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Learn how to change a tyre
20 minutes
Professional cost From £10 plus towing fee
DIY cost Free
You may not be able to match the frenzied blur of a Formula One pitstop,...
Learn to change your car’s oil
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)....
Learn how to get rid of a dent in the bodywork
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....
Get rid of a scratch in paintwork
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...
10 cold, hard questions about the big freeze
Miles Brignall surveys the fallout from the extreme weather, from delayed flights to disappearing cars
1. I crashed my car after sliding off a...
Logbook loans’ to be outlawed
Government announces consultation into controversial loans which offer cash in return for a borrower signing over their car's logbook
Controversial high interest loans secured against...
Driven to Distraction by Clarkson
Once again the beardy Guardian-reading marxists in their N-reg Peugeots at the Highways Agency have claimed the slower you drive the faster you arrive...
When AA costs add up it’s time to complain
If it's cheaper to become a new member than to renew, fight back, says Miles Brignall
It's not just the insurance companies that are happy...
Government clamps down on cowboy clampers
Compulsory licensing scheme announced in Queen's speech
The government signalled a crackdown on cowboy wheel-clampers today.
In the Queen's speech it was announced that legislation would...
Tax-free Thames toll bridge for sale
Swinford toll bridge earns around £190,000 a year and will set potential buyers back about £1.25m
It's enough to make the Three Billy Goats Gruff...
£200 to change a car headlamp bulb? It’s no joke
Modern vehicles are so complex that even seemingly trivial DIY repairs involve a trip to the garage and a minimum charge
How many pounds does...
Motorists will turn on me over cycling policies, claims Boris Johnson
Mayor of London says his efforts to generate a 'cycling revolution' in the capital will not be 'politically cost-free'
Boris Johnson admitted today he feared that...
The New Drivers Act
Under the New Drivers Act your driving licence will be revoked if you build up six or more penalty points within two years of...
Rising Road Taxes
Motoring taxes have been handled so badly that drivers no longer trust what ministers say the charges pay for, an MPs' report says.
Inconsistency over...