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Buying a car with an outstanding HPI
Hi guys, found the car which fits my bill with a private seller. Price seems reasonable. The guy told me that the car is on finance and basically, what he suggested was for me to pay him the monies into his account and he can then settle the finance with the company. The car is a BMW and we agreed to goto a BMW dealership…
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HELP! Think I'm being diddled by dealer PCH
Hi Guys, haven't logged in for a long time - but hoping someone can help me out with a dealer related finance question before I agree to pick the new car up tomorrow or Saturday. A bit of background (apologies if a little long winded): My wife and I decided to lease a new car on PCH through a franchised dealer in my home…
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Temp Car Insurance Question
Hi all, I will be borrowing my mums car this weekend to drive from her house in Yorkshire to my house in Essex and will be returning back to Yorkshire on Monday. My question is, for the temporary car insurance quote, what do I put down as my address? My property or hers? Sorry if it's a stupid question. Thanks, Tinaroo
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Penalty for not updating v5 address
Hi all, I have just moved house last week and then got sent to work abroad 5 days later. Unfortunately my car has since been vandalised, my wife reported this to the police and they are coming out later to look into it. The problem I have is that I have not updo the address on my vt document yet. It's actually still…
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Service Recommendations, and Advice on Diese lCity Driving
Two questions here. My first is straight forward: where and what are good places to get a car serviced if you're not prepared to do it yourself? I've a 2011 308 1.6 diesel, and this forum highlighted that Halfords isn't an acceptable centre for services! I imagine this is still true, and not just the opinions of a handful…
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PCP Question (am I going mad?)
Hi, Can someone who understands how PCP works please confirm my sanity. Here's the scenario. I am looking at an ex demo Audi A1 S-line from an Audi main dealer. The retail price is £16,900. I have been told that with an annual mileage of 20k that the guaranteed minimum value after 48 months will be £7101.25. Now the way I…
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vehicle bodywork repair
Think that this may be something to put down to experience but maybe some other person might be able to help... Last year my Mrs had a bump into another car.he pulled out on and stoved the front end of our van.He admitted liability and said could he pay for the damage without going through the insurance company and sent us…
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Time for DVLA to unclamp vehicle
Hi there, I wonder if someone could help. I found my car clamped today in a supermarket car park by DVLA, to cut a long story short I paid the release charge and surity once I walked home. I was unaware the tax had expired. The DVLA are now closed. Does anyone know how long it will take for them to send someone to unclamp…
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Likelihood of HP?
I have an experian credit score of 701, does anyone know the likelihood of obtaining finance for a car on HP? I know it depends on other factors too.
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Small jobs - where's best to take my car?
Hi, the water supply isn't getting through to my rear window wiper and I can't manage to replace the bulb in my boot (awkward to get at as I have arthritis in my hands) Will an ordinary garage do this sort of job? I feel daft ringing to ask :(
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Smoke coming from bonnet?
Hi guys my car had smoke coming from the right on my ford ka a few weeks back, got home and water was all over on different things so refilled and. Put cap back on as didn't seem to be in tight everything seemed fine and no issues, I noticed in the past when it rains a lot and I am in traffic I get a little smile on bonnet…
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Tsrgd 2016
Can someone who knows more about TSRGD 2016 that comes into force on Friday tell me if it's interpretation given in the link below is correct - will LA's now be able to remove signs for speed limits but still expect motorists to obey the said limits??…
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Do I have to show failed MOT certificates when or is Passed fine when selling?
Hi all, Do I have to show failed MOT certificates when or is Passed fine when selling? My car failed the MOT but it passed once I fixed the issues. Do I have to show the failed certificates or is the passed ones enough?
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How to check how many owners my car had previously? For free ideally?
Hi all, How can I check how many owners my car had previously? For free ideally? Is there a website or a source from where I can find out? :)
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Oil top up
V Vectra sri 2008 petrol 5/30 Fully synthetic is the correct oil. Garage used on last change - "5/30" so I ASSUME FULLY synthetic. I have a gallon of 5/30 part/semi synthetic. IS it alright to top up with this ? ie to mix fully/semi thanks
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Car Credit Hire Ridiculous!
Hi all, feedback welcome on my below dilemma! Made a none fault claim against my car insurers. Third party admitted liability. My insurers referred me to a car credit hire company. I agreed to receive hire car. 4.5 weeks into hire of vehicle I received the credit hire agreement contract. The fees in this were huge and 4…
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Confused about v5c for a car I've just bought from a dealer
Hi, I've just bought a car from a trader and he kept the yellow part of the v5 and told me to fill in the rest, sign it and send it off. I asked him if he needs to sign the declaration and he said no. Is this correct? I don't know what I need to do with the v5 document Thank you
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Car on hire purchase agreement and insurance issues after crash
Please, please help! I had a car on a hire purchase agreement and had an accident 3 weeks ago after aquaplaning on water on a busy A road and hitting the central reservation. Thankfully myself and my passenger weren't hurt but after 3 weeks of tiresome liaising between lease company and insurance company the car was…
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Provisional driving licence dilemma
Good morning, I wonder if anyone can help with the dilemma I've gotten myself into. When I was 18 I applied for my provisional driving licence in Northern Ireland to use for ID mainly; I didn't start driving lessons. Fast forward several years and I now live in England where I'd like to learn to drive. The address on my NI…
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AutoAid recovery... Seriously...?
After a saga with ADAC refusing to renew us, we've been looking around for alternative breakdown cover. AutoAid seem to be the least-worst option, even though they don't do European cover. But... no. They won't give us the free partner cover - we'd have to have two separate policies, and pay twice as much. Why? Because,…
