How should I proceed to claim for damage done to my Skoda Octavia after my friend's tree fell on it?

I would be extremely grateful for some advice on how to deal with an insurance claim for our car. Our Skoda Octavia Estate was parked on our friend's drive during a social visit yesterday when a tree fell...

Insurer has inaccurate information on me

Whilst trying to obtain an insurance quote the salesman informed me of incidents that I was unfamiliar with. He refused to elaborate, merely stating dates. How can I find out what information is held...

The cheapest insurance premiums as paid by Honest John readers.

We had a massive response to the challenge to beat TR of Saffron Waldon’s £97pa insurance premium for his 1994 Volvo 440 GLT. The winner is MP of Horley, who pays just £52 a year each via RH Specialist...

How best should I fit winter tyres and spare wheels to my Ford B-Max?

Can you help please? I know the Ford B-Max is new but I would like to get a set of steel rims and winter tyres for my 1.0 (120) EcoBoost. It has 6.5 x 16-inch offset 40 alloys. I have looked on all of...

Can you recommend a classic car for a 17-year-old driver?

I am just about to come into my final year before my GCSEs, after which I will be entering VI Form and hopefully be learning how to drive as I am September-born. I live about 25 miles away from the school...

Are there still any companies who will offer women cheap car insurance?

Now that the EU has decreed that all drivers are hermaphrodites, could you recommend some non-EU insurance companies who would quote women the premiums appropriate to their lower risks?

Damaged vehicle repairs

My wife has just had an articulated lorry rip the side off her car on a roundabout and, of course, we are now in the usual insurance tangle. The car is a Citreon Berlingo Multispace HDi VTR 1.6 Diesel,...

Younger drivers can buy and insure modern classic cars, such as a 1991 Golf, much more cheaply than a modern car.

I thought your readers might be interested in this info. In the last 16 years I've mainly owned and run older cars. What I've found is that you can insure a lot of cars over 16 years old on a classic car...

I've been driving continuously for 56 years without a claim - is this a record?

I note that on April 7 you printed a letter from JMS who reported he'd been driving 55 years and never claimed on insurance or had a claim against him. He'd just renewed a fully comprehensive policy for...

Why is my son's insurance company cutting his no-claims bonus after claiming for hail damage?

My son fell victim to the freak hailstones yesterday that caused much damage to the roof and bonnet of his car. Many of his friends came off even worse with cracked windscreens and light cluster damage....