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

Published 10 February 2020
By James Allen
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..."
Published 23 August 2017
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..."
Published 07 August 2017
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...
Published 17 July 2017
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..."
Published 16 March 2017
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...
Published 26 September 2016
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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...
Published 18 May 2015
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

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...
Published 04 May 2015
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Letters of the week, April 26

This week: more on spare wheels, self-parking car queries, nice guys with personalised number plates and more.
Published 01 May 2015
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

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.
Published 20 April 2015
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

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...
Published 13 April 2015