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Parking Charge Notice
Your help please. Hubby has received a PCN From ES Parking Enforcement Ltd. Letter is dated 29th August 2017 and incident is recorded as being 19:00 hours on 22nd July 2017. Reason for issue: Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space. There is a photograph of the car with the back tyre parked slightly on…
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Brake discs rusting
Why do brake discs rust? I have one disc that is rusting on the edge, as others on here have had similar issues, I thought I would ask if it be avoided. I recently put new pads in, cleaned the disc a little with emery paper and a file. But the rust is still a thick ridge. As I have alloy wheels, I can see that because the…
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Car hire prang, but excess applied twice, can they do that?
Hello, So rented a 9 seater van for a week. No problems until the last day when parked in a multi story car park. The car park was easy to enter but on exit the exit was one of those ridiculously tight concrete spirals. The van was about 12-15 foot long and I managed to scrape both sides of the car at the same time. We had…
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PCP or Hire Purchase? Stop me stressing!
We have a contract with a car firm that says 'hire purchase'(big letters at top) but the terms seem far more like a PCP. We didn't pay a particularly big deposit, monthly payments aren't enormous and there is a large payment to be made at the end if we want to own it. None of these things seem seem to reflect definitions…
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Dealership warranty vs consumer rights act
I'm researching what to expect when I purchase from a dealer and was glad to read of the consumer rights act 2015 allowing for a rejection within 30days, or after 6mo a rejection after 1 failed repair from the dealer. However I read this on lawgistics: This is your customers’ legal rights, not their warranty. In addition…
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Engine management light
Hi all I purchased a 2004 micra for my daughter 2 months ago, it's since developed a fault where there was a total loss of power, ie no response from the accelerator. Car doesn't cut out but when stopped she can turn off, leave for 2-3 minutes and start again. She said no engine management light came on. Anyway I've…
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Advice buying a used car
I am wondering if anyone can help I lost my husband 2 years ago. I have no close family to advise me and relied on my husband for everything. I want a car but don't know whether to buy a cheap, used car, or whether to spend a little more. A neighbour said he knows a car going for £650, but he's not knowledgeable about…
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Signed Vehicle Order Make Ready Form
So I went into a dealer today and had the intention of test driving a car and getting one on a PCP, so did the test drive and signed a vehicle order make ready form. I didn't give a deposit, give any of my bank details or hand over my car as a part exchange (which they said they'd pay off the current finance agreement for)…
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Cars not displaying front number plates? Anyone notice this trend in UK?
Has anyone noticed a trend of cars not displaying front number plates in the UK? Increasingly I am noticing these 'Fast and Furious' type of cars not displaying number plates at the front, or they are laminated slightly differently where you can't clearly see the text. Is there a way of reporting these cars? I am thinking…
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Calipers.......
We haven't had a recent update on the caliper painting saga for a day or two!
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Selling my Car
I want to sell my old car. I've bought another and my insurance has been moved to that one. Because there's no insurance on the old one now I've sorned it as legally required to do. However, how can i sell my old car if no one can test drive it as it's not taxed or insured. Can't even pump up the tyres as can't get it to…
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Help please Ford Finesse fuses
Can someone please tell me where the fuse box is on a Ford Finesse 2004? I need to locate the back left brake fuse, i haven't got a user manual, none for sale on ebay and nothing on google Thanks
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Excess Mileage Charge - Reached Debt Collectors
Hi All, Long story short, I became unemployed and then using online advice I VT'd my car. I had planned to keep the vehicle at the end of the term so mileage didn't matter. So after VT'd they said based on the estimated mileage I was over, I pointed out that I had paid 50% and that was all I was obligated to pay. The debt…
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Speeding offences & insurance policies
I recently got caught 42 in a 30. First offence for speeding. I returned the paperwork this week so i imagine i'll hear from them next week at the earliest, maybe the week after depending how long it takes to process. Now someone at work (yeah that classic - where we find all the experts :rotfl:) who got caught doing 41 in…
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Question about insurance
I am currently deciding what to do, I have a car that’s MOT runs out in January & my insurance runs out in February. Now I want to know if I can continue to pay insurance for that month but not drive the car due to no MOT until my insurance runs out then sell the car without MOT. Could I do this or would my insurance go…
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To claim or not to claim
My husband had a prang with a lorry today on a side road near our house. No speed involved, he was pulling out of a side road and caught the truck coming down on the right hand side of the road. . The bumper on our car will need replacing, there didn't appear to be anything other than a tiny scrape on the side of the…
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Release fee from storage
hello. two weeks my Honda scooter was stolen. two fays later the police found it and took it to a storage facility for forensic examination. To get it out and off to the Honda garage i had to pay a release fee. The bike requires repairs that are over my excess so I'll be proceeding a claim. Can i get this release fee added…
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Car insurance on a new car for my partner?
I'm taking out a finance agreement for my partner as his credit profile is not good enough for him to take out in his name. I won't be driving the car ever, my partner will use it solely. However the car will be in my name and belong to me. I need to be insured on the car on the day we pick it up as for obvious reasons as…
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Work guaranteed for previous owner
I bought a Mazda Bongo 2 months ago with service history which includes a receipt from March for £1600 for 'automatic transmission overhaul' and the small print says it's guaranteed for 12 months. 6 months later the transmission oil is pouring from the gearbox! Can I go back to this garage and make a claim on the…
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Any 'quote' web site?
If I google the above, will it take me to a web site for local mechanical quotes? I recall something mentioned in another thread. I have been quoted £120 plus parts, but he has broken his hand; so I am now looking for an alternative. The work is a timing belt and dephaser pulley on a Renault Magane.
