Driving in Europe

I have recently returned from a business trip in Germany. I am interested in your viewpoint on French/Belgian/German drivers who are in the habit of speeding up behind a car in front forcing drivers to...

penalty points

Do points for speeding affect your insurance premium?

Vauxhall Astra temperature gauge

I've just bought a Vauxhall Astra 1.6 auto and the temperature gauge doesn't move when driving but when sitting it starts to rise?

Volvo S40 2.0 SE 2001 clutch noise

When my car starts from cold for the first five minutess of driving when I let the clutch up to move off there is a short "whooo" type noise, is this the clutch plate or release bearing, or simply change...

Reinforced tyres

I took your advice about getting winter tyres for our C-MAX which is now wonderful in snow and want to get winter tyres for our Hyundai i10. The only ones available (from Germany) are "XL" which I think...

Sizes of winter tyres

Hi, I see your recent articles in the Telegraph re winter tyres, and the advantages of them. Assuming one opts to have a set on separate wheels (ie not swapping the tyres on the same wheels), is there...

Winter tyres

Visiting German in laws this week in my '97 Astra estate, I bought four Uniroyal MS Plus 66 winter tyres (195/55 R 15 85H fitted, balanced, new valves) for Euros 441.56 - that's 375.12 UK pounds at a branch...

Autosocks

I have a motorhome and was wondering if Autosocks would work well on wet and muddy grass.

Freezing conditions

Is it better to leave a 10 year old Skoda frozen, as it has been for 4 days so far, or to start it and let it run for 30 minutes or so? If so, how frequently? I do not want to drive down our slippery...

Snow shoes

I have been reading about snow shoes recently. Are they a good alternative to other forms of winter products?