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My 94 year old mother had just given up driving and we plan to sell her 51 plate 1.0 Vauxhall Agila. As the insurance costs £38 a month I propose cancelling it, as we need all the money she has for her...
My husband recently met with a car accident due to black ice. There is a lot of damage to the car - the front bumper, hood and the back bumper are totally messed up. The interior is fine and the engine...
One of your e-mails inspired me to check my insurance details with the MID via www.askmid.com. Two of my three vehicles are recorded correctly, but the third shows my registration number is insured but...
I was somewhat puzzled about your recent reply concerning young people's insurance premiums. I have driven now for over 50 years, many of them professionally, doing over 40k per year and never been responsible...
I am the second owner of a 1994 LHD Renault Twingo, imported twelve years ago. I receive a good insurance deal from Privilege, but out of curiosity I recently shopped around for online quotes and found...
Four weeks ago, my wife’s car was written off. It was parked in a disabled car park outside a hotel in Llandudno. When we woke in the morning a note was under the bedroom door asking us to go to the reception....
My beloved 1995 Twingo was in a crash 2 weeks ago. I was not in the car and it was hit when parked by a 4x4 causing £1,700 damage. My insurer Norwich Union, new claims dept, assured me that they would...
I recently had a fairly minor bump near Guildford. Details were exchanged, the insurance companies have locked horns and no doubt in due course a puff of white smoke will emerge from one of their chimneys...
Earlier this year, my BMW 325i that I had owned for less than two weeks was hit by another car turning in the office car park. I saw the accident happen and the driver stopped and gave me his details....