Private number plates are increasingly big business. Prices on many are surging, and collectors who know how to spot a winning combination of letters and numbers are making profits in the tens of thousands on a single plate. And since the DVLA started selling them in 1989, sales of the plates have raked in more … Read more
Big Mac and FINES! The little-known law that could land you a £200 charge at McDonald’s If you are caught by the police, you could have six points added to your license According to Britton and Time, many Brits break this law without even knowing By Milica Cosic Published: 09:39 BST, 29 April 2023 | … Read more
Clampdown on loophole forcing up the price of driving tests after some learners had to pay £200 – three times the normal price Tests were banned during pandemic, which led to a backlog of almost 500,000 By Daniel Jones Consumer Affairs Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:00 BST, 9 April 2023 | Updated: … Read more
Wacky races! Adrenaline junkies get behind the wheels of their goofy homemade go-karts for Soapbox Derby’s 70th anniversary race (and some are left with cuts and bruises too) By Olivia Jones Published: 01:52 BST, 3 April 2023 | Updated: 01:56 BST, 3 April 2023 Share or comment on this article: Some links in this article … Read more
A furious driver says he is prepared to pay thousands to fight a £100 parking charge he was slapped with after staying in a retail park for ‘just half an hour’. Lawrence Carnie, 58, has been on a nine-month crusade after he was handed the fine for a ’22-hour’ stay at a car park in … Read more
De-ice your windscreen in SECONDS thanks to this amazing trick using a common kitchen staple that you can buy at Asda for just 16p Drivers across the UK have been dealing with frozen windscreens in recent days This clever hack which costs next to nothing will clear your windows instantly By Ffion Haf Published: 10:28 … Read more
Taxi driver gets £60 parking fine after stopping outside McDonald’s for 47 seconds to pick up a customer Kam Parvez, 33, of Stoke-on-Trent fined £60 for stopping outside a McDonald’s The taxi driver successfully overturned the fine after winning second appeal The DVLA made £24million selling driver details to private firms last year By Zac … Read more
Steering wheel locks are flying off the shelves amid a rise in thieves targeting modern, keyless cars Motoring retailer Halfords has seen sales of security devices rise 23 per cent Wireless fobs allow drivers to unlock cars and start them with press of a button But criminals can hack them with devices which copy signal … Read more
Inside the Range Rover graveyard hidden in the Welsh countryside where hundreds of abandoned 4x4s are left to rust The collection of Range Rovers features mostly P38 and L322 models from the mid 1990s to early 2000s The Range Rover P38 replaced the much-loved Range Rover Classic which invented the luxury 4×4 market Many of … Read more
Japanese and Korean car brands take the top five positions in the rankings, revealed as part of the Warrantywise Reliability Index exclusively shared with This is Money.
Scottish drivers are better behind the wheel than those in England and Wales, according to an app that tracks motorists’ performance – and is likely to spark plenty of debate between Britons. Data collated on more than 95,000 licence holders has been used to give an average score for motorists in each country out of … Read more
Classic Rover P5 that took Margaret Thatcher on her maiden journey as first female Prime Minister to visit the Queen in May 1979 is expected to fetch £45,000 at auction The 1973 Rover P5 is one of three converted exclusively for ministerial duties Registration GYE 329N was used in May 1979 to transport then newly-elected … Read more
Motorists being urged to ensure they have breakdown cover in place as summer vacations start and holidaymakers hit roads By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 23 July 2022 | Updated: 22:35 BST, 23 July 2022 Motorists are being urged to ensure they have breakdown cover in place as the summer vacations … Read more