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Have you ever run out of charge in your EV ?
What did you do ?Did you call your breakdown service ?As far as I am aware - EV's cannot be towed ....
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Road Fund Licence
I have to disagree that paying for 12 months up front is cheapest. Monthly DD incurs a 5% fee {when I did mine} but there are 7% savings accounts available. If my calculations are correct, then in month 1 you can earn 7% on 11/12ths of the cost + 2% on 1/12th. Month 2 you earn 7% on 10/12ths + 2% on 2/12ths and so on over…
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Insurer being difficult on no fault accident
Any advice please? I had a no fault accident and my car was written off. My insurers used the words ‘no fault’ throughout the claim process and also waived my excess for this reason. However, a month later my renewal is due. My insurers are saying I must declare this as an at FAULT accident until they can claim costs from…
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Morrisons Pay-At-The-Pump Warning
Saturday 13 April I am a
pensioner. I needed petrol so I went to
my local Morrisons petrol station. I
knew I had a balance of £102.58 in my HSBC current account (I don’t have an overdraft). I decided to go to the ‘pay-at-the-pump’
pump. I only needed about £25 worth of petrol and didn’t want to use my credit
card, I’m…
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Paint is peeling off my car, who should pay for it? Me or Toyota?
So to give a bit of backstory, I bought my car second hand (from a private trader) back in 2018. My car is a Toyota IQ 09 plate. Unbeknownst to me (and the seller), there is a known fault with this particular make/model car with this paint colour. The first time I had an issue rectified with peeling paint was a few years…
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FOS Decision Upheld Electric Vehicle
The FOS have recently upheld my complaint regarding a faulty EV and that I was not adequately informed by the dealer or advertising from Arnold Clark. The link below states the battery size and refers to the gross capacity, EV’s have a usable net capacity which is not referenced and is the figure which should be used for…
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Old paper driving licences redundant?
Just turned up my old paper driving licence in a drawer. Am I right in assuming this can safely be disposed of, given that I've had a photo ID card for some years now?
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I have been sold a used rental car as approved used car by Mercedes
Mercedes Benz of Slough have sold me a GLA
which was 2 years old and was told that it was a single owner car. I paid a
premium price for it because it was approved used. Few months later I found
that the first owner was Europecar. I was not given this information before I
bought the car and I found out based on a document…
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TFL ULEZ Car scrappage scheme
My car is not ULEZ compliant, but I can apply for a £2000 scrappage payment for it. However my MOT is expiring very soon but the car insurance last beyond that. My question is have anyone been rejected for not having a valid MOT. It seems a waste of money to get a new MOT just for it to be scrapped. And it may not pass so…
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Kia xCeed - worth getting?
My old Kia Sporty diesel is coming to the end of it's usefulness due to ULEZ coming in from June. I don't need 4wd now (probably never did) so thinking about a 1.5L petrol xCeed. Anyone had any negative experience with it?
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Pursuing a car dealer for a faulty vehicle, but the company has moved addresses
Hi everyone, Last year I purchased a vehicle from a car dealer, but soon found that there was a fault, to which I tried to contact them, but they were unresponsive. I was recommended by Citizen's Advice to write a letter requesting a refund, and when they did not answer I wrote a final warning letter. Once the deadline for…
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Driving offence -no ticket
Hi all, I just need some advice. I recently got stopped by police in a borough of London. It was an undercover car with 3 uniformed officers. They stated I overtook 2 cars and went through a red light. I didnt try to argue my case and just apologised and kept it simple apologising for my stupid driving. They checked the…
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Cancelled car insurance
Afternoon all! After some advice! Today, I received a letter from my car insurer stating my car insurance has now been cancelled due to a missed payment. For context, the insurance renewed in February and is paid annually. The bank details on account were old, so they were not able to take the premium. However, the letter…
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Admiral car insurance and car competitions?
I'm thinking about entering my car into a Motorsport championship, fairly novice stuff but reading through my insurance book is a little concerning, they won't pay out for damage caused by competition (no problem there) but they say they reserve the right to cancel your insurance for not following their general exclusions…
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MOT details
My car was MOT'd earlier this month - and passed - the MOT certificate simply says PASS but the dealer told me that one of the tyres was getting close to the limitHow am I supposed to know this - without the MOT details ?Are they available on-line ?
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car dealership email esign
Have paid balance for a nearly new car into a car dealerships bank account and got confirmation that the money had been received. Taking own car to part exchange and also paid a small deposit. Have recieved nuemrous emails to esign. Have already spoken to salesman and sales manager on phone and face to face. Explained we…
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VW Tiguan power steering issue + potential dispute
Hi folks Situation below 1.Went to the shops came back to car and dash was lit up and power steering, parking sensors etc not working. Red light steering but car was drivable. 2.Took to mechanic who checked obd and it returned loss of communication with power steering module and the fix is to replace the steering rack.…
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MOT "PASS" but repair as soon as possible (minor defects)
Hi, took my Vauxhall Meriva B 1.7 CDTi (2011) for it's MOT yesterday and it passed, but came back with this minor defect: Repair as soon as possible (minor defects):Offside Front Upper Suspension rod ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated anti roll bar link (5.3.4 (b) (i)) Had an annual service afterwards and the guy…
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Used car broken down with major fault after only 4 months. Dealership being extremely awkward.
In England. Tl:Dr at the end. My brother and sister in law bought a used car from an official Nissan dealership mid December 2023. On Saturday it broke down, turns out the gearbox has failed completely. I have done some research on this, so I know that under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, the fault is assumed by law to be…
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Garage service caused engine to seize
Hi, I had my car serviced last thursday, only drove it home afterwards (about 1 mile) until monday when I drove towards newcastle from ashton. Driving for 2 hours. Got as far as Wolviston services and the red oil light came on. Pulled over immediately. Called AA, who found sump plug on the tray. Car engine has seized as a…