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I didn't do anything, for your information. I was out for dinner last night, and then I went home to bed.

I've not put budget tyres on any of my cars, though I suppose some are probably better than others, and I accept that not everyone can afford the main brand name makes. When I see people getting remoulds and the like, I wince. I probably replace mine earlier than most people do, once they get...

I usually pay about £80 or £90 per tyre for a Focus. Could probably go slightly cheaper, but tyres are one thing I'm really not prepared to skimp on. There's only about twenty square centimetres of rubber per wheel that keep you on the road, so I prefer to give myself the best chance of...

Haha, good. I wonder which local herbert it was. Almost certainly one I'll know. Let's hope they keep him locked up there for a good while (it's never enough though).

Yeah, tends to happen with higher value cars that get taken in burglaries. They steal the car with the keys, and then leave it parked somewhere relatively close by for a couple of days, just to see if it's got a tracker fitted. If not, a quick change of plates & it'll be off and used in...

Will your insurance cover that, out of interest? Was it damaged when it was stolen or did you get it back more or less as you left it?

Over £30 for a seat in the crumbling, smelly, claustrophobic, fetid Arthur Wait stand.

Oh- a couple of hours before I discovered the bonnet catch had failed, I'd spent a few quid on bits for the car that I'd been meaning to do for ages- new mats, cleaning stuff, kit for the boot etc. Then went home full of good intentions to wash & wax it, hoover it out, check all the tyres, fluid...

Lately: £126 for a small strip of plastic that forms part of the bonnet catch mechanism on a Ford Focus, and without which, one cannot open the bonnet to check the oil, screenwash, coolant etc. The part itself costs in the region of £25, the rest is labour :(