Earlier in the year, we made a list of the things that make our 1998 ’van a little harder to live with than it needs to be. Many have been sorted already – the plumbing is more reliable and there have

Your non-diagnostic vehicle-related problems solved by Steve Rothwell

Peter Rosenthal does a budget repair on a Ford Ka’s dented plastic bumper.

If your car’s windscreen suffers from surface chips, bulls-eyes, spider webs, star breaks, half-moons, edge cracks – and even a floater(!), then you need to get it fixed fast. But repair rather than replace and save pounds advises Alan Anderson .

Passing its MoT, and now officially road legal ...

As regular readers will know, I’m all for DIY in general but there is a caveat: make sure you know what you’re doing first. I recently had a 25-year-old coachbuilt in for MoT repairs; both front outri