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Large car parked on corner - can anything be done?
For about 6 months now there's been a large people carrier parked just round the corner of my street, less than a metre from the actual corner. It makes it difficult to pull out of the street, it wouldn't be too bad if it were a smaller car, but because of the size of the vehicle you can't see through the windows to check…
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Opinions on a Seat Leon FR
I'm considering buying a brand new car. I like the look of the spec on the mk3 Seat leon FR 1.8, manual gearbox, petrol. Would be appreciate if I could hear from Seat Leon owners regarding their experiences with this (reliability, performance, build quality comfort etc) or even the 1.4 thanks
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HTP car been clamped and due for the compound
Hi all, I'm new here so forgive me if I'm on the wrong forum, if there is a better place to post this I would appreciate if someone pointed me in the right direction. Okay, kinda long story but here I go. I got my HTP car from Toyota back in August 2016 on a 30 month lease when I was living with my ex long term partner. In…
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No Claims Discount - Do I claim small damage?
Hi, When parking I scratched another car. Do I call my insurance to find out what happens of I claim this? Someone told me that as soon as you enquire they already make a note for the future. From the policy documents I understand I have a 70% no claims discount. Does that mean that if I ask them to handle the cost of…
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Advice re new-to-me car
Hello Sadly my dad died a while ago and on the day a small inheritance came my old car decided to develop an electrical issue which will not be cost effective to resolve. Big a bit of a hippy I thought I'd like a hybrid (not being totally committed to cycling on all my journeys!). I thought this would be straightforward…
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Radiator & hose cold,but Fans are turning on HELP!
CAR Sear Leon, 2007, Petrol Manual When driving around, Temp gauge: Stays on 90 (Doesn't increase) Inside heater works fine, blows out hot air Hose 1 going from thermostat to the radiator is cold Hose 2 is hot. So while hose 2 is cold (thermostat hose) and the front radiator is cold.. the fans at the front of the engine…
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Any advice for a speeding ticket?
Happy Valentines Day to me. Just got a speeding letter through the post. I was going 58mph on the M25 where the speed limit is 50mph. Really annoyed and reading the letter it makes every effort to provide you with little information and discourage you asking for more.
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Bad Workmanship on Brakes from ATS
Hi I'm looking on some advice really on potential next steps after ATS did a really bad job on the breaks on my car. My car felt a little off in October last year, I was staying with a friend away from my local garage and so I took it to an ATS near her. They told me I needed 4 new break discs and 4 new brake pads and…
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VED on 6 month old car
I've googled this without any success but I expect someone on here will know. If I buy a 6 month old car what is the VED charge as the 1st payment is for 12 months from the previous keeper as far as I can see. The dvla website doesn't seem to address this unless I'm missing something. TIA
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Who's really at fault?
In December I had a car accident and the case is still rumbling on. My insurance company wants me to accept 50/50 responsibility but I don't think Im at fault. I was driving along a straight road and came upon a car travelling 30ph in a 40mph zone. It was clear to overtake so I signalled, checked my mirrors and began my…
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18 Year Old PCP
My son in a moment of weakness decided to purchase a new Polo GTI. I was far from impressed bearing in mind the type of car and his age & relative nativity so ended up going to the VW dealer to grudgingly negotiate a better deal. One year in and despite a clean record his premium has made the car virtually uninsurable He…
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Process for getting CCTV footage
Hi, my vehicle was parked inside a company's car park. I returned to the vehicle to see some damage was done to it. I'm certain the damage happened at the location. I requested CCTV footage from the company to see who had damaged the vehicle and was told by the company I needed to get a police reference number, which I did…
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Hyundai i40 intermittent sensor malfunction
A couple of months ago a continuous droning noise accompanied the use of the reversing camera .Also the front and back sensors stopped working. After a week or so and fiddling with the button that controls the sensors on/off, the noise went away and the sensors started working normally again. Now the noise has returned and…
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Voluntary Termination & Credit File Update
We are in the process of voluntary terminating a PCP with Mercedes, we have had a lot of issues with the car and just want it gone. We have purchased a replacement vehicle and wondered how long it takes a credit file to update with VT marker, we have a finance deal approved and are waiting for the car to be moved from one…
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Hit and run and excess refund?
Hi, on Wednesday I was involved in a nasty accident, third party practically wiped me out, hit a tree and ran off. He has not been found and the car is coming back as uninsured :( my car has been written off and I am having to pay my £550 excess. I have been told my my insurer (admiral) that I may be able to claim this…
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New driver, second hand car, need help!
I passed my test in October and made the fatal error of going to a dealer and buying a car I liked. I had gone away and spoken to my uncle about it who planned to go back with me to check eye it over (he's a mechanic) but it didn't work out that way. So handed over a credit card and now £3,500 down and it's falling to…
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Rules of the road
Hi, On my way home tonight, I felt as if I had done something wrong so would like to get another opinion. I'm sat queuing at a set of traffic lights at a 3 way junction. I'm in the left lane and van driver is in the right lane. When going through the traffic lights the road remains 2 lanes and approaches another set of…
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Front Coil spring
Hi I took my car (ford fiesta mf62) to a garage today and they advised the front coil had snapped they said they would charge me £208 to fix this or if I got both done even though the other is fine just now they said that would evenrually snap as the old one would carry more pressure as its old they would charge me £310…
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Don't get mugged by your insurer
Had a call from Direct Response saying I was eligible for some compensation because of a car accident. Said the insurance company is not required to tell us we're owed something but claim it themselves if we don't....sounded like a scam to me but wondered if anyone on here knows anything about this? Was my wife driving and…
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Missed Service Charge
Hi there, last September I came to the end of my PCP contract on a new car, I decided to return the car rather than continue with a new model or pay the final payment so I sent the forms back to them at the start of August and they acknowledged this. The letter they sent back stated the collection team would be in contact…
