I was wondering if anybody has ever managed to claim compensation for damage caused by speed humps? Although I tend to drive over them very slowly as my car is rather low with firm suspension (by design not modification) I recently bottomed out badly on one as I had three people in the car compared to the usual one/two. This damaged both my stainless steel (lifetime guarantee) exhaust and the handbrake mechanism. I am convinced there must have been accidents caused by speed hump damage and now feel enforced lower limits are the answer rather than these obstructions!

Whilst I am in rant mode the other evening I was going over a series of humps when a Range Rover caught up with me. This idiot with a shoe size higher than his IQ then proceeded to flash his lights and sound his horn repeatedly. If he had engaged brain he would have noticed that I was driving a low slung coupe and not a 4x4. The silliest thing about it was that 20 yards later he turned off - moron! Read more

Anybody see Watchdog this week with the segment about the DPF's? If you didnt see it there was nothing that we hadnt heard before and was essentially the same thing we've been saying for ages to all buyers who come on here asking for advice.

Its interesting how its taken the nations foremost staple of consumer advice programming so long to pick up on it. The case of the man who bought the diesel Fiat 500 for driving round town and later discovered this wasnt a good idea said bluntly that he was never informed that it wasnt an ideal town car. Fiat laughably responded by denying the 500 is intended to be or advertised as a 'city car.'... Read more

Pleased to read all these years after i stopped working for them that jag have a car that is desirable a, used and b. more than 3 years old. In my day would not have touched any of them not under warranty! Read more

I took this out 3 months ago to enable my son to get second driver insurance cover on my car at a reasonable price. We had the box fitted which tracks driving performance and have been monitoring 'our' driving style on line ever since. The rating over the weeks was 'good' and lo and behold a safe driver refund of £25 appeared in my bank account last week. So, £15 for me and ten for him - buys a couple of pints and is an encouragement for him to carry on driving sanely. He's a retained firefighter so he has seen a few car crashes but nevertheless I'm warming to the Co-Op's slightly big brother approach to young drivers.

Even my own driving in that car has moderated!... Read more

Hi all, my 2003 Focus 1.8 TDCI 100ps developed a non-start problem, it struggled to start but once it did ran perfectly, this continued for a couple of months until it cut out decelarating into an uphill bend and refused to restart. After looking around here is what i did,

Battery change (was overdue)... Read more