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• My No Claims Bonus has gone!!! 3 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  I insured my Spanish car through Linea Directa (Direct Line) using my UK NCB. Now I have returned to the UK and because I have lapsed my UK driving insurance my NCB has gone back to zero!! Be warned if you stop driving for a period of time your NCB stops as well. Direct line tell me that because the spanish organisation is separate from the UK one they can not transfer the NCB???
• Suzuki Wagon R+ 21 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  We have seen a couple of examples, about 2 or 3 years old with less than 15,000 miles. Seems to well well looked after. I know its not a great car to drive. Mainly interested in convenience for an older driver and reliability. Any thoughts/experiences? -- Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
• transmission probs in saxo vts 18 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Citroen say they adjusted something in the clutch but the noise is getting more frequent and worse. don't think it is the drive shaft. has anyone ever had this problem as its driving me up the wall. As the car is going for its service shortly I don't want citroen saying a need x,y and z done when i mabe don't. many thanks
• Insurance - Fully Comp? 4 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Hello all, After my first year of car ownership (and third party insurance in my name) I have decided that I will upgrade to fully comp insurance as it's only a touch more in the second year. Anyway, I have been told that fully comprehensive cover entitles you to drive any other car third party? Is this true? It would be most helpful as sometimes I play taxi to my Mum and Dad when they want to go out for a drink so being able to drive his would make a lot more sense on those occasions.
• Flashed at in France 7 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  BTW for those of you who are off to France, the police are now stopping anyone doing more than 136 kmh on the 130 kmh stretch of the autoroute. It is incredible how much slower the French drive now!
• Help - What Car? 8 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  VW Golf MKIV Audi A3 (Old Shape) I need 5 doors. Audi A4 BMw 3 Series Now all advice would be greatly appreciated, I\'m currently driving a MKIII Golf GTI, so i\'d like a bit of poke, safety is important, and obviously a good drive. Budget is ideally £11000. Cheers chaps and chapettes.
• moaners and whingers 7 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Or did they drive as properly as they could, obeying rules and regulations, and observing the highway code.
• Clarkson gets Bentley stuck! 26 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  In my local free paper last Friday, full article on Jeremy Clarkson getting the next Bentley Coupe stuck on a local beach in a piece for the new Top Gear series. The producer asked him to drive the Bentley onto the shingle beach (Budleigh Salteron, Devon) in the sunset. The car (probably weighing c 2 tons?) couldn't drive off as it sunk into the shingle - so they spent some furious time digging it out & using boards!
• Sympathy for White Van Man 2 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  First time I have ever driven something bigger than a car (well, I have driven a tank, but that was off road) and I now appreciate just how different your approach to driving has to be. Sadly I only managed to do 30 miles before the clutch gave up on me, just at J2 of the M57. Have received a lot of ribbing about that, given it was my first time driving the vehicle.
• Instrumentation 20 May 2003 (Forum)
  With BMW's toy I would be tempted even more, with the consequent distraction from driving. Have Rolls Royce got it right - do we really need so much information?
• insurance requirements? 28 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I have an old banger which I run as a second car and i'm trying to work out what the least I can pay to insure it is? I have a policy in my own name for another vehicle which allows me to drive other vehicles third party only. The exception is that it doesn't cover other vehicles owned by me; fair enough. If I register the 2nd car in my partners name then technically it's not owned by me so my insurance should cover me to drive it?
• Men should pay less for petrol! 19 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  I have been considering the usage of cars by men and women and it seems clear that men drive smoother and cleaner although all be it less greener cars. The adverege women stalls and starts and uses the car for school runs and 100yd drives to Sainsburys, thus being extremely inefficient on fuel.
• Tax Disc Camera 2 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Driving along the A12 near Ipswich last week, I passed a vehicle and trailer parked in a layby. A big sign in front of the trailer announced that there was a camera in it, to catch people driving untaxed vehicles.
• Driving Tractors 4 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  (Genuine Question! I'm hoping that at least one tractor driver will reply!) Is there some kind of code that Tractor drivers use to communicate with the...
• Decisions decisions 29 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  My '94L Pug 306 is long in the tooth and making noises that says it needs a new owner. My question is what to replace it with. I would like something in the 12k bracket that is fun to drive and reasonably reliable. My choices are between 2yo VW golf GTI, Audi A3 1.8T or Alfa 156 2.0T-spark. My wife drives an Audi A4 which can not be faulted (apart from its ability to attrach immobile pedestrian barriers at the local retail park), so the A3 seems a good choice, if overpriced.
• Skoda Yeti 140 ks 4x4 or Honda CR-V 2.0 150 ks? 24 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Becouse of low torque i had to drive a bit more nervous (there is a peak of torque in one rpm area, so it's dont have smooth driving of torque of diesels in greater rpm range), and trying to have right gear and right rpm. Also i dont like the fuel consumption that it have..
• Driving the Amalfi Coast and Naples 5 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  A kilometre further on, you invariably catch up with it, bottled up behind a slow lorry. If you think that’s hair-raising, try driving in Naples. “Should you decide to travel into Naples by car,” says the guide book, “be prepared for highly stressful driving, heavy traffic and parking problems.” It repeats, “Driving in Naples is highly stressful.” I drove across Naples one day last week in the evening rush-hour.
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  I'm unable to complete an S172 for speeding as we don't know who was driving. What should I do? 8 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  After returning home from a short break in August I received A NIP and S172 from Humberside police. The alleged offence occurred on a stretch of road we...
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  Deceased diesel 26 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I drive a Renault Grand Scenic, registered in June 2010, with a diesel engine. Having two Labradors I find the vehicle more than satisfactory. My problem...
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  Drive shafted 17 Apr 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am appalled by some of the tales of dodgy behaviour by dealers. Here's one to add to the list. In February 2009 I bought a used 05 VW Passat 2-litre...