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Notice of Intended Prosecution - Scotland
I have just received a letter from Police Scotland regarding a speeding offence on 1st February. The letter is dated 21st February and I received it today 23rd February. I was apparent recorded on camera coming off the motorway and entering the 40 MPH section (although still dual carriageway) at 56 MPH. From what I have…
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DVLA arrears
Hi, So I recently discovered that the direct debit I set up to pay my Car Tax got cancelled after only one payment. Unfortunately this payment was in March 2015, never had any contact from the DVLA to the best of my knowledge either about this or that the "first payment was marked for refund" Contacted the DVLA to query…
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mazda 3 1.6 Diesel 59 plate stalls and judders
So, I bought this Mazda 3 1.6 Diesel (62k miles) on Monday from a dealership who claimed to have done servicing, MOT, etc to it. However, it is a right pain to drive. The first problem that occurred was that the engine just decided to cut out on me all of a sudden as I was going onto the motorway. I was doing roughly 60…
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Can garage sell my car
Hi All, First of all hello, as this is my first post. It is quite a strange one I have but I hope I can get an answer with your help. My car broke down about three months ago, AA towed me back to the garage where they said the engine i seized and pretty much not worth fixing it (Astra 1.7 CTDi 2008 reg). They offered help…
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Buying Hyundai i10 from a dealer
Daft as it may seem, in all my years I've never bought a used car from a dealer, just from family/friends etc so not really sure how it works. I've been looking for a little runaround city type car and quite like the Hyundai i10. There's one in a local dealer for £6k, 14 plate, 30k miles. I just want to buy it, or another…
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PCP Voluntary Termination
Hi Guys, I currently have a PCP agreement with Audi (VW Financial Services) it was the first time buying using PCP and to be honest, I think I was given a real hard sell from good (Bad for me) salesman. I was very clearly told at the time when buying 'If at any point you want to give the car back, that's fine. You can give…
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Honda Jazz gear box failure
My Honda is making a noise and when I took it to the garage they said the gear box was going. Now, my car is old and frankly its not worth repairing. I am trying to save up for a new car but have no idea how long this one will last. Can anyone tell me whether the car will suddenly fail one day or simply get noisier and…
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Advice on parking rights on an unadopted land
Hi All, Hoping someone can give me a bit of advice. We moved into our flat around 5 years ago. The flat is in a block of 4 with a back garden. When we moved in there was trees, bushes, and mud outside our back garden where all the flats parked if we could fit, there was space for maybe 3 cars. We planned on buying the…
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Nissan DIG-S 1.2 engine
Following on from my post earlier in the week where I wrote my Panda off (Cat B and that was just from the photos). I am looking for a new car. Does anyone have any views of the 1.2 DIG-S engine in the Nissan Note (14 plate). Thanks.
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Boot won't unlock
I have a 2011 Fiesta, a couple of months ago my boot would unlock while I was driving....this happened occasionally (maybe 3 times). I cleaned the lock and didn't have any more problems with it. I tried to open the boot this morning and it won't unlock! I've tried locking and unlocking several times, and used my spare key…
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MSE News: Millions with basic bank accounts...
More than five million people with basic bank accounts are unable to 'pay at the pump' when buying fuel at many petrol stations because of a block put on their debit card by their bank, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal...Read the full story: 'Millions with basic bank accounts barred from paying at the pump' Click reply…
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No Claims Bonus just over 2 years :(
Didn't realise the rule and went down to one car a while ago, have the option of just leaving it as is and paying cheap insurance (£197.00) ( we still only have one car ) OR Paying an extra £100 this year to reinstating my husbands so if we go back to 2 cars, which we may in the next few years allow us to be both back on…
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Car insurance following Non Fault Claim
A couple of years ago our car was hit whilst parked up at home (the neighbour forgot to put his handbrake on so it rolled down the hill and hit ours - no drivers involved). We claimed through 3rd party insurance. Our premiums went up from £660 a year to £1360 when doing comparison searches but to renew it was only £800,…
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PAtterson Law Motoring Solicitors
What a great company. Worth every penny.
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Being charged for Voluntary Termination of HP
Hey everyone Wondering if someone can help. I returned my car last month by way of Voluntary Termination. I was 3 years into the 5 year term, the car was MOT’d and in great condition pretty much undamaged bar a few usage related marks (basically in as good condition as you could hope for after 3 hears, given it was already…
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Insurance and providing a courtesy car when repair
Hi everyone, Someone managed to scratch all the side of my car, broke headlight unit and ripped off my bumper today, they did not stop of leave any details, the car is now undriveable, I contacted insurance and they told me they wont give me a courtesy car because I wanted to use my approved bodyshop (car manufacturers).…
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Who is to blame?
In the north of England, last night.... I was at a T junction turning left. I was indicating and stopped at the white line. The right to me was clear however to the left, there was a parked car blocking my view. I had stopped at the line, as said, and then from what I could see being clear, I slowly edged forwards and…
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Low-emission buses
!!!8220;All of our new vehicles have Euro VI engines, which are not only compliant with the Leeds Clean Air Zone proposal, but also offer significant reductions in the most harmful pollutants, such as Nitrogen Oxide and are in fact 95 per cent cleaner than some of the vehicles that the new buses will replace.!!!8221; Read…
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Used car scandal
Hi, There have been a few news articles about used cars being wrongly sold under the guise of having a single owner when the vehicle was used as a fleet or hire car. I have had a look at claiming as mine was described as having a single owner when it was owned by Sixt rental, but I'm not entirely sure if this is actually a…
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Driving Schools
Hello Going back a few years ago there use to be driving schools dotted around the UK where you paid up front for a one week coarse and test. I'm not sure but they but i think they guaranteed a pass also, or something along those lines. Would anyone know of such driving schools in or around London/East London? Many Thanks
