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How to defend a county court money claim form
Hi All My car hit a rental car and I have just received a county court money claim for financial loss arising from road traffic accident - any tips on how to defend this? Would my car insurance cover me? Thanks in advance.
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Car Insurance renewal after hit by uninsured driver
Bit of an odd one so bear with me, but my car insurance is due for renewal next month and my insurance company have just thrown me a curveball leaving me a bit confused. The sequence of events are as follows: Oct 16 - I get rear ended by an uninsured driver at a set of traffic lights. Accident gets reported to my insurer,…
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Car auction & fraudulent mot
Any help on the following would be appreciated please, 1. 2 weeks ago at a car auction I purchased a car approx. £3500 SOLD AS SEEN it had 1 years mot,only issued 3 days prior to auction,on the night of the auction I stood by car as it was started and there was no evidence of any major problem as no engine warning lights…
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IS LEGAL COVER WORTH ADDING TO CAR iNSURANCE?
I always get Comprehensive Car Insurance and always pay for the Legal Cover. Now the Legal Cover costs around £30 and Car Insurance is rising astronomically I am beginning to wonder whether I really need to add it. Do YOU always add on the Legal Cover and if so why? Do YOU never add on the Legal Cover and if so why? It…
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Speeding Courses
If a driver has attended a National Speed Awareness Course (NSAC) within the last 3 years can they also attend a National Motorway Awareness Course (NMAC) within this period? An offer to attend the NMAC course has been sent to a friend and he is not sure if he is eligible to take up the offer. The letter says his details…
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Buying a diesel (second hand nearly new)
Hello members I am in the final stages of agreeing a deal with a dealer to buy a diesel. It has done only few thousand miles. However since the news this morning about possible diesel price hikes and road tax increases, is it worth buying a Diesel? I do around 9,000 miles a year and looking to keep this car for about 5…
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Default on Car Finance
Just after a bit of advice really on car finance and a default. Sorry if this is in the wrong area etc Back in December 2014 I took out a PSA Car Finance which was for 2 years and the payments were roughly £198. In May 2015 I dislocated my knee and was advised not to drive for the foreseeable by drs. After lots of forwards…
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So this morning a man taking photos of me
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Seat Leon - fuel issue
I have a courtesy car at the minute from yesterday until tomorrow. When I picked it up, there was fumes in there so I banged £10 in to keep me going. It is still showing as 0 miles worth of diesel left in the tank on the screen and the fuel light is still on. I am just wondering if I need to do anything to reset the…
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Insurance fraud?
When I moved into my property the previous owner said she had cancelled/changed info for all important stuff and so any mail to the property wouldn't be important so I could just throw anything away, she mentioned herself and a man's name although she had said she lived alone. So a few bits of obvious marketing stuff came…
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Overtaking Vehicle Side Collision
Heya all, Today my stepdad was in a collision on his way home from work, literally 1 minute from home typically and just wondered on peoples thoughts of the situation and how the insurance might go? Of course I was not there when this all happened but this is what he's told me happened. Basically, he was driving along…
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Volkswagen Financial Services VT
I have an Audi A1 on finance which I’m looking to voluntarily terminate the agreement and hand them back the car. I’ve had the car a few years and is generally in good condition, however it’s just been in for its MOT and the garage highlighted a rattle from the timing chain area which can be fairly costly to repair. What…
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Fault on Roundabout.
Hello, Recently I had a car accident on a roundabout, which is now coming back that the third party insurer is putting myself at fault. I’m finding this hard to accept at the moment. Here is what happened. I approached the roundabout in the second lane as I was taking second exit. On the opposite side to the roundabout…
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(Fairly heavy) car park bump - insurance not involved yet!
First time poster - long time lurker. My old Civic banger's been clobbered by a colleague in our work office car park. It's a granny spec 2003 Civic that I'm using as my turbo charged MX5 is too pricey to do 100 miles a day in. Book value is probably well less than £1,000 but is has <45,000 miles, new Pirelli verdes, new…
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Can a Learner Driver have their own insurance on my car?
My daughter will be turning 17 soon and is looking to learn to drive. I have been quoted £1400+ to add her as a named driver to my insurance policy. (My annual price is less than £300 for fully comp) Is it legal for her to take out her own policy (against my car - which will stay in my ownership etc.) but she takes out her…
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Vaxhall corsa van
Hi all first post! Im looking into getting a car/van come april 18, it will mainly be at home mon-friday and used for fishing on weekends so im edging more towards the small van route. Im thinking about a 2008-10 vaxhall corsa van 1.3 desil as there seems to be a few in my price rance 2-2.5k Ive got a couple of questions i…
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Proof of a fault with a second hand car
Hoping someone here may be able to help me out... I'll start with the question in brief - how do I prove a fault with a used car in order to reject? It vibrates above 65 mph. AND would I do better to go via my credit card company after two weeks with no response? More detail for anyone that wants it! I'm one of the "merry"…
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is this too much info for google/facebook review?
I found xxxxxxx to be careless, dishonest and fraudulent. If they damage your car in their accident repair centre they will never admit it They are careless because they damaged my car. Dishonest because they didn't admit to it. And fraudulent because they bodged the repair they said they would do as a goodwill gesture…
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Short term winter tyres for company car
Hi Guys, I’m taking my company car on a road trip over Christmas, taking the Eurotunnel and driving down to Switzerland to see family then taking the scenic route back through Germany and Belgium. Its just dawned on me I’m going to need winter tyres for this trip, both legally and for safety! I’ll be moving jobs in the new…
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Am I entitled to my £500 car deposit back?
I made a verbal agreement over the telephone to buy a one year old used Audi with the local Audi dealership. I had not seen the car, I paid the £500 over the phone purely to ‘hold’ the car until I made it to the showroom on the proviso it would be refunded. There was never a deposit element to the finance we discussed, it…
