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Car lease company not taking payments
I will try and keep this short as possible but there is a bit of info to cover! Facts: 3 year lease £161 pcm £485 inital deposit Never had a problem with the dealer or the actual finance company, they both made the right noises i have all the paperwork etc I have had the car now for just over four months My first month was…
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Car Insurance for a hospitalised person
Hi My dad is somewhat ill and is currently hospitalised. I don't expect him to drive again. So I have a few questions: 1) Should we tell his car insurance company about his current condition? 2) I assume his insurance lapses should he die? So named drivers would not be insured should they drive his car after his death? 3)…
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Will an Electronic Breathalyser do instead?
Some countries (eg, France) require you to carry two Breathalysers in your car. Today, I was in Aldi, and noticed they're selling the Alcosense Digital Breathalyser. I'm wondering if one of these (they come with 5 blow tubes) would be an acceptable alternative to the manual ones?
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Used car scandal
Hi everyone, So it transpires that car dealers should tell customers if the car they're interested in, is a previous lease/rental car. In the news: bristolpost.co.uk/news/motoring/drivers-second-hand-car-could-1016479 and they have a dedicated website: usedcarscandal.co.uk/ Both mine and my dads car's are former lease…
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How long to SORN a car? Too late for refund?
As per thread in December my brother either lost his V5C or my mother moved it somewhere but the bottom line is - it can't be found. It also came time to SORN it. So V62 was filled out and V890 was as well. On the V890 in section 2 the box was ticked to say that the V62 was being sent in as well. My brother at the time…
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Buying an Audi
A very Happy New Year to you all. My wife and I are thinking of buying either an Audi A4 or A6 within the next 18 months. We don’t use the family car too much since my wife & I use public transport to get to and from work, we would do approx. 6000 mile per year. We have 2 teenage kids and the car would be for the family.…
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Mini one 1.6 2005 new clutch!
Hello! Apologies in advance for my lack of knowledge when it comes to cars, but I am a girl, and this is the first time I have had to have a clutch replaced. So anyway had my clutch changed on Thursday on my Mini one. It is going to need getting used to it but it's great to be able to get up hills again! Ok so to the…
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Possible Transmission Issue
I've got a issue that I've so far had twice, over the course of a week. A few weeks ago I accelerated hard in first gear to join a roundabout. When I came to a standstill and tried to put it into neural the gear would not come out; I had to use a little force and managed to free the gear. I thought no more of it. But a few…
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Jan Service/MOT Sat 6th
Mser's wish me luck After a 3rdy party accident Jan 2017 when my car was written off. I find myself with Jan service and m.o.t tomorrow! Not like me at all to begin a new year with car maintenance. 5dr clio 2014 -30k approx. Though I think I might have to mention tomorrow Is 35 mpg -reasonable, It maybe that I was missing…
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Company car vs cash allowance decisions
Hi, The time has come to renew my company car or not and I’m going around in circles trying to decide what is best so would appreciate some views of others on what you would do in this position. So-: - I currently pay around £150 a month benefit in kind for a Mercedes (the tax has increased gradually each year.) I pay my…
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Rejecting faulty car.
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Hire Purchase Agreements
I would like to open a discussion on Hire Purchase Agreements when buying a new car. So we open with the list price of the Car = A. We can then negotiate any dealer / manufacturer discounts = B We can then include a deposit paid by us = C. Finally depending upon millage, colour, trim and term of contract the dealer will…
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Negative PCP Equity :-/
Hi there, I’m 18 months into a 4 year PCP on a Ford Galaxy. I have approx 12.5k settlement figure. When I approached the dealer they told my car is now worth 8k... (Arnold Clark). They say that’s the book price on it (ridiculous I know). So my issue is: is my problem going to get worse? Given the depreciation? Or should I…
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Scrapping Car- Scrapyard will keep Whole of the V5 (not give any part back) -Normal??
When enquiring for a scrap yard to take in a car, they will take it in with these guidelines. * Payment per tonne, will be paid to the vehicle owners bank account/bank transfer (the rate paid, would be rate £ per tone) as an electronic transfer * They issue the certificate of destruction then and there (they process this…
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Finance options for 13 year old banger
Hi everyone I own outright a 13 year old hatchback, middle of the 1.0l range Do you know what my finance options are or where I could go for a secured loan on it? I'd like to make a pension topup. I expect that because it depreciates slower than a new car it must be better security for what I do borrow Thank you in advance
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The NCD con
When it comes to NCD some insurers like Churchill only specify up to 9yrs+ on their forms. With NCD proof only being valid for 2yrs with a lot of insurers how do you get round this? For example I've not made a claim in over 25yrs driving but my last two policies only say i have 9yrs or more as that is what the form allowed…
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Cat D car with more damage on delivery
Hello! We bought a car from a salvage company in Nottingham last week. We have bought from the same place once before in 2003. This car was in a relatively good condition and although we live in the midlands, we have a family friend in London who is a mechanic and the car was delivered to him yesterday. We went down to…
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Need help!!!! Choosing my second car!!!’
I have got a golf mk5 90bhp as my first car and am selling it as I got a week left on my insurance. Am looking to upgrade to something less dull and has more power. My budget is around 13k given am going to do finance: My options that am looking at are: 1- Audi A3 14-15-16 plate (maybe the 1.4 tfsi engine with the 150bhp)…
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Advice! M1 speed camera flashed!
Hi all! Just wanted as many opinions as possible on this as I am freaking out over it and it has never happened to me before, also these new enforcements with the speeding fines etc is making me even more anxious. Was driving down the M1 motorway yesterday morning (from J11 to J8 - southbound) and it said 60 on the gantry…
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Tax due date on used car is 6 months ago.
I have been looking at a 66 registered car at a dealer, the GOV site says that it is not taxed ( as expected) but the tax is due July 2017. Can anyone suggest why it has not been taxed for so long? B
