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• Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 22-06-2019 Part 1 24 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  Driving to China - might be worth investigating doing a subsidised rally when you get there; http://chinacarhistory.com/2019/05/29/unique-chance-to-drive-your-veteran-car-in-china/
• Learner driver and insurance 10 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  Daughter has just started driving lessons.I've bought L plates and want to take her out myself in my car. Am I covered on comprehensive insurance for her to drive as a learner or will I have to load my insurance with a higher premium.
• The Bliss - Fed up of driving Part2 11 May 2014 (Forum)
  Following on from my earlier postings, have not used the car for a week now, Partly because of the lovely co-ordination of 2 sets of road works in Taunton,...
• It begins - Snow chaos already 6 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  We must have had AT LEAST 7mm of snow here in Surrey, on the way from work I saw a car abandoned with the front badly smashed in from a morning prang. The morning drive consisted of people going at either 2mph or driving as though it was a clear summer day.  
• Car for short person 26 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  I am thinking about buying my first car, and need a car that I feel in control of, safe and can comfortably drive being a 4ft 11. The car that I am learning to drive in is a ford fusion 2 and I don't think is a comfortable 'fit'. Any advice appreciated.
• Xmas driving - tuck into mince pies, skip the cake 8 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Good news for mince pie lovers, but not if you like a bit of cake. Never liked Christmas cake anyway, but I'd hate to give up my mince pies! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8399386.stm
• Advise on driving Blackpool to London on 22/12. 24 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Who drew the short straw, Blackpool to London on the 22/12 and returning with family on the 23. Any views on how bad this is going to be, hoping with...
• Renting car in Europe 28 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  I've not been back for years but will be coming over in May. I was thinking of renting a car in Paris and driving it to Berlin and taking in a few of the Cold War sites like Marienborn/Helmstedt on the way With the EU etc., is it now a no-brainer to rent a car in one European country and drive it to another ?
• back seat driving 14 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  today's Mail has a pic/story abt an Austrian farmer who upset animals rights people by carrying two calves on back seats of his Golf. They're comfortable,...
• Driving at dawn, ever seen non-native wildlife? 20 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  On just about the one occasion I was doing this on a Summers dawn in Wales I saw a something like a type of Mink or Polecat. What about you regular drivers...
• Driving Licence application 25 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  I am applying for a photo card replacement for my old and tattered paper licence. On the form it says "start date. your licence begins on the day we issue...
• What side of the road do they drive on.. 26 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  .....in Ghana? I thought it was the RHS but I may be getting confused with Oman. The Fil has worked in both countries, and we've been out to see him...
• UK Driving Licence, the end is nigh.. 26 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6180617.stm So in a few years our UK Licences will be obsolete... I'm confused. Where will this leave us? Could...
• Drive times to Courchevel 18 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  New Year will see the improbable some might say terrifying spectacle of Nsar careering down the slopes (if some snow actually falls). Not booked the flights...
• Malta driving holiday 16 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Anyone recommend a good hotel in Malta to enable a few days pootling about in a rental motor. (yeah, I know it's a diddy island!) Which is the best resort,...
• Pay as you drive insurance hits roads 8 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  I know it's been covered here before but now NU have implemented it. http://www.orange.co.uk/news/topstories/2269.htm?linkfrom=hp1&link=ticker_pos_1_link_5&article=l04617297 It...
• 4wd BMWs 19 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  As I have seen 2 or 3 BMWs with an X at the end. One of these was an old 7 series, L reg and it was right hand drive and the other was a 5-series estate, also right hand drive.
• dangerous driving pt2 6 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  So a dangerous driver was released from an open prison after serving less than a quarter of their original sentence and declares that "at least nobody...
• winter driving 29 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  When I lived in Germany we all had winter tyres and talking to my friend just now over there ,they still use and are strongly advised. Perhaps in the Uk...
• Another Fifth Gear thread 21 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  t=36960 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Brilliant! From VBH and her "mummy" driving the Lambo, to someone adding a Maserati to his collection of Ferraris and driving round a snow covered racetrack and skidding into a barrier! Brilliant!