Are modern cars too technologically advanced for their own good?

One day I am going to write an article about how car design is wholly wrong in environmental terms. We are scrapping cars at 7 to 10 years old when the vast number of components would last at least 20....

I don't want my Ford Ka written off in case of an accident - can I downgrade the insurance?

Should I reduce my insurance due to the age of my 13-year-old Ford Ka? I have fully comp, legal and no-claims discount cover for £250. Very occasionally my son, who has his own car insurance, drives it,...

Can I avoid having my car written off?

I have had since new a much-cherished top of the range Volvo V70 Cross Country, first registered January 1999. The car has covered 208,000 miles but looks fantastic. However I was recently involved in...

I bought a car that was previously written off

I purchased a car and found some steering faults with it, I traced a previous owner to learn some history and he informed me the vehicle had been written off two years previously, it appears the insurance...

Should my car have been written off or repaired?

I was involved in an accident nearly 6 weeks ago. Another car ploughed into the back of me as we were almost stationary and they were doing approx. 40 mph. Myself and two of my children were injured....

We don't want our car written off.

My daughter had her bag stolen from her local gym. Her car keys were in the bag and the car was subsequently stolen. It is a 51 plate Toyota Yaris previously owbed by her grandmother in excellent condition...

If a car is written off in its first policy year, does the driver have to start the insurance process again?

I was somewhat perturbed by your comments in last Saturday's DT in response to a reader who had taken out a new policy with his former insurer. If what you say is true: that a car written off in its first...

Insurance write-off help

Just before Christmas I had a collsion with some unseen bollards. The car is driveable but obviously we wanted repairs so contacted our insurers, Hastings Direct. After a long delay we have been told...

I don't want my car written off, what can I do?

I was recently involved in a failure to stop accident in Bradford, where the other driver shot off after appearing to hit me deliberately. He pulled out into me with no lights on and due to my young daughter...

Way to go

My car was written off in no fault claim and I was given £2,000 by my insurance company (LV) to which I can add £3,000 - £4,000. That won’t buy a new car so I have decided to go for a used Audi A3. My...