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Anyone can polish a bonnet. Hardly anyone buys four fresh tyres to shift a cheap hatchback, which makes the rubber one of the most honest documents on a privately sold car. Here is how to read it at the kerb before you hand over a penny.
That sickening graunch as your front splitter meets the dropped kerb is entirely avoidable, and it doesn't require diggers or planning permission. A few degrees of approach angle, one honest measurement and a bit of self-discipline will save you a four-figure respray.
Pavement parking is not a harmless compromise, and the rules are far from uniform across the UK. From kerb height to tyre sidewalls, here is why half-on parking is a false economy in 2026.
Potholes get the headlines, but low-speed kerb strikes are quietly damaging alloys, sidewalls and alignment on UK streets. Here is what to check at the kerbside, and when a scuff stops being cosmetic.