What could replace my Jaguar SE with a bit of 'go', an automatic gearbox and higher seating?

I am looking to change my 2004 Jaguar 3.0-litre SE auto estate. In order to avoid the constant pothole problems and gain higher seating, I would like something with a little bit of go, preferably an auto....

Would you recommend the Lexus RX400h as a particularly soft ride?

As a result of a domestic accident, my wife seriously feels pain every time I drive over a matchstick so I need a very, very soft ride for her. I have been offered a 2005 Lexus RX 400h SE CVT with 45,000...

Profiterholes - making a claim from pothole damage

I've recently had two tyres ruined (sidewall damage ) and a Celica T-Sport rear spring broken. I can't pinpoint the exact event of each but I drive regularly along a badly pot-holed public road. I have...

How do I claim from the local council for pothole damage to my car?

My car was damaged due to potholes on and around a speed hump, but the council's insurers are adamant that I have no claim quoting the stock S8 Highways Act 1980, contrary to your advice regarding such...

Bricks and mortified

I'm probably not going to get any sympathy, but being a builder I drive a van. I don't have explain what happens when you traverse four speed humps with a van full of tools and materials. Unpleasant is...

Kerbing speed

There’s regular and understandable criticism in your column from you and your readers about the damaging effect of speed bumps. Whilst I don’t like them any more than anybody else it would at least be...

How should my daughter proceed with a claim for damaged wheels due to a pothole?

On 5 March 2010 my daughter damaged her two front tyres and wheels in a potholed main road. When she telephoned Hertfordshire Council offices to report the incident she was asked to pursue a claim and...

A humping we will go

I have just finished reading the article "Green Mean & Clean" by Judith Woods and it occurred to me that the Millbrook Proving Ground could be used to demonstrate the effect that the ubiquitous speed bumps...

How do I claim for damage to my car caused by a pothole?

A few weeks ago, I damaged my wheel and tyre in a pothole. The cost was £340 for a new wheel, as it was unable to be repaired. I phoned the roads department and got a claim form. I photographed the pothole...

Tyred out

I own a 2003 Ford Mondeo Ghia Estate 2.0 TDCi (130). The car has run very well since I acquired it when 12 months old. Last year I hit a pothole that resulted in the front offside spring fracturing. I...