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Car Repo HP Finance.
HI I hope every one is staying safe at the moment. My financial situation has been a bit crap lately and didn't pay my car payments. It got passed onto AngliaUK. I had a knock on the door yesterday but wasn't in, A letter saying i must pay £1500 by today or its going back to Mercedes finance Solicitors to take legal action…
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Downsizing my car? Advice sought
Hi all, I have a 2011 Alfa Romeo Giulietta, 2.0 JTDI Diesel 170HP. It’s a nice car, I enjoy it, but I’m not a petrol head and I could do with a downsize. I would be happy to swap it for something more fuel/insurance/tax/parking permit efficient, even if smaller and less powerful, and maybe slightly newer. has anybody done…
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Return of a Refund
Hi, I am after a little advise pleaseI placed a deposit down on a brand new motorhome over the telephone on the 27/2/20, After confirming via telephone that I could come up and complete the sale and collect on the same day as this was a 6 hour round trip i didn't want to be doing it twice.This was agreed, there was no…
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Speeding offence
Not sure if I was caught by a camera van 2 days 1 day before I exchanged my car. To be clear at the time of the possible offence I was the registered keeper with the correct address on the V5. The next day the DVLA were advised correctly I was no longer the owner with confirmation received. It is now over 14 days, if I now…
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Thinking of PCL but what about current car?
Hi,I'm looking at changing my car in the next few months, my current one is on PCP but my brother has told me that he just got his on PCL and that I should think about going down that line instead. I have done some searching and although it looks good I was wondering how I could solve the issue of my current car as I…
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Vauxhall Meriva bottom end...or is it?
Hi, my car, 55 plate 81k miles went in for MOT this week passed with a couple of issues but nothing major. Yesterday I drove about 16 miles, filled with fuel, parked a shop and then tried to drive home. Started fine, then cut out on the roundabout, no jump just stopped slowly. Started again fine, drove 400m then it…
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Getting out of a HP
Hello, I bought a van last June and my situation has changed and I no longer need it. It's a Nissan NV200 with 82,000 miles on it. the settlement figure on the van is £7744 and I have only paid in £1690 so far. I have spoken to the original dealer about them buying it back and he said it doesn't look great but will call me…
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Speeding fine
My wife recently had a letter reminding her that she had to pay a speeding fine. She never received the original letter. It appears they have to inform you of a speeding fine within a certain amount of time and as she never had the original letter, this time had passed. She has spoken to them and they say that the letter…
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MOT Due 30th May
Hi guys, Hope you are all keeeping safe at this time. My Car is due for its first MOT on 30th May. I don't know what to do about this as I have an elderly relative that needs me to get his shopping. Should I get the MOT done now in case we go into Lockdown or do you think I should be able to find a garage in early May?…
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Van lease
Hi apologies if this has been asked.., I’m self employed with small seasonal tourism business and since last 2 weeks have had no new bookings and cancellations on my ones coming up. Called the van lease company given current situation and was told I’d have to default on payment before they would offer any payment plan.…
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Damage to neighbour's car possibly from a JustPark booking - what to do?
Some background: we live on a lovely little street, great sense of community. There is one neighbour (let's call him Mr. X) who is known as being a bit cranky but is otherwise fine, as long as you don't get on the wrong side of him. We've lived on the street for 3 years and we've always been cordial. Our parking spaces are…
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Auxillis court case for hire car
Hi just wondering if anyone can offer any advice please. My husbands car was written off last year after a taxi driver drove head on in to him and admitted full liability. His insurance (co-op) put him in touch with auxillis for a hire car. Having never had a car written off before he just presumed this was a courtesy car…
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Car Tax due but ....
My car tax is due at the end of the month - as is the first MOTI am supposed to be getting the car serviced on Monday next week - they are supposed to be doing the MOT at the same time - which will then allow me to tax itThe garage has just emailed me to inform me that they may have no "healthy" staff available - can I…
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Car accident - other party admitted liability, subsequently changed their mind
Hi, I was involved in a car accident just over a week ago. It was at night and I came to be behind a cyclist, I slowed down waiting for the road to become clear, indicated and overtook the cyclist. On the right hand side of the road there was a car waiting to pull out of a side road, whilst I was still overtaking the…
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Do I have a right to return my new car?
Hi, Hoping someone can help me out... I purchased a brand new car in December on PCP yet it has been back to the garage twice now for the same fault. It is currently being dealt with by the manufacturer directly as the fault has been identified as needing a software update to fix it but they have had it for 3 weeks now…
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Withdrawing PCP
Collected a car this week from dealership on PCP and wanting to withdraw from finance and pay it off in the 14 day window. I was given a explanation document, a pre-contract credit information sheet, affordability notice and GDPR stuff, as well as an invoice for my car. I cannot seem to find an agreement number which is…
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Car Rejection
Hi all, I'm new here and looking for some advice on my recent car purchase, it's a bit of a long one so please bear with me... Here is a brief description of the events: On 4th January 2020 I purchased a Brand New Car from a dealership in Kent. On the 7th January 2020 I noticed there was damage to the drivers (O/S) side…
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Selling a private number plate on retention
Hi Folks I hope you can help. We want to sell a number plate that we have on retention. The person who wants to buy it does not yet have the car that he wants to put it on, so there is no vehicle to assign it to. We have a V750/1 form but can’t find any advice in the DVLA site for this situation. We have tried calling…
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New power steering fluid changed from green to bright lime green
I replaced the PS pump and belt on my Audi A4 2003 3.0 petrol v6, the mrs has driven it about 20 miles maximum this week and went to check the fluid level (just to be sure it hadnt dropped since the pump and belt change) and it was actually lime green in colour? Not the clear, dark green colour it was when we filled it,…
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Road Tax Refund
I have just discovered that DVLA can get a double payment for one months road tax. For instance I sold my car at the weekend and the new owner taxed it in his name before he drove away in it. I contacted DVLA to claim my refund only to be told l would only get a refund from April, nothing for the remaining days in March. I…
