I have had two accidents in the last 3 months due to strong sunlight temporally affecting my vision. Both were on the same stretch of road in Southampton.

I do not want a third.... Read more

My car (Golf, 2005) developed a fault just before Christmas which brought up the engine management light but no other symptoms. I read this on my phone and it was a post catalytic error.

I booked it into the garage but continued to drive it for a period. In this time actual physical symptoms started to show by way of the car occasionally hesitating on acceleration.

The car was with the garage 2 days and they diagnosed a faulty EGR valve and £120 for a new EGR valve and £45 for a code read (not inc VAT).... Read more

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I have been involved in very minor car incident where I slightly touched the bumper of the car before me. This was on traffic lights and no damage was done at all (not even a scratch). But the other driver registered this incident with his insurance company and there is a claim case created with my insurance company as a result. The other driver didn’t actually claim any damage and my insurer now gave me back No Claim Bonus as well (after about 11 months from the incident). However their renewal quote is much more expensive now (even with No Claim Bonus intact). I’m assuming this is because of the claim even if there was no damage.... Read more

To be honest, car crime (IMHO) was never high on the Police's list of 'to do's'. Yes, cuts in Police budgets have caused some forces to reduce their manpower in such areas, but I think other reasons have contributed far more. The main reasons why car crime is up has more to do with:

1. People becoming lazier and leaving belongings (especially sat navs, phones and wallets) and shopping in cars and on display;

2. Most new cars in the last 5-10 years being of the keyless entry type that are far more susceptible to signal interception and thus the can be opened and driven away with the keys being stolen from properties or the person. It's noticeable that many cars (even desirable onesin excellent condition) built from the lat 1990s to late 2000s that have just keys and blippers (with alarms/immobilisers and maybe even trackers) are rarely affected by this 'crime wave';

3. More people buying high-end (desirable by criminals, and easily sold overseas) cars on (what seems at the time to be affordable) PCP deals, not just new ones, but second hand ones as well. Not helped when many people in this latter category are not so well off and live in flats or terraced housing and often have to park their car away from their property (often out of sight), whether on the road or in a communal car park, which rarely have CCTV that is monitored, let alone 24/7. Read more

...who won't leave home without one ;)

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