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How can Saga nearly double my car insurance premium?

It was raised from £1,155 to £2,044 after a year when nothing changed and I’ve never had an accident

Covid pandemic blamed for UK rise in cracked tyres

Motorists urged to carry out safety check as rubber on cars left idle for long periods can deteriorate

RAC was supposed to get my broken-down car home. But it’s lost it

It couldn’t repair it roadside and now it has effectively disappeared

Bus fares: £2 cap in England extended to end of October

Scheme will then continue for 13 months at £2.50 for a single journey, on back of £500m funding

Electric cars: could your employer help you save thousands?

People are waking up to the benefits of using salary sacrifice schemes to buy greener vehicles

EU driver slapped with London emissions fines totalling £25,000

Thousands being caught out by little-known requirement to pre-register vehicle with TfL

EU motorist fined almost £11,000 after falling foul of London Ulez rule

French hire car met emissions standard but had not been registered with TfL, resulting in penalty notices

DVLA sent me on a wild goose chase in search of my driving licence

As a wheelchair user I was given a string of inaccessible appointments for an eye test

Alarm bells rang when I felt I was being overcharged by an Audi dealership

On top of a £1,480 repair to my Q3, I was billed £50 for one wiper blade

Missing part made my 2018 Jeep suddenly obsolete

It just needed a new oil pump part but none could be found in the world

The ultra-low emission zone cost me an ultra-high fine

I was driving a compliant car on a visit from Germany, and have been sent five penalty charge notices totalling more than €1,700

Holidaymakers face big rise in car hire costs abroad this summer

Prices for popular destinations could be up almost 60% on 2022, analysis carried out for the Guardian shows

The Guardian view on a Tory budget: austerity by another name

Editorial: Jeremy Hunt’s politics were made clear by his decision to prioritise motorists over nurses, doctors and teachers

Paying for petrol at the pump can plunge you into the red

A ‘pre-authorised’ sum up to £120, taken from a bank card before you fill up, is ring-fenced

A nightmare 10-hour wait by a busy road to be rescued by the RAC

We broke down with our young children and at first were told there would be a four-and-a-half-hour delay

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