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Drivefly Heathrow
I recently used Drivefly at Heathrow. On collection I noticed the car had been damaged, it needs a new bumper. They asked me to get a quotation but not from a main dealer which I did. They have agreed to pay for damages over 3 monthly installments. The cost of damages is just under a £1000, I refused there offer for…
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Toyota have quoted me £2,000 for a clutch replacement
My 5 year old Toyota Auris has suffered a clutch problem, basically the pedal hit the floor and remained there, can't engage any gears. Although its racked up almost 100k miles by me, I've had it serviced regularly by Toyota themselves. So had it toed to Toyota and they charged me £110 for a diagnostic check, then quoted…
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Early hand back of car on PCP
[FONT="]Hello[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]I've just bought a new car and as part of that process I've handed back my old car to the finance company 3 months early. The old finance company told me this will show up as a black mark on my credit report as I've handed the car back this way. So, if the finance…
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Merseyflow Toll
Hi, Wondering if anyone can help. My wife has been across the merseyflow bridge a large number of times. She recently changed bank cards back and updated the payment details on the merseyflow website. She has been back and forward a number of times since (6), she then received 6 fines saying she never paid. She had clicked…
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PCP & Guaranteed Future Value
Hi, first time poster :) I have a PCP agreement that is coming to an end later this year and I'm seriously confused about what is going to happen and the best solution. Here's a few bits of information.. 2014 Ford Fiesta, 67500 miles Currently in excess of 20000 miles over my agreement (change of job screwed me 1 year in…
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Used Car Price Guides
I buy a 2nd hand car every 4-5 years and have been looking around recently. What’s the view on the accuracy of the online price guides? I’m looking at Parkers and Carguru. I quite like them and whether or not they are dead accurate, they give a good comparison between different deals. I particularly like the Carguru price…
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Aussie driving in the UK
Hi all, Apologies if this has been queried in the past or if this is in the wrong part of the forum. I have a friend coming over from Australia for a holiday and he wants to go on a driving tour of the UK. I have a car that is currently SORN, and he wants to use it for the time he is over (roughly about 6 weeks). I would…
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HELP - Motorpoint issues!
• Saturday 27th April: Visited Motorpoint for the first time. Spoke to an adviser called David who assisted us with our enquiries. Test drove a white BMW 1 Series. Spoke about part exchange and that I could get £3500 for my Mini Cooper but because it was not there, this price could change. I said I would look at other…
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Ignorant drivers are roundabouts in the driving test anymore?
I've just followed a car whose driver doesn't seem to have quite grasped the idea that indicating at roundabouts is supposed to tell other drivers your intentions. * Roundabout #1: Two exits (1st exit = straight road, 2nd exit = 90 degrees to right); driver indicates right and takes 1st exit (straight). * Roundabout #2:…
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Car not on dvla database
I have owned my car for 4 years. Went to tax it online using the V5 and it said that the personalised number did not exist in records. It has been on my car for 3 1/2 years and the V5 has been in my possession for that time. I was paying by dd, but I realised that has stopped and therefore my reason for going online to…
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Claiming insurance on additional drivers
Hi, I have added my wife as additional named driver six months ago. She had hit the car couple of days ago and there are dents and scratches on both sides of the car that need to be fixed. While couple of mechanics quoted £2500 to fix and possibly replace few parts, one of the bodyshop mechanic said he can fix in £650…
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Is 70k - 100k miles too much for a second hand car?
I've read that nowadays that isn't too many miles for most cars but when I see a car with 100k miles I get put off because it seems like it's a lot and I'd hate to buy the car and run into issues 20k miles down the line. Obviously there's no golden rule but how many miles would you consider "too many" when buying your…
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Really angry with Kwik Fit!
Any advice please?? I took my car to Kwik Fit for a standard service. It was working fine before I left it.! They called me later to say there was a problem I couldnt drive it and they were getting their expert to have a look at it.! Unbeknown to me this meant they were getting another local garage to have a look. When I…
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Change Prius seat
My girlfriend drives for Uber in her 2012 Prius, but it kills her back. She has to go to the Chiropractor every week. I'm wondering if it's possible to change the seat to a more supportive one. Someone here: https://priuschat.com/threads/upgrade-replace-prius-seats-desperate.176828/ suggested a Lexus seat, but those seem…
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Question about driving licence name change
A few years ago I dropped my first name on my passport and I just go by what it was my middle name. I had a first name and middle name. I forgot to update dvla because I don't even drive. Now the time has come that I need to renew my licence but the licence won't match anymore my passport since now I only have one forename…
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High mileage VW Passat
Hi We're considering buying a 2011 VW Passat 1.6 diesel from a friend. It's done approx 189k miles - at least 120k of those mainly on the motorway, I believe. There's a full service history, it's been regularly serviced by VW and has generally passed its MOTs, with more recent issues involving the expected consumables such…
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Selling car to Arnold Clark
I have an appointment next week to sell my car to Arnold Clark, as their online valuation seems reasonable. I am of course expecting the generic sucking on teeth as they point out the 'non-perfect' state my car is in and how the on-line valuation must be dramatically reduced. :rotfl: Apart from that, has anyone any…
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Refund - Private Car Sale
Hi I wonder if anybody may have some advice on this matter; My parents sold a BMW 5 weeks ago, via private sale on gumtree. The vehicle was low mile-age and was used as a run-around between their work branches and they no longer had much use of it due to using other vehicles. They hadn't had any faults with the vehicle,…
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Sold a personal loan from a car dealership
Bit of a long shot if anyone can help? Last year my partner entered into an agreement he believed to be a PCP at a car dealership and it turns out it was a personal loan with a mega APR of 8%. The circumstances were he was sorting out a Mortgage and was told his car payments had to be reduced to a certain amount and then…
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Lookers and Finance
Anyone got feedback on buying car from Lookers, can you haggle on price with them? If you take out car on finance and after year get bored of it or dont like it, what options do they have?
