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  Why don't insurance companies give discounts to dashcam users? 14 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I work in insurance as a freelance accident investigator and confirm that insurers are in a chaotic mess of inefficiency. I have just ordered a car video...
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  Three across 17 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I live in London and currently drive an 10-year-old Ford Mondeo which has been very reliable and which I have no reason to change other than that I will...
• Reliability of Ford Powershift ‘boxes 29 Nov 2022 (Forum)
  immediately in front didn’t move.   Turns out the Powershift gearbox on the Ford B-Max had overheated and was flashing up a warning that it needed to be left for five minutes to cool down!  The poor driver (with a young child) was distraught, as she was completely blocking the road
• Tipper Truck and Limp mode - Two Surprises OUCH! 24 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  sufficiently to stop, and when we pulled into a petrol staion the driver said sorry, I saw you etc and said he would call the breakdown services. young rovergirl said both times, don't they watch the road and what else is on it.   One guess for my reply..
• wannabe farmers 1 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  in with the terra firma for all and sundry please turn your little side light switches to on im sure global warming wont be affected by 4 watts of power used i thank you........... signed a concerned motorist who doesnt want to come upon an idiot car driver
• Web & phone insurance differences 9 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  regard au pairs as employees and require you to have full business use, others recognise that an au pair is effectively a family member). At this point they told me that their policy with young drivers is that they require them to be the registered owner of the car and if I wasn't prepared to re
• Honda Legend...is it a good buy? 19 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Hi I am looking for a very good car for my dad and I found a Honda Legend as below in the autotrader. My question is, it is worth the money. My dad wants to use the car a lot and would like reliability. What are the problems this car might encounter? Based on HJ's advice about young but higher
• Who's to blame here? 18 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Out walking last night at about 8:30pm I was nearly part of an accident. A young cyclist was making quick progress along the pavement behind me. His bike was unlit as one would expect. The cyclist and I were next to the main road and I stopped at a minor road leading off the main road for a look
• Insurance "fronting" 17 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I have been reading about the issues with "fronting" where an insurer might refuse a claim if they can prove that the car was insured by, for instance, a parent to save the main user of the car, their young offspring, a small fortune. However does this effect a husband and wife who have two cars
• Two Policies on One Car 6 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  is a H Reg Citroen AX 1.4d even if it was possible. Note the key her is that (A) he keep his policy running for the remaining month and (B) he's like to drive the car but he's too young to be named driver on wife's policy. Ta Rob
• '95 306 - what's it worth - help! 22 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  valet, and sadly has 1 or 2 little dings on the wing and door from parking. Overall I'd say it would look very nice with a polish and hoover. Oh, and for some reason the little pip on the drivers door to work the lock has pinged off. Wierd. And the indicator lense clear outer on the front is missing
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  Why has the insurance on our Cat N write off gone up so much? 8 Oct 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter bought back her Cat N write off Vauxhall Astra from Direct Line. Now her insurers have put her insurance up 300%. Is it because of the car...
• And I thought life was getting boring...... 18 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  A bizarr thing happened today, and I had a ringside seat, in thc comfort of my own van. I was waiting at traffic lights having pulled up behind another car, when I saw a young lad (late teens) cross the road in front of me. I may have recognised the lad, I don't know. Next the driver of the car
• Road deaths on increase 23 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  of drivers again – and we’re not just lobbying this at the young. Modern rubber is good and so are today’s safety systems, but they’re not wholly preventative crash measures. You have to employ some common sense and knowledge behind the wheel. Often older drivers forget that too, having held a licence
• Road deaths on increase 19 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  of drivers again – and we’re not just lobbying this at the young. Modern rubber is good and so are today’s safety systems, but they’re not wholly preventative crash measures. You have to employ some common sense and knowledge behind the wheel. Often older drivers forget that too, having held a licence
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  My mother voided my black box insurance - what can I do? 27 Nov 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I’m a young driver who originally had a black box fitted to the car to save some money. My mother was a named driver on this previous policy. One afternoon,...
• See you later undertaker 23 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  This is an example of bed manners, but whose ? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/11552932/Hero-Renault-driver-blocks-undertaking-idiot-in-a-Mercedes.html A number of years ago the motorway through Hyde was under construction and long tail backs were the norm.  The regular
• Hyundai trajet - Accident in one way road 16 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  Just collected my young son from school.  I was driving the right way down a narrow one way road when a car came out of a small garage and drove head first into me.  Substantial damage to my car which is 12 year old.  I have had it from new and only done 48,000 miles.  I am
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  Car damaged by hit and run – what should I do? 10 Jul 2013 (Ask HJ)
  A young driver recently hit the back of my Mazda MX-5. Not a lot of damage was done but the lady in question drove off without stopping. Fortunately I...
• Peugeot Partner Teepee - Advice on buying a small van/car second hand 11 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  We're a tv production company with 4 young drivers and we're ready to buy our first company van, second hand