60 minutes
Professional cost £90: For two oil and filter changes
DIY cost £32.96 plus oil: Oil price varies depending on the car (from about £20). Cost includes £14.99 axel stands, £9.99 socket set, oil filter wrench £4.49 and oil filter £3.49
Jacking up the car
First, warm the engine for a few minutes: this will thin the oil, [...]
60 minutes
Professional cost From £30: Depends on size and severity
DIY cost £6.49-11.99: Price depends on size of glass sucker, from screwfix.com
We’ve all done it. Who put that gatepost there? Where did that tree come from? If you’ve got comprehensive insurance there’s no problem; if not, your self-inflicted damage could cost a packet.
The difficulty with dents [...]
30 minutes
Professional cost From £10: Depends on the size and severity of the scratch
DIY cost £7.48
Cars are easily scratched: supermarket trollies, bicycle handlebars or a bit of careless parking can all leave their mark. A scratch is annoying, but usually not worth a trip to the garage or the tiresome business of an insurance claim.
The [...]
We all know about the risk of young drivers. Now insurers are facing a wave of claims from women driving well into retirement, report Patrick Collinson and Miles Brignall
Men are worse drivers than women. That’s the inescapable conclusion from insurance statistics that show men, particularly those aged between 17 to 25, as the cause of [...]
Thousands of learners face the additional costs of keeping their driving skills sharp until their tests can be rearranged following the adverse weather
Thousands of learner drivers face having to pay for extra lessons after the snow and freezing weather conditions forced the cancellation of driving tests across the UK, it emerged today.
The government’s Driving Standards [...]