise me regarding a car for an 18-year old man who has recently passed his test. His parents require a safe car (good crash test results) and a car with a reasonable insurance premium...
Are there any drawbacks in changing your car insurer every year to get the cheapest quote?
I first went to Liverpool Victoria via Frizzels in April 1966 and have been with them ever since. Back in the 1980s I had ‘any driver’ fully comp, when my second daughter was driving and the car was written...
After reading of ES of Newton Abbot’s speeding and subsequent Speed Awareness Course, I thought I would add my thoughts after attending a course earlier in the month (56mph in a 50mph). The course is run...
In June 2009 I parked my wife's Saab convertible between two empty spaces in a shop car park. When I returned, the space on the Saab's driving side had been taken by a large SUV type vehicle. It was parked...
Having recently retired and being a city dweller, it makes sense for me to trade in my large saloon car. I now have the chance to sell it to a friend, and am contemplating trying to live without a car...
I have a 2004 Audi 130bhp TDi Avant with 140k miles on the clock which I have owned since 50k. I recently purchased a 'TDI Tuning Box' primarily for the increase in MPG, which I have noticed a difference...
My Mercedes-Benz E320 is insured by Mercedes-Benz Insurance. Following your advice recently I contacted them to inform them I was fitting winter tyres. They refunded £53 of my premium - an unexpected surprise.
In September my wife was involved in an accident in our local supermarket car park. She was waiting to reverse out of a space until a van had passed her. The van cleared her car and she began to reverse....
 

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