Why were Skoda Assist so unhelpful when our Octavia broke down in France?

Please could you inform your readers of an experience we had in May of this year when travelling in France with our 2-year-old Skoda Octavia 1.4TSI. About 100 miles after leaving Calais we experienced...

Thanks to Wingmirrorman for a cheap repair.

An errant Micra driver took out the offside mirror of my 2009 Vauxhall Astra on a narrow road. The repair was quoted by a Sussex Vauxhall dealer at £286.90. Within three days I had obtained a complete...

Why did this franchised Mercedes-Benz dealer try to oversell a routine repair job on my

I read with delight your colleague's article on spare tyres and their likely demise. I recently suffered a puncture in my 13-year-old 2-seater Mercedes-Benz drophead. A young decorator working nearby very...

How can I eliminate the vibration coming from a buckled wheel?

My local Jaguar dealer has diagnosed a vibration coming from the steering wheel of my XF at motorway speeds as a slightly buckled front nearside wheel, probably due to a pothole. They have rebalanced the...

Can you help with this clutch fault on our Fiat Rapido motor home?

I have a September 2008 Rapido A Class motor home with a plated weight of 4200kg (heavy duty), but we normally run when loaded at about 3600kg, and it has a Fiat 3.0-litre engine. At 18,000 miles the clutch...

Why don't insurers still use the process where the insured driver obtains a selection of quotes for repairs?

One point you have missed in your recent replies about insurers is the 'preferred repairer'. What happened to the old method of providing three independent quotes for the repair to the insurer? Surely...

Thanks to the AA Breakdown Repair Cover, my Isuzu Trooper's oil pressure fault was repaired free of charge.

A short while ago I signed up for The AA Breakdown Repair Cover as I am driving an ageing 2002 Isuzu Trooper that has given me quite a lot of trouble over the years. True to form, it recently broke down...

Are modern cars too technologically advanced for their own good?

One day I am going to write an article about how car design is wholly wrong in environmental terms. We are scrapping cars at 7 to 10 years old when the vast number of components would last at least 20....

I don't want my Ford Ka written off in case of an accident - can I downgrade the insurance?

Should I reduce my insurance due to the age of my 13-year-old Ford Ka? I have fully comp, legal and no-claims discount cover for £250. Very occasionally my son, who has his own car insurance, drives it,...

Thanks to Vauxhall for their help in repairing a fault on my wife's Corsa.

Please may I bestow a couple of accolades through your column. My wife’s 4-year-old Corsa, out of guarantee, developed a seemingly small problem where the dial that directs the air within the car jammed....