Hello Nigel, there must be some damage to consider claiming. If it is just dents and scrapes it may be cheaper to have them done yourself. If it is a door/tailgate then try a scrapyard. I don't know what you pay in premiums but do the sums first. Any claim is held over you for at least 5 years when re-newing or changing insurers. Give it some thought.

Good luck. Cheers Concrete

>>Especially as some handbrakes now work on discs which contract on cooling, thus >>reducing clamping force.

CRV handbrake is disk / drum combo.

My CRV handbrake "suddenly pulled up a few notches extra" on a hill start. I had all of the wheels taken off calipers cleaned out and the handbrake adjusted @ my local Indie.

Normal Honda Service routine does not include the wheels off brake clean - only a squirt of brake cleaner.

A son on the otherhand as an 2 yr old X5 in Texas - 35K & in for a service yesterday - it needed new rear pads & discs, wipers - all fitted FOC - only paid the servicing. Pads discs covered - I do not know if this is standard or "dealer deal" when he bought the car - he paid $60K for a factory ordered spec for what is a £60K car in the UK (in 2014).

Interestingly an Oil Change every 10k/ 6 months is BMW USA Standard!!!! No Longlife every 20K rubbish.

Edited by Falkirk Bairn on 24/08/2016 at 08:39

Got there ahead of me RT. I have an 11 year old Skoda Superb with well over 200K miles. I used the extended service interval routine and the car asked for a service about every 18-20K miles. Which, when I was working was about every 7-9 months. The oil was a high spec VAG long life synthetic oil. The miles were 90% motorway and to this day I have used only 4 litres of this high spec oil to top up. Stopped the extended regime when I retired (about 20K miles ago!!)and now change oil and filter every year at MOT time. Still insist on using good quality oil though. Nothing wrong with extended service intervals if the vehicle use suits it. Horses for courses I believe is the expression.

Meanwhile, back at the thread. I wonder if the OP has done his sums yet?

Cheers Concrete