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Can you drive a car without a valid MoT?

The MoT certificate on my wife’s car expired while we were away. How can I take it for its test when I can’t drive it without a valid certificate?
Published 07 March 2016
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Is it possible to remove sun lotion hand prints from...

Hand-shaped marks have appeared on my Seat Ibiza. My garage tells me it is sun lotion. How do I get rid of them?
Published 07 March 2016
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Reader letters: Misfiring sat navs, phoney exhaust...

Reader letters from the Sunday Times Driving pages, published on March 6, 2016...
Published 07 March 2016
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My garage recorded the wrong mileage at my car's MoT...

I want to sell my Nissan Note, but during the car’s last MoT the garage recorded an incorrect mileage of nearly 50,000, double the genuine figure...
Published 04 March 2016
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Grit on a wiper blade has scratched my windscreen —...

After recent trips in cold weather, grit that had frozen to a wiper blade resulted in a scratched windscreen. How can I get it back in shape?
Published 04 March 2016
2016 Ford Mustang versus BMW M4, comparison test by James Mills of The Sunday Times Driving

The wild pony takes on Munich's machine: 2016 Ford...

It's the car that countless British drivers have lusted after but never been able to buy. Now, after more than 50 years of longing to climb behind...
Published 04 March 2016
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Dieselgate deepens: VW chief Martin Winterkorn was...

Volkswagen has admitted that its former chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, was told of problems with emissions in America in early 2014
Published 03 March 2016

Surrounded by £1.3m-worth of police cars, Ken Block...

The venue for Ken Block's latest film is Dubai, where sand and camels make a piquant contrast with the skyscrapers and superyachts
Published 03 March 2016

Me and my motor: Andy Green, OBE, on breaking the land...

He may be one of the world’s most celebrated drivers, but Andy Green is not strictly a “car person” — in the dentist’s waiting room he will...
Published 03 March 2016
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SUV head to head: new Maserati Levante versus Porsche...

If there were a prize for the most pretentious press release at this year's Geneva motor show, Maserati would be a hot favourite. The bumf for the...
Published 02 March 2016
Star cars of 2016 Geneva motor show

Star cars of 2016 Geneva motor show

The Geneva salon is one of the smaller motor shows in the calendar, but what it lacks in sheer number of cars it makes up in status
Published 02 March 2016
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Fighting talk: 2016 Aston Martin DB11 hits back at...

To most people, Aston Martin conjures up images of the Swinging Sixties and Sean Connery at the wheel of a DB5, giving the Bond villains a run for...
Published 01 March 2016