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The email from BK (Smack, the knife, 21 February 2009) prompted me to relate my experience of the all-too-common supermarket carpark shunt. When another party backed into my car, they freely admitted liability,...
My son is just about to take his driving test and I would like to buy him a SAFE, economical, low insurance group first car. I had thought about a Peugeot 106 but reading your review has put me off. I...
Two weeks after buying a new Subaru Legacy I was rear-ended and sustained considerable damage. Norwich Union paid for the repair on behalf of the other driver. This involved the supply, spraying and fitting...
My wife's car was due for its MOT. I called the garage that we bought the car from as it had been serviced and MOTd by them since new (52 reg). Normally we have a courtesy car, but on this occasion they...
The Police here (Dyfed-Powys Police) are running a campaign "Get Insured or Get it Seized" which highlights their powers to seize vehicles that are on the roads unlawfully, such as when there is no valid...
Mindful of my duty to inform my motor insurer of any change of circumstances, I recently contacted Tesco Motor Insurance to notify them I had just been made redundant from my position as a customer service...
In a few months I'll be taking delivery of a restored 1987 Mini Mayfair. You may ask why, but it is intended to be a "fun" second car. There is also a family link, as my father worked on the design and...
My Focus was involved in a minor crunch whilst parked in our local doctor’s carpark, a car reversing out of a parking slot backed into the my driver's door. The damage was very minor, two very small creases...
Are some people not making too much of elderly drivers being on the road? Are there any verifiable statistics on the percentage of accidents by each age group from the teens to the eighties. I see more...
Just before Christmas, an old boy hit me whilst reversing out of his space at Waitrose. Whilst there was no damage to his vehicle, he has damaged my rear wheel arch. At the time he jumped out of his car...