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• TOWING LAWS: What is the new tachograph law about towing?  (FAQs)
  Since 1-5-06 all new vehickes registered since that date towing for hire or reward with a gross train weight of 3,500 kg are required to have a tamper-proof digital tachograph which uses a credit card-type record to monitor driving hours and journey times. Additionally all vehicles first registered from 1996 not previously fitted with a tachograph, but now used for towing for hire or reward with a gross train weight of 3,500 kg are also required to be fitted with a digital tachograph.
• TOWING: Can you give me some general tips about towing?  (FAQs)
  (Kindly supplied by Sid Seabrook) 1) Sadly car dealers are useless for towing advice. Wonderful car for towing. 2) Go back to the caravan dealer for some advice. Wonderful van for towing. 3) Join the Caravan Club ( www.caravanclub.co.uk ) and chat to their Technical Dept giving them the specific figures obtained in next para.
• PARKING FINES. What are my rights regarding parking penalties for parking in private carparks? (FAQs)
  The  detailed index  makes it easy to quickly find any subject you want with  one click .   The book also explains what to do and how to appeal if your vehicle has been  clamped  or  towed away . Most importantly the book contains  detailed appeal template s based on reviewing more than  60,000  parking tickets and  7,000  Parking Adjudicator cases.
• HIRING A CAR: Where can I hire a car in the UK and abroad? (FAQs)
    SPECIALIST VEHICLE RENTALS Towcar hire  (allows towing your own trailer or caravan into Europe:  www.4x4vehiclehire.co.uk Motorhome hire in the UK www.justgo.uk.com Caterham offers Caterham Seven Roadsport 175s with or without an A Class motorhome and trailer.
• INSURANCE WRITE OFFS: What do different insurance write off categories mean? (FAQs)
  4.An additional £5 a day can be added for estate vehicles (where this matches the customer’s vehicle) unless the model listed is already an estate. 5.An additional £5 a day can be added for necessary extras such as tow bars and baby seats which reflect the customer’s damaged vehicle type/fitments. 6.An additional £12 per day add-on to the agreed daily settlement rate for dual control vehicles (£7 per day add-on if insurance cover not provided).
• CONSUMER RIGHTS: How do I reject a vehicle or get compensation for problems with a car? (FAQs)
  Finally, except under the new Consumer Rights Act 2015, you can’t successfully reject a car for a trivial reason such as a little scratch or finding out you don’t like something about the car, unless, for example, you bought it for a specific purpose, for example to tow a caravan and then you find out it can’t. WHAT CAN YOU DO IF YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU ORDERED? Maybe they missed off satnav or some other essential you specifically ordered, such as fittings for a luggage rack or a sunroof or central locking.