The MOT record is the most useful free history on a used car, if you know how to read it. Here is what to take from it, and what it cannot say.
A written-off car is not always one to walk away from. Here is what Category S and Category N actually mean, and how to buy one sensibly.
A campaign in 2011 kept Britain's yearly MOT when the government wanted to make it every two years. The reasons it won are still the reasons the test is worth reading today.
Almost every used car has advisories on its MOT. What matters is which ones, and whether the same one keeps coming back.
Checking whether a car is taxed takes seconds and matters more than it sounds, whether you are buying, selling or just keeping your own paperwork straight.
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