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Spurred on by your comment about DVLA's rules in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph I wonder if you can suggest how I could resolve my problem with them? Long ago I passed my driving test in Guildford on 19th...
I bought a Mercedes E-Class estate from an eBay trader that also advertised the car on its website with 44k miles on the clock. It is very clean inside and I got it for just over £7,000. I bought an HPI...
I would appreciate your advice on a problem I have with my Toyota Celica. Nearly four years ago I had a small accident with a lorry that left a big dent in my nearside rear bodywork. Instead of going to...
I read with interest the letter from your reader pointing out the dubious nature of the DVLA's practice of sending out penalty charges when they deem a V5 document not to have been sent to Swansea. I recently...
Imagine the quietest village. Imagine a quiet slip road off it. Imagine double parking but not obstruction the lane while you are loading the kids into your car for a day at the beach. (4 minutes tops)...
My 10-month-old Mitsubishi broke down on the 14th July. I put approx 45 litres of diesel in the car on 12th July and covered 200 miles before it broke down. I have all receipts for fuel. The Mitsubishi...
Further to your reader's letter regarding a £50 penalty at MacDonalds near Heathrow, I too suffered in the same way, this time because my order was forgotten and by the time I had received and eaten it,...
Recently I went into a car park at a motorway service area to make a phone call. As I wasn’t going to go into the services I parked at the back of the car park around no other cars. Once finished I started...
Your correspondent who was fined for overstaying at McDonalds is quite justifiably angry. I parked in my local Tesco in a handicapped bay and was fined £50. I was distracted by an incident in the car park...
I'm just dropping you a line to let you know that I have put up a webpage on my website to help people understand what to do if they get a so called "Parking Ticket" for parking on private land. The URL...