Motoring

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• AA Renewal

  It's probably been said before but it's well worth phoning up breakdown insurance companies before renewing. My AA cover renewal for family came back as £291 ! I looked up RAC cover and it was over £100 cheaper plus cash back so phoned AA to cancell and they came up with an even better deal. 10 minutes to save £150 well…

• Problems with Car Insurance Claim

  Hi I had to make a claim last September when an Italian gently reversed into the side of my car whilst I was stationary. However, the insurer is still waiting for, I quote, "...the Motor Insurers Bureau for details of the UKL handling agents for the foreign insurer. We have the full details for the other driver and have no…

• Freelander failed MOT but now costing almost 100% more than quoted, where do I stand?

  We have a land rover freelander xdi, its a W reg we have had for 3 years now as a second car and its been great, its getting on and a bit tatty, done 116k miles but it does the job. It's just been in for it's MOT and failed, which we knew it would as there was a problem with the drive shaft which needed fixing. They…

• Good time to buy a Toyota?

  Have people been having success in beating down dealers to get bargain prices on Toyotas? With the seemingly never-ending Toyotathon of Death saga I imagine sales are not too good at the moment.

• Trade in & Tax disc

  Part exchanging my car in this afternoon. Nothings been mentioned about its tax disc. Can I keep it? or is it considered part of the deal by the buying garage? Garage tell me the cars going straight to auction. Thanks in advance

• Toyota Recall

  We were sold our Toyota from a Toyota dealership late in January. Am reading reports in the Times that Toyota knew of this problem last Summer. Would we have been mis-sold a defective product? If so, would there be potential to claim for this?

• Selling total loss car

  Wasn't sure what to title this, but anyway mid december I was in an accident and my poor megane was wrecked, I think it's a CAT C, it's not driveable. The insurance company have paid out (a very fair amount), and it's up to me to scrap the car. One of the blokes at the accident repair centre has offered £50 for it - that's…

• Oyster card from Watford Junction

  Sorry, this is rather a specific query. I have tried to find out via National Rail Enquiries & TFL but am getting nowhere, so wondered if anyone here happens to know...? Watford Junction now accepts Oyster cards, but I am trying to ascertain what would be charged if one used the card to travel first to London Euston and…

• Secod Hand Car and Cam Belt

  Hi All, My GF has just bought a 7yr old Clio, from a main dealer. It has 40k on the clock. It was serviced before she picked it up, and a few items were done. However, it seems that due to the age of the vehicle that cam belt should have been changed at some point, and I cant see any evidence of this. Should this have been…

• I need to sell my car but...

  ... it has a few issues! It's a '96 Peurgeot 306 and it is a really good runner (honestly!). But, there's a few niggly issues; if I put the blowers on warm the screen fogs up, there's a hole somewhere so when it rains there's a small puddle by the pedals, the central locking is a bit tempramental and a few other little…

• Is Diesel Dead?

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/green-motoring/7166444/Is-diesel-dead.html Probably worth a quick read, if only to help with some background information and give a more informed choice on the benefits or otherwise of Diesel.

• Find out if you have been caught

  http://www.i-database.co.uk/index1.php

• Exeter from the East - best route

  I have the pleasure of driving to Penzance tomorrow from the Salisbury area, and was wondering if anyone who is familiar with this journey could advise on the best route, particularly to the East of Exeter. I last made this journey around 10 years ago when Swampy and his mates were dug in around the A30. Looking at the map…

• Car bought- cat d but I didnt know!

  Hello I need your help please... I have just bought a T reg clio in a rush as I needed a car and I had a suspicion today that something was a miss with the car... Anyway I have done a check on it on mycar check and it was a cat D write off in march 2006. Is there a law against not telling you this? Can I do anything about…

• used car: no. of previous owners

  2005 Mk5 Golf 1.6 - considering buying from independent dealer. It's had 3 owners since its registration. Average keepage is for about a year. Is this normal? It passed HPI and everything else. The last owner was Black Horse (finance company) but they have had the car for a year.

• RoSPA or IAM?

  Hi all, I'm looking at enrolling in an advanced driving course as well as an advanced motorcycle course. The benefit being lower insurance costs. I have noticed that there are two organisations that offer advanced courses: IAM and RoSPA. Between the two, which is better? I'm looking at factors such as costs for training…

• Whats up with my car this week? Broken rev counter and cutting out when I stop?

  About a month ago in the snow car seems to stall but then wouldnt start, eventually got it going by keeping foot on accelerator and it was fine once warmed up. Forgot about it. Happened again this morning and it took a good blast to get it to stop cutting out when I stopped at junctions. Tonight driving home didn't have to…

• Headlamp replacement for driving in Europe

  As per previous posts on this forum, I am about to move to France and will be re-registering my Kia Sorento with the French authorities. I have been quoted anything in excess of £600 for a set of new "conforming" headlamps. Does anyone know if suitable replacements can be obtained here in the UK (used or otherwise) at a…

• Council run MOT centres

  Hi, I've just booked my car into a Council run MOT centre on the advice of this site. It'll cost me £48.00. I'm hoping it will pass or only fail on a few small points. I want to try and minimise costs but I'm unclear on: 1. Assuming it fails, can I take the failure cert. to another repairer / MOT centre and ask them to…

• Dual Controls Driving Instructor

  Hi, I placed a deposit (£250) on a car in December last year for a driving school. Due to a few problems in starting up the business, I wasn't able to take delivery of the car and pay in full. Now due to a problem with the finance side of things, it looks like I'm going to have to lease a car rather than buy one. I have…