Privacy crass

I am a loss to understand why the police and the government do not take a tougher line on overtinted driver and passenger windows. These windows should have a light transmission of 70% but it is not part...

Perk scrappings

I would be grateful for your advice. I have an 11 year old Lexus 3.0i Sport in good condition with a recent MOT to get rid of and am thinking of scrappage and buying in its place a small run-around, reliable...

SORN again crushed one

I have owned my car over twenty years. I made it SORN in 2008 when the MoT ran out and after it was 'hot wired' and had the lock and dashboard damaged. I didn't know whether it was worth the expense of...

Ex-pat witness

There is a person in the UK who advertises on the Costa del Sol in one of the local English language newspapers, from a UK address (email and tel. no.) offering MoT certificates. There are an awful lot...

Pert Joe

My 1993L Peugeot 205 auto with 50,000 miles has just failed MOT with leak on the power steering. There had been no indication of this problem. Peugeot dealers say it will cost £300 to replace the “ram”?...

Tester-money

I have just had my Citroen C5 MoTd. As always my neighbour is a mechanic and we go over all the MoT requirements before the test. Today it failed on excessive play in the lower ball joint. Yesterday we...

Going nowhere

I have designed and fitted an inertia switch into my rear high-level brake light, so that under braking it lights in the normal way. However, when stationary, it does not annoy those people behind. Is...

Getting his number

My wife's farther died last summer and we have been left with his old car, which failed its MOT. We have decided to send the car to the scrap dealer. It has a number plate that is worth around £1,000....