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Robins & Day Sheffield
Hi all, Apologies for the off-topic post, I'm not sure where else to go. I received an invoice from Robins & Day Sheffield for a car that I have nothing to do with. I have never had any dealings with Robins & Day. I called them about it, and after been passed around departments they told me to ignore it. However I asked…
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ABS light
i have an 07 corsa and the ABS light is staying on, do any of you know what the cause of this is likely to be and how much will it be to get fixed, i have booked it in to a Vauxhall dealership for next week and they are charging £30 to look at it.
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Evans Halshaw Milton Keynes
Just posting a warning to anyone using Evans Halshaw (Ford Dealer) in Milton Keynes. A car on their forcourt that was priced at £5781, i test drove and generally liked, i offered £5500 cash for the car in question and they were unwilling to budge on the price. Even though their sales men said they would price match a…
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National Car Hire Head Office
Hi, Anyone know where or how to find the Head Office of the National Car Hire company? I believe I've bought one of their ex-rental cars and wanted to confirm this, the V5 gives another company name. Thanks! Gary
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When and where best to advertise 2nd hand car?
I'm going to put my car on autotrader (does anyone have any other good sites to put it on they can recommend?) but not ure what day of the week would be best. Should I do it wednesday, then people may ring to see at the weekend, or put it on a Friday so people can look online over the weekend. Or does it not matter? thanks
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Brilliant Forum
I came on to this site to try to get an answer to a problem (fined twice for same offence) the help was fantastic so thank you all for that.While here i read a lot of the other threads and must say the information here is brilliant,so much stuff i simply didnt realise,i am recomending the site to all my friends (have at…
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Ford Fiesta delivery times? Dealer a pest!
I had 2 options to buy a new Fiesta and I think I've made the wrong one and am having problems regarding delivery Dealer 1 - a local franchise who are now under different onwership than before but I am wary of them as previous owners were poor to deal with. They made me a good offer (matched a broker price) and had the car…
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Train ticket help!
Hi All, I rarely travel by train so I'm a little clueless - any help would be gratefully received. I'm travelling from Fleet to London Waterloo (could go to Victoria instead as meeting friend there initially) next Thursday evening but not planning to travel back until lunchtime the following day - is there a cheaper way to…
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What do I do?
Well I bought this car about 3 months ago a few days after I bought it, it started to over heat. So I took it to the garage and they said it needed a new rad. days after they fitted that it was still over heating. So I took it to another garage and they said it needed a new Headgasket. He also changed the cambelt, and oil…
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Best company to buy gap insurance from?
Hi there, I wonder who is the best company to buy gap insurance from as we have recently bought a corsa under the vauxhall swappage scheme? Cost of car after the swappage deal was £9,800. Any advice very gratefully appreciated. Martin57
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2nd Hand Car faulty after 3 months
All, Was just a query, I think this is the correct place to post, I wonder if you could help me. I bought a 52 reg Fiesta 3 months ago, I had a couple of problems with it which the warranty covered, now the clutch has gone.. The warranty company will only cover it if it isn't 'wear & tear', I don't rag the car or ride the…
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Should I pay this job?
Hi all. Need a bit of advise please. sorry this may be a long post... I've had an ongoing problem with my car not starting. I had to have it towed and a new battery put in (paid this), then battery went flat, garage checked it, said it could not find a problem. Same thing happened again...and again. The garage then said…
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Paying for Parking Fine Evidence
My mum got a letter stating as she had not paid a parking fine the reduced period was now up. Problem was she never recieved anything of this nature before. I sent a letter back saying this is the first we have heard of it. Before considering any form of payment please send details of parking infingement and suitable…
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road pricing.
This is not good news if the conlibs take notice. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10504764.stm Why should we all pay when 90% of the roads don't have gridlock only those round the big cities do? Those living in rural areas are unlikely to have this problem so why should we have to pay extra when we have no choice but to use…
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Hastings car insurance warning
Hi, My expereience with Hastings, I am with Hastings and my wife is with the AA and I would never ever use Hastings again as long as I live. 1 - I did not receive a new insurance certificate so I phoned them and after waiting about an hour I was told that they had definitely posted it and I must have lost it, if I want a…
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is there any difference between the peugeot and toyota aygo
im looking for a smaller car preferably one of the above or a corsa nothing higher than a 1litre engine due to my daughter going on the insurance and us sharing a car thanks
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speeding...but I wasn't!
last week I pulled onto main road and saw speed van parked in layby nearby, I only went to local shop then came home, way before the layby I slowed down and was doing less than 30mph when I passed the van, but i've now had a letter to say I was doing 36mph what can I do?
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Where do you keep your car at night?
I'm interested to know where you all keep your car(s) parked at night! :p My car is usually kept on the road outside my house in the back lane at night and I seem to be always collecting scratches or other abuse from people walking by. Yet I see shiny new cars parked at the side of busy roads with heavy footfall every…
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Red traffic light cameras
Do they cover both sides of the road? I *think* I will have got caught catching a red and I'm not trying to get out of it or anything like that. The box junction I entered where I may have got caught had 3 cameras, the road I was on didn't have a camera facing the lights and I'm thinking I would have got caught on the…
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Theory Driving Test
Hi, did you know that the theory driving test costs £31 I now know of 3 people that have paid between £35 and £68!!!!! This variation only happens when booked on line. Apparantly what is happening is people are googling 'theory driving test'. This brings up hundreds of results including paid adverts at the top. These…
