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New to the Motoring board? Start here
🚘 Here are some threads you might find useful: * A compendium of car maintenance tips 🚘 And here's some relevant content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Cost of living crisis help * Cheap Car Insurance * Cheap Breakdown Cover * Cheap Petrol & Diesel - Cut prices & improve fuel efficiency * Cheap MOTs * Motoring MoneySaving -…
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Autotrader - excluding/blocking Cinch
I’m currently looking for a replacement car and want to be able to view given the plethora of options (and Covid spec cars). When I search on Autotrader the first couple of pages are cars from Cinch available with a mile (because they’ll deliver to my local WBAC site) which leaves me trawling for the non-Cinch cars that…
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Confusing double standards from Carfinance 24/7
Hi All, I have been looking at buying a specific model of car that I have wanted for ages. I approached 5 or 6 lenders but ended up discovering that none of them would finance a car older than 2012 or over 100k miles, "for my own protection". Which is a ridiculous premise because the cars I was looking at had lower mileage…
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Police won’t return stolen recovered car
Hi everyone, My car was stolen 6 weeks ago. Insurance were almost about to pay me out last week when they said the stolen marker had been removed. I’ve then rang the police who told me it had been recovered by them a few weeks ago. They wouldn’t tell me any information about the condition of the car or anything else. The…
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Car hire excess insurance
I've just come back from a hoilday abroad and unfortunately had an 'accident' whereby I clipped a curb and wrecked a tyre on the hire car. I took out an excess insurance policy as usual as tyres aren't part of the normal insurance when hiring a car abroad. If I make a claim on the excess insurance would I have to declare…
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Wife was in a non fault accident, third party insurance wants her to go through them rather than own
Wife got rear ended (non fault)and other person admits liability, their insurance have already been in contact to say they will deal with it with no excess and £200 for the trouble along with hire car and an approved garage of my choosing for repairs with a 3 year guarantee. She hasn't informed her own insurance as yet due…
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Returning Ford Ranger after lease - roller shutter query
Returning my Ford Ranger next week after my lease has finished. I had a Roller Shutter fitted on the back of it when I took out the finance for the truck. It was added to my monthly payment. There’s no mention of it on my finance documentation through the finance company. I’m not sure if it’s on the documentation from the…
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Car
I bought my ex partner car with a debit card who’s the legal owner me or her
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Car involved in shunt while being driven by dealership mechanic...
We would be grateful for any advice anyone might have about an incident explained below.
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Is this a car dealer con?
Dear All I am at a loss and wonder if someone can offer advice. My wife has had a torrid year fighting cancer. We are hoping
she is through the worst, fingers crossed. As a treat, you only live once, I wanted to change her car.
I saw one online, enquired about it, and gave the details of our car to the
dealer. 4 days later…
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Car Insurance After Accident
Hi, My wife recently had a minor car accident, where she caused some cosmetic damage to a parked car and her own. She has since reported it to the police and her insurance company (Admiral). We don't intend to claim for the damage to our car. We haven't heard anything from the other person, although it's only been a few…
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Car insurance application record
The moneysupermarket.com car insurance questionnaire (and thus also MSE's Compare+) asks, "Have you committed any driving offences or had any Fixed Penalty Notices in the last 5 years?" Do FPNs include penalty charge notices (PCNs) for moving traffic (as opposed to parking) contraventions? Strictly speaking a PCN is not…
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What are the facts about 'wet cam belts', Vauxhall and others?
Hi. I'm considering buying a 2020 Grandland X, 1.2, 24K miles, FSH. I am aware of the horror stories regarding the 'wet cam belt' design in these engines, which is also used in various Peugeot and Citroen models, possibly others. It seems pretty clear that there is an 'issue', with early 'wet' cam belts - say 2017-2019…
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Tusker lease example
Hello all. I'm new to this forum and thought I'd start with asking a question about leasing with Tusker. I recently got a quote for a VW iD3 pro s Match 77kwh battery, so the longer range version. My quote comes in at £469 per month for 3 years set at 10000 miles per year and no deposit at all Does this strike anyone as a…
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Uninsured hit and run, next to no damage
Today, waiting in traffic on a main road, a car came up from behind and hit my car. It was a restively loud bang. I got out of the car and went up to the car that crashed into mine. He got out and said, sorry. His car was used a few inches into my bumper. I note that he not only stunk of booze but had trouble standing up…
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My car has been scrapped - but it hasn't!?
Hi All, Just received a tax refund for my car that I bought in December last year - I did not request one. I have not done anything other than use it and now have been advised that I can't as it's technically been scrapped. I have the V5 and the MOT is valid until October. I checked online and the car details could not be…
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Learner drive on my insurance - premium
My son is learning to drive, so I want to have him included on my policy. He is currently unemployed - will this affect the extra premium amount I will have to pay?
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Cancelling policy after a non fault accident Help!
Hi I am currently insured by Ageas, on the 25th of April my car was involved in a total loss accident when another Ageas insured driver drove into me on the wrong side of the road. Ive had my settlement paid and i also had paid my monthly premium on the 28th despite not having a car at this stage. I received a letter…
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First time van driver
For a trip with extended family, I am thinking of hiring 9-seater Ford Tourneo. However, having never driven a van, I am a bit overwhelmed as to how different it would feel. I understand there may not be rear view mirror, the driver position is at a height so spatial awareness will be tricky. Also dimensions of the van are…
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Can I return my car
Hi, first post so please be kind. I purchased a used peugeot 3008 car (£14.5k) from a suzuki main dealer mid January and have had nothing but issues. When I collected the car (two weeks after agreeing the sale) the agreed work (a cambelt change) hadn't been completed as promised. Prior to driving away, an engine light came…
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Audi Dealership Issue
Hi, I
purchased an Approved used Audi Q2 last September, the MOT was due in March
this year. I asked the dealership if they would MOT the car before purchase,
but they said they only do this if less than 6 months left on MOT, but offered
me a free MOT test when due. As Audi boast about their 150 point checks, I
wasn't too…