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  Track-king specialists 4 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter is celebrating her 30th birthday soon and we were looking for an unsual gift. As she loves driving, we thought of a track day surprise and...
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  Bangers for your bucks 21 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My son is just about to take his driving test and I would like to buy him a SAFE, economical, low insurance group first car. I had thought about a Peugeot...
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  Changing sides 14 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking to buy a left hand drive car for use in Spain, ideally in the UK in order that I can part-exchange my current right hand drive car. The dealer...
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  Driving by the seat of your plans 7 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  We have a 2004 SEAT Leon 1.6 SX which we have had since May 2004 and have been extremely pleased with. Current mileage on the SEAT is 39,000. We are...
• Loses Car For No UK Licence 8 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  They were tested and found to be too dark so a prohibition notice was issued to the driver. "When asked to provide his documentation, it was discovered the driver did not have a full UK driving licence and was advised to arrange removal of the car. "As he could not arrange this, the car was removed under Section 165 of Road Traffic Act 1988."' He has been in this country for several years and has been driving for all that time.
• Need short term off-the-road insurance 12 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I will be picking it up next week, and it comes with 1 week's free insurance which will allow me to drive it home and put it on my driveway. It will remain there for about 3 or 4 weeks, until my friend's schedule allows it to be collected, and that point she will be able to switch over her own insurance to cover it, and drive it away.
• What you must tell your insurer 11 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  * A change of vehicle (including extra vehicles) * All changes you or anyone else make to the vehicle if these make the vehicle different from the manufacturer's standard specification (whether these changes are mechanical or cosmetic) * A change of address * A change of job, including any part-time work by you or other drivers, a change in the type of business or having no work * A change in the purpose which you use the vehicle for * A new main user for the vehicle * Details of any driver who you have not told us about before or is excluded by the certificate of motor insurance or an endorsement but whose driving is now to be covered * Details of any motoring conviction, disqualification or fixed-penalty motoring offence of any person allowed to drive or of any future prosecutions for any motoring offence * Details of any accident or loss (whether or not you make a claim) involving your vehicle or that occurs to you while you are driving anyone else's vehicle * Details if you or any other person allowed to drive your vehicle suffers from a notifiable condition not notified to DVLA or any condition for which DVLW have restricted the licence"
• Mercedes Benz - 1998 24 intermittent failure to move when in D or 5 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Hard to tell 'cos traffic quite heavy. Another 2 miles to home - but when I slowed to park in a space, forward drive failed - lever in drive but no forward motion when foot on gas! Put in reverse - same thing - just rolled foward (parked on slight downward slope). I moved slector lever forward and backward - still no movement, but engine was reving OK - I didn't rev too hard as cars were in front and behind and I didn't want it to suddenly leap forwards.
• How far ahead do you look when driving? 7 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  A couple of weeks ago, I made a remark to my passenger that when driving at night, "things" in the road give rise to the biggest danger. This is born out by all sorts of incidents - pile-ups, collisions with pedestrians and other debris. In my opinion, the very vast majority of these incidents are the drivers fault.
• Generational attitudes to `Bad Driving`wartime 14 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I don`t think his generation would have been anywhere near as tolerant at some of the bad driving that we have discussed recently, do you? All I can remember is that as a kid, we effectively had the `Armed Forces` as neighbours and in our own homes. A Commando, Army Major, and Airforce, my mates father was a Tank commander in the Western desert.
• Motorway Driving 14 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I consider myself to be an experienced driver (don?t we all?) but I felt helpless in the conditions that prevailed. Is there a driving technique that is recommended for such conditions?
• Drink driving crackdown 1 May 2007 (Forum)
  Whilst I am concerned at the creeping intrusion of government into every aspect of of our lives (ID cards, biometric passports, chips in dustbins, road pricing and consequent tracking etc) I cant help but think that a purge on drink driving similar to that on speeding would contribute more to road safety. MGs
• Help! Ford Mondeo Zetec problem 10 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Recently bought a high milage Ford Mondeo zetec 2.0 diesel TDCI (year: 2004, milage 78,000). I've only had it 2 weeks, did one long drive (70 miles) with no problems. Did the same drive the following week but in extremely heavy traffic and warm weather. About half an hour of sitting in traffic I noticed a burning smell coming from the car (no warning lights on dash).
• I had only had my licence 28 hours 2 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  The legal limit is 35. Police today said they believed the driving ban to be the quickest ever recorded in Suffolk. Richards admitted driving while over the limit and was banned from the roads from a year, reduced to nine months if he takes part in a drink-driver rehabilitation course.
• Driving through a flood 1 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Close behind someone else or let them completely through and the waves die down first? I'm sure I've read something about not driving turbo diesels through water, but I am totally expecting to have dreamt it. Do you still have to test your brakes or is that a bit of an old fashioned notion these days? What am I damaging if I get water in my engine?
• BMW 1-series disappointment 10 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  When driving the car I felt very cramped; my left elbow kept hitting the door trim and visibility felt very poor with a claustraphobic feel to the interior of the car. Anything over a 60km drive was a bit of a trial.
• Rover 416 1997 coolant question 30 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  After driving the car the coolant level sits about one inch above the max line in the coolant expansion tank but if I sit in the car and wait for the cooling fan to cut in the coolant level is at the top of the expansion tank with no air to be seen in the tank but it drops down if I drive the car a few miles back to about one inch above the max line is this right.
• Top 10 Anti Boredom Remedies 23 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Counting how many Saxo or Nova drivers are wearing a baseball cap. 5. Seeing how may MPG I can get by driving as economically as possible. 6. Seeing how few MPG I can get by driving as uneconomically as possible. 7. Seeing what the combined MPG is by swapping 5 & 6 half way through the journey. 8. Daring myself to go to the next petrol station when the fuel light has come on (using the onboard computer is banned here) 9.
• Legal Drivers that shouldn't be! 25 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Some friends of mine have a next-door neighbour who, quite frankly, shouldn't be on the road. She is a pensioner aged almost 80 who her late husband would not allow to drive when he was alive. Now that he is dead, she drives but is a total menace. In the last two weeks she has: (1) Smashed into my friend's gate / gatepost, damaging them and her own Fiesta (2) Scratched, indeed, impaled her Fiesta on her own fence by driving too close to it in an attempt to park on her own, ample, driveway.
• Renault Clio dti Power steering probs 13 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  He applied a hammer to the pump and it kicked into life. So...back to the dealer where it worked perfectly. Adamant that I didn't want to drive it they agreed to keep it for an extended test - one week later after a daily drive it didn't fail. What can I do but drive if away!! Here we are 2k miles later and its failed again!!! Welcome any clues.