US driver with crushed hands rescued after dialling 911 with her feet


A quick-thinking driver found a clever way of contacting the emergency services, after trapping her hands while changing a tyre on her car.
Reader Letters: Hydrogen car future, spare wheels, dash cams, solar trickle chargers and reporting illegal cars

Reader Letters: Hydrogen cars and spare wheels


"The plan to ban new registrations of internal-combustion-engine cars from 2040 has generated many column inches about battery-powered..."
Reader Letters: Noisy cars, sensible Clarkson, spare wheels, automatic Fiestas and Golf soundtracks

Reader Letters: Sound of fury and puncture woes


"In his review of the 812 Superfast, Alistair Weaver describes how wonderful a Ferrari V12 sounds. No it doesn’t..."
Reader Letters: Air-con recirculate, diesel additives, spare wheels and VW Underworld

Reader Letters: Spare wheels and AdBlue


I’ve just bought a new(ish) Honda Civic and was disappointed to find there is no spare wheel or space-saver. I understand that, in case of...
Reader Letters: Clarkson's Ateca attack, engineering complexity and dirty diesel

Reader Letters: Ateca attack and dirty diesel


"Jeremy Clarkson’s review of the Seat Ateca showed a total absence of objectivity..."
Car Clinic: What caused warning lights when using a space-saver spare wheel?Car Clinic: What caused warning lights when using a space-saver spare wheel?

Car Clinic: Space-saver warning lights


Q. When I used a space-saver spare wheel on my Citroën DS4...
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Letters of the week, May 17


This week: Speed trap tough love, smart motorways, BMW faulty airbags, Corvette tight squeeze, spare wheels, is car ride quality getting worse...
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Letters of the week, May 3


This week: Vexed by Veyron, spare wheels roll on, appreciating personalised 'plates, Thunderbirds blunder, digital deductions, a 422mph speeding ticket...
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Letters of the week, April 26


This week: more on spare wheels, self-parking car queries, nice guys with personalised number plates and more.
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Points: Letters of the week, April 19


This week: Mazda MX-5 spare wheel conundrum, personalised 'plate chat continues, Guy Martin feedback and traffic light mastery.
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Ready to roll: why car makers are bringing back spare...


Our revelation that car makers had quietly been replacing spare wheels with cheap puncture repair kits hit a national nerve, and a motorists’ backlash...