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Last November my new car had its bumper dented by a reversing car. The driver drove off but my wife had witnessed it all and noted its registration. I immediately informed my insurance company giving them...
I write to express my disappointment regarding the 'Customer Care' provided by my recent insurers in the hope that it may prevent others from making the same naive mistake. My car received a nasty dent...
My wife has a 1999V Ford Focus 1.8LX with about 67k miles on the clock. It currently has fully comprehensive insurance but is only used very occasionally, less than 2k miles a year. I am not sure that...
I work within the car body repair industry and you are right in branding it a semi-legal rip-off. It is becoming virtually impossible to run a car body repair business without being bullied into using...
Our 17-year-old son is learning to drive. Can you recommend a good second hand manual car with a budget of about £4k? He wants something with credibility, we want something that is as safe as possible....
Last Thursday my daughter and three children were involved in a crash on the M6. She was in the middle lane and was side-swiped by a lorry from Slovakia, she was spun into the front of the lorry side on...
I hope you don't mind me asking, but you mentioned an insurance company that insures young drivers, 18 years old. I am trying to get insurance for an 18 year old on an Audi A3 and am having difficulty.
My cars are insured with Aviva. Last year my car was broken into. I phoned Aviva and gave them the details. Shortly afterwards I had a call from a Basingstoke garage arranging to collect my car and leave...
As a full car license holder of many years, I am allowed by law to sit in the passenger seat of a car driven by a learner driver, assuming they are insured to drive that car, etc. But what is the situation...
In November 2009, my son borrowed my Hyundai Getz because his car had developed an electrical fault. He set off on his journey and when crawling down the slip road on to the motorway, rolled into the...