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Car Clinic: How can I add aftermarket high-intensity lights to my car?

Car Clinic: How can I add high-intensity lights?

Q. How can I add high-intensity lights to my Ford Mondeo?
Published 07 March 2017
Reader Letters: Ateca wine, boiling brake fluid, auto headlights and NSX

Reader Letters: Ateca wine and boiling brake fluid

“Nobody wants an Ateca in their life,” says Jeremy Clarkson in his review of the new Seat. He should try a bottle of Bodegas Ateca’s old vines...
Published 07 March 2017

Reader Letters: Sat nav blues and diesel dues

"I was amused by Jeremy Clarkson describing the sat nav in the Honda NSX as 'a work of fiction'..."
Published 27 February 2017
Reader Letters: Bright headlights, priorité à droite, annual servicing and quattro power

Reader Letters: Bright lights and quattro power

In the 1950s drivers seemed to take pride in delaying switching on their headlights until absolutely necessary...
Published 20 February 2017
Car Clinic: My car was damaged by airport parking — what can I do?

Car Clinic: My car was damaged by airport parking

Our brand new car was damaged by an airport parking service but the company won’t pay up. What can we do?
Published 13 February 2017
Reader Letters: Speed alerts, America's Route 1, post-Brexit numberplates and Clarkson's bust

Reader Letters: Speed alerts and Clarkson's bust

Driving along the M4 the other day I noticed brake lights ahead. Shortly after, I passed the source: two slow-moving, flat-base lorries in convoy
Published 13 February 2017
Car Clinic: Are owners of the new Volvo XC90 reporting many faults?

Car Clinic: Are XC90 owners reporting faults?

I was about to buy a Volvo XC90 when I noticed online reports about faults, plus lots of classifieds for six-month-old models ...
Published 06 February 2017
Reader Letters: dazzling headlights, Macan boots, British cars and French road rules

Reader Letters: fix for glare &French road rules

Regarding headlight dazzle, I experienced the same problem when driving at night in the rain — until...
Published 06 February 2017
I’ve just attended a speed-awareness course and now want to set up my TomTom sat nav to warn me when I am exceeding the speed limit. Can I do this and how?

Car Clinic: Speed camera alerts on a TomTom

Q. I’ve just attended a speed-awareness course and now want to set up my TomTom sat nav to warn me when I am exceeding the speed limit....
Published 30 January 2017

Reader Letters: Keyless capers and tax bombshells

"Is there anyone who finds keyless cars useful?" and other questions in this week's post bag.
Published 23 January 2017

Reader Letters: Rev reverence and speed confusion

Tony Inchley asks whether regular drivers need rev counters. My children and I were taught by my husband to use the rev counter almost to the...
Published 16 January 2017
Car Clinic: Will connecting my car's 12v battery to a charger while I'm away damage the electrics?

Car Clinic: Will battery charger damage electrics?

Will the electrics in my Ford Focus be harmed if I connect the battery to a charger when we go away this winter?
Published 16 January 2017