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• Insurance - Business cover. 22 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Hello All, I've just renewed our insurance and came across something that is a bit of a suprise to me. The Wife uses the car to drive to and from one place of work. she will however once in a while drive the car to a course or seminar (Possibly twice a year) when i told the insurance company this they replied that i needed Business insurance (At a cost of about an extra 20 pounds).
• Which smallish 'proper' auto for driving school? 22 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  A young family friend's driving school is coming along nicely, and the young woman in question would like to purchase a smallish automatic to expand her business. She would like a proper auto, which i think is good sense but open to other thoughts.
• Check your passports before heading for France 23 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  My brother in law is at this very moment driving from Cheshire to Durham. Tomorrow, he has an appointment at the passport office. If he manages to sort out his problem he will then drive straight to Plymouth where my sister in law and the kids are in their caravan which has been parked on a site there since yesterday.
• Subaru Forester II (2002 - ) - 02 2.0 Cutting out 31 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  No code is held in the ECU and only once has the engine management light briefly appeared but the memory holds no info? The car has been fitted with an inline computer whilst driving and this again shows as no fault.
• When is a pavement not a pavement ? 7 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Some of the pavement has a solid white line denoting the edge of the road and in other places there are kerb stones which only sit half an inch or so above the road surface. Because it's a narrow road and has the occasional parked car, many motorists resort to driving on the kerb. I don't drive on it and have endured the frustration of many oncoming motorists who felt I should have moved over to let them past a parked car on their side of the road! My question is if a pavement is not raised and in some parts not clearly marked by kerb stones or white lines, is it a pavement at all or just a different coloured piece of highway and if I was to drive on it could I be prosecuted by plod?
• Which car to carry big dog and have street cred ? 25 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I need bags of space, higher driving position and with a wee bit more funky!!!!
• Fuel efficiency of older diesel cars 8 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I was looking up the fuel efficiency for older diesel cars for city driving and on a site selling old LTI fairway taxis I came up with a figure of 25 - 30mpg in town for a 2.7 litre diesel. Now I don't know if this means stop and start traffic driving or driving at 30 MPH, but this is roughly the same as I get from my old Golf, which is a 1.3 litre petrol.
• Speed hump muppets. 11 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  The speed humps where you have 3 individual humps across the road seem to be getting more popular. These work fine when when the road is clear and you can drive over the hump on your side of the road, often without having to dip below the speed limit. The problem comes when there are parked cars on either side of he road and to make smooth progress you need to drive over the centre hump in the road.
• A Fair Cop or was it? 2 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  A policeman who told Central Scotland Police he had drunk "a bucketful" when stopped for driving a damaged car has been banned from driving. Douglas Reid, 48, who is due to retire from Strathclyde Police, was given a 15-month ban at Falkirk Sheriff Court. Reid was stopped in Shieldhill, near Falkirk, in the early hours of 16 December, 2006 by officers who noticed extensive damage to his Honda Accord.
• Steering while stationary 30 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Certainly it tends to be drilled into learner drivers. But I strongly suspect that the reason is driving schools fear the damage that will be caused when learners do this while the n/s front wheel is graunched tight against a high kerb. Otherwise it has to be irrational, since clutch abuse is winked at by driving instructors.
• Changing A 1998 Ford Fiesta Headlight 1 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  I need to change the passenger side headlight bulb on my 1998 ford fiesta zetec 1.25. It turns on to parking light OK but when I turn it up to my main driving lights it stays on the parking light. If I switch on full beam then it works OK. Ive bought a new driving light bulb but I cant for the life of me figure out how to get to the headlight housing as there is all sorts of engine chassis and tubes etc in the way.
• Taking the car to France, advice please 25 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  OUTWARD: It will just be my 11 yr old son's treat (and mine!) without the girls, so I thought it would be good to make a driving trip of it for him (the girls would want to fly). Would it be best to go via Shuttle to Calais, then drive from there, or better to put the car on a train (at Calais?) part of the way south? I assume my TomTom will be up to the job.
• Causing death by dangerous driving 26 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  The second driver did not stop, he did not hit the person that had been hit by the first car. He is also being charged with causing death by dangerous driving, and pleading not guilty. What is the minimum sentence that is likely to be handed out by the court. Thank-you for your thoughts on this tragedy. p.s. No drugs or alcohol where involved by any of the drivers.
• How much tax does owning a car generate 13 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  t know if anybody has brought this up before,but I thought I would try and list all the various and possible taxes and other ways of extracting money , the process of driving and owning a car attracts .I f you can think of more please feel free to add. Vat on Driving Lessons Issue of Driving license Initial Purchase New VAT on Purchase Price Vehicle Excise License Insurance Premium Tax Fuel Duty VAT on Fuel Duty Car Parking Car Parking Fines VAT on Service and Spare Parts Speeding Fines MOT Testing Benefit in Kind for parking at work ?
• Fitting 100/80w headlight bulbs 4 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Following the sale of my (surplus) Legacy, my only transport is a 1997 VW Transporter, and having relocated to rural North Yorks a lot of my driving is on unlit moorland roads with the occasional wandering sheep. I have always found the standard bulbs feeble for such driving, (previously I always drove the Subaru at night) and have just bought some 100/80W H4 bulbs for improved forward vision.
• Tailgating a learner 13 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  I mean - what is the point? What is the point? The learner was driving fime anyway. But it just makes me despair, where is the common courtesy, the decency, the manners? I'm sure it must be a damn good chuckle for somebody - but I don't want people doing that to my kids when they're learning to drive.
• 306 S16 Idle Problem 21 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Hi there, driving home last night my 1995 306 S16 deceided not to idle correctly...... basically when you come off the gas she either die's or idels roughly....... I have checked the following: Air Filter Vacum Hoses Replaced the fuel filter fuel feed okay The car drives fine and there is no stuttering whilst driving, but just plays up on idle.
• Cutting accident rates 21 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Root Causes: We're not putting enough effort into finding accident blackspots and eliminating the problem. Nor into the fact that many motorists drive too closely together. We could drive people behaviour via the recertification route. Based on the airline experience, this could slash accident rates?
• Mercedes 190e 2.0 auto idling problem 24 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  When it is re started it idles fine (although sometimes "hunting up and down" but not stalling - then drive off to the next junction and the revs will drop below 500rpm on final approach to a junction and then stall again. If the car is on the driveway and idling it is fine (apart from sometimes hunting) and it will tick over when engaged in "drive" or "reverse" - it is only when actually driving the car that it stalls.
• What is dripping? 20 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Was picked up by the dealer and returned later in the day, cleaned, valeted etc and without costing me a penny (apart from the upfront cost of buying the car of course!). Great, but... Yesterday was the first time I'd moved it in daylight, and our new drive was covered in what appeared to be oil. I at first assumed it was engine oil, but on closer inspection the car is dripping something from all four corners (dripping from suspension behind the wheels) which doesn't feel oily itself but seems to contain grease/grime within it and this has seriously stained the drive.