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I am starting to wonder where the logic is in the current car tax band system. My understanding of the government's stance on this is to get older, heavier polluting vehicles off the road. If this is the...
Your taxi-driving correspondent may be pleased to know that Valeo does a solid flywheel/clutch replacement for VW Passats and some Fords. I paid £550 to have one fitted, including parts and have had no...
Like A.L. of Sevenoaks, any motorists must have found that, although their NCD is protected, their base premium has risen following a claim. Those over 50 could try Saga Insurance, which offer a guaranteed...
Please can you tell me why alloy wheel paints and lacquers seem not to last nowadays? I've always handwashed mine, never used a power hose or those dreadful wheel cleaner products and after 5 years on...
I have just been reading what happened to A.L., of Sevenoaks. In November 2008 I received my car renewal from the AA who I had been with for over 15 years. Considering that at the time I had 20 years NCD,...
I wonder if you can offer some advice, please? I've got a 1997R reg VW Polo and in the current freezing weather I'm having issues with sticking door locks (although WD40 appears to have sorted this),...
The warranty is about to run out on my 2007/57 Octavia, which has been a taxi since new. So far the DMF has been replaced under warranty once at 30,000mls and more recently at 55,000 miles. My current...
Driving home recently in my wife's 2009 Vauxhall Tigra 1.8 Exclusive, after a 40 mile round trip, we traversed a particularly nasty speed hump at 5mph in second gear. There was an immediate strong smell...
Please advise if the use of cruise control on my 1.9SE TDI VW Passat Estate gives a better fuel consumption over and above normal accelerator use on long and motorway journeys.
I'm desperate to track down the yellow Triumph Spitfire ‘CAP 151T’ that I owned as an 18 year old. The DVLA website can confirm it is still on the road but is there anyway I can find out where it is and...
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