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Garage fitted an old tyre last year
I had 4 new tyres fitted last Jan at a local tyre centre. I have just taken the van in to my local trusted garage (which i've been using for over 15 years) to be MOT'd this year and they have failed it on a perished tyre that was fitted less than 12 months ago. I checked the date stamp on all 4 tyres, 2 were 3818. i.e.…
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Ex Motability cars
I am trying to buy an ex Motability car at auction. Apparently now this is no longer permitted, these are only allowed to be purchased by dealers. When I queried this I was told it was at the request of Motability. Why is this, does anyone know? I have contacted Motability for an explanation but they ignore me. As a…
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Water in footwell?
Any ideas as to why the rear passenger footwell in my 06 Ford Focus is completely soaked? All the other footwells are dry so it doesn't seem to be leaking from the front to back.
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Vehicle Control Services LTD County Court Claim from 2016!
HI everyone. Looking for some advice. I received a County Court Claim from VCS on the 3rd January 2020 saying that they are claiming £185 for a "breach of contract" which I a, unaware of as the date shown happened at the time I relocated from my previous address. In 3 years I haven't heard anything about this. My wife,…
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Its been a month and still no refund from RAC!
I bought home breakdown cover on 4th December 2019 and cancelled it on the same day as no one turned up to take my car to the garage. They told me on the phone that my refund will be made in 5 days. They didn’t do it. Multiple phone calls, hours of conversations and finally “your refund process has been started” but still…
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Alarm going off, esp and dpf lights
Audi a3 2.0 diesel 2007, had some work done around the alternator after a bolt snapped off the tensioner bracket over a week ago. Drives fine for 1 week then one day... The alarm goes off while parked doing nothing. So I go out and start the car and it's going loco. Esp light. Dpf light (pretty sure dpf was removed years…
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How long does it take to register a new vehicle?
I'm wondering if anyone has some "inside" knowledge of the world of car dealerships and could answer this. I ordered a new car a couple of months ago which was delivered to the dealer before xmas. On 27th December, my wife took her car in for a service and the salesman showed us our new car - it had no numberplates. I've…
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Cheapest way to get DAB?
I've got the built in cd/FM/am radio with aux input in my Corsa, but I would like to access BBC 6 music which requires dab. Just wondered if anyone has done this? And what's the best way to do it on the cheap?
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Auxillis urgent adivse needed Bad repairs and now my cars full of mold.
I had a accident back in September non fault . I call hastings and in the end I had to move my own car to a safe parking place . Hastings sent me to auxillis so I signed a contract. Two days later my cars collected. Then my car came back chrome all bent door not aligned stonechip where there was none before roof looked out…
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Advice Required - Garage Charge
I took my Skoda in today, issue was identified as handbrake cables stretched. They are stating it needs new handbrake cables, shoes and drums. The cables are stretched and the shoes and drums are distorted. £395. Seems expensive, I priced the parts at eurocar parts at 180. Any thoughts guys?
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Temporary car insurance via Cooling-off period cancellation
Hello, I am thinking of buying a used car and selling my existing car afterwards. I cannot apply my NCD to the new car before I sell my current car. So, I need a temporary car insurance for a new car. I have had a good experience with a company Esure: I bought a car insurance from them and cancelled it before 14 days. As a…
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Consumer Rights Act 2015
Hi everyone About 6 weeks ago I asked a reputable company to diagnose a problem with my car. In doing so, they had to remove some items and as such are now not in working order, thus my car isn't roadworthy. Their claim is that by me asking them to diagnose my car I effectively give permission for them to do what they have…
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Motoring Small Claims Court - Advice
All, My wife and I are due to attend court on Monday as we are pursuing a 3rd party lorry driver for hitting my Wife's car at a junction. In short, nearly 2 years ago my wife was approaching a t-junction in a busy car park. On her right, a lorry was parked about 3 metres from the junction, blocking parked cars with his…
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My insurer has lost my proof of no claims
I went on-line earlier to check around for cheap deals for my upcoming car insurance, but i could't see anywhere on the paper work they sent me how many years no claims discount i had. so i rang them up to ask them to confirm and i was told i had 0. if i renewed with them for next year i wold have 1. I have been driving…
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Buying help - Starting from scratch
Basically I have around £2-2,500 to spend on a car, cash. I really don't want a finance agreement or PCP or anything like that, unless I can be convinced it is absolutely essential. I just want to pay for a car with some cash, and then tax it with some more cash, insure it with even more cash, and finally, fuel it some…
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Vauxhall Meriva heating
Hello, i seem be having some issues with the heating and car reaching temperature of 90 degrees on my Meriva. I have noticed recently that the engine temperature wont reach 90 degrees. It will go to about 70 and no higher. The other day I got a code 4 error and the temperature wouldn't move off 0, but the message has…
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Question regarding Payment Dispute
Hi, I have started a dispute with car dealer via credit card company to get a refund and have a question : The car will be ready for collection on the 6th January, however the disoute will nowhere near be resolved by then, is it better to let the dealer keep the car until despute resolved or for me to take it back until…
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advice: buying an EV with company car allowance
I do about 25kpa for business travel. My company provides a car allowance for people choosing to opt out of company car scheme. On top of car allowance, I am able to claim back 12ppm for business mileage every month. The rate is mirrored from the HMRC AFR rate. The AFR is obviously designed for the inverse scenario, where…
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Breakdown Cover in rural areas
Hi, I live in a fairly rural area in the Highlands of Scotland, and used to use RAC for breakdown cover (vehicle cover via Tesco clubcard vouchers), but now that Tesco only offer personal cover I'm looking at other companies. I've always stuck to RAC and AA since they're known and I see their vans going around up here, but…
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Buying - not sure which route to go down
I have to change car by April for car allowance purposes - new car must be under 10 years old. Car allowance is £450 a month (before tax/student loan etc). Currently have an '05 Golf, running fine, big maintenance jobs done this year, would happily keep it if not for the 'rule'. I'm not in the position I wanted to be, in…
