A garage damaged my friend's head gasket whilst removing spark plugs during a service - is the garage liable?

A friend took her car for an MoT and service earlier today. The car passed its MoT fine. When they were doing the service, apparently they were removing the spark plugs (which were apparently rusty and...

Which used car would you recommend in the 1.6-litre range?

I am looking to buy a used car, up to seven years old, and I'm wondering which type of car in the 1.6-litre range is quite cheap to tax and insure.

My Peugeot 106's spark plugs have a bit of water on them - is this due to a failed head gasket?

I have just bought a Peugeot 106 XSI 1.6 8v. It was running a bit rough on low revs so I took the spark plugs out and they seem to have a little bit of water on three of them - do you think it could be...

Garage musing

I was a little concerned to read that a Ford dealership in Bristol had consulted with Ford, and suggested that seized spark plugs could be “smashed out of the head”. Why? Hardly good engineering practice. The...