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I filled my diesel Jaguar XF with unleaded fuel. I drove it 400 metres to my house with no problem. In the morning I had difficulty starting it. When it eventually fired it ran rough for approximately...
Normal NCD goes: 30 per cent discount for your first claim-free year. 40 per cent for second year, 50 per cent for third and 60 per cent for your fourth year. But some companies have different scales....
On 19 February I was sitting in the passenger seat of my parked car (husband had gone into a shop). A large DHL lorry drove past indicating he was turning right. As he turned, the back end of the lorry...
At the entrance to a roundabout, I hit a W-reg car which had stopped and then was heavily hit from behind by another 08-reg car. My insurance company has told me it will give me a car to drive whilst mine...
I’ve just received a £429.57 renewal quote from 1st Central to re-insure my 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara, kept on private property in Coniston, Cumbria. Having recently got married, the renewal also involves...
You advised a reader that his BMW wheels were 'oversized' as original equipment and that he would be OK fitting smaller ones. My question is whether fitting the smaller wheels/tyres would count as a modification...
It is worth reminding your readers to check the wording on their insurance policies. I recently had to renew mine and changed insurers. On checking the 'use', I found it stated Social, Domestic and Pleasure...
I have a maximum "No Claim Discount Protection for Life" with my MoreTh>n policy. But I have always been worried that, although I would not lose my no-claims discount following an accident, my premiums...
There must be something seriously wrong in the motor insurance business when the following can be allowed to happen. My mother-in-law lives with us and is 85 years old. She has driven since 1968 without...
I have just had my renewal notice from my insurance company who to date I have highly regarded. I am 64 years of age and up until last year had 46 years without a claim, but last year made a claim for...