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I had a crash in October 2009, when I was parking my automatic medium size estate car. As I engaged reverse, and pressed the throttle pedal, the car took off like a rocket. At that point I could not remove...
At junctions and roundabouts and when moving off from the kerb, many drivers are careless and fail to signal. At best this is irritating, and at worst it could be dangerous. In my view this has got worse...
Having been caught out by the snow before Christmas and given the dreadful driving conditions this week, a female friend and I were both of the same mind in seeking out some skid pan training - when the...
I have just bought a Mondeo with a 2.5 litre turbocharged engine. This is the first time that I have owned a car with a turbocharged engine. I have occasionally read in your column in the Saturday Telegraph...
I recently took my Nissan Micra 1.3 into the local dealer for service. Whilst there I enquired of a salesman about the rev counter on the dashboard, my question was "do I need to drive at a certain rev...
Regarding your article on unintentional acceleration of automatics, the early Lexus LS400 was very prone to this problem where the accelerator pedal would suddenly floor itself and the car would be unstoppable...
I take your advice about allowing turbo diesels to 'simmer' before turning off. But for how long after what kind of driving? Also if it is an important but uncertain area, could a dash warning light be...
My 17-year-old son has just started learning to drive. He is having lessons as well as driving me around in his FIAT Seicento that we bought him for his birthday. His instructor tells him always to use...
We run two cars, an old Honda Shuttle for our family of six, and a two-year-old Peugeot 107 that my husband uses to get to work Monday to Friday and we both use at weekends for running the children around....
With regards to your reply to W.B. on August 15th, I have been driving for 50 years and am now in my mid-seventies. I have never fancied an automatic, partly because you warn older people off them. However,...
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