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My parked car keeps getting scratched by passing traffic
We live in a terraced house around a 1000 metres from a private school. Our car is parked outside our house right on the apex of a curve in the road. Like many streets in the UK it is technically a two way street but due to parked cars it becomes a one way street. The location of our parked car is unfortunate as it is…
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Fiesta TDCi or Petrol
Looking for a small hatchback, prefer the fiesta, is TDCi good on GPH or is petrol better. Anyone here has a TDCi cars? How good are them the diesels?
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Brake Pipes Corrosion?
Would you expect the brake pipes on a 9 year old car to need to be replaced? Just had my Hyundai i10 MOT'ed and it failed because of excessive corrosion on one brake pipe and advisories on the other 3. The annoying thing is the garage had just serviced it in the morning and never said anything about the brake pipes. At…
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One vehicle, two policies?
Hi, Until recently, my wife and I have each had our own vehicle, and have been insured as second drivers on each others'. A few months ago, my wife scrapped her car, meaning she doesn't have a policy of her own anymore. What's the best way for both of us to keep our no claims bonus now? Can we each take out separate…
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Car Part Exchange problem
My son Part Exchanged his 16 plate KIA for a 10 plate Jaguar as a straight swap (no money changed hands). Now 6/7 weeks later the Car Dealer has said it wasn't declared as a CAT S category when the deal was done, even though they did full legal checks on his vehicle before the deal was completed. They are demanding £3k…
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Speeding ticket advise - Police not providing photographic evidence
So a few weeks ago I received a letter stating that my vehicle was speeding (60 in a variable speed camera zone where the cameras were apparently 50). They asked me to confirm who the drive was. First time I had received one of these and there was no comment regarding requesting photographic evidence and I presumed I would…
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Selling a car, need short term insurance, best approach
Hi, Appreciate advice on this issue. My father passed away recently. He owned a car, which now has no insurance. I need to sell it, so I am assuming my options are :smile: 1) Sell it to a dealer / company that would come and pick up, so i don't need to insure it 2) insure for days / month, but temp insurance v.expensive…
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Multi Car Policy - No Claims Bonus
Several years ago I set up a multi car policy with Admiral. They set it up with me as the policyholder on all three vehicles but I was not made aware that this meant that my wife and son would not earn their own no claims bonus. Admiral gave an 'introductory discount' (not shown on any paperwork) acknowledging that my wife…
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Engine Warning Light after Hitting Pot-Hole
I have a 62 plate Kia Rio 1.1 CRDi - was overtaking a rather slow driver on a country road and hit a pot-hole (wasn't there last time I drove down this road) and the engine management light came on immediately.Car seems to be driving fine (for an underpowered 3 cylinder diesel) is a sensor having a fit from the shock? Got…
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Used car from dealer - Registration/tax/V5?
I just bought my first car! I never saw the V5C document but dealer took care of the registration /tax and gave me the V5C/2 with my details on it and a receipt from the post office for the tax/registration, he said i will get the new V5C in the post and it may be a couple of weeks. What i find weird is they did this at…
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Car insurance wont go through
Hi My boyfriends insurance is due on his van. Hes had a renewal quote from his existing provider but weve found several that are cheaper. We go through all the stuff and then when it gets to payment it keeps getting a message to call the company. Weve done this and they cant give us a reason why it wont go through. We…
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Insurance claim - write off and buy back or fix ourselves - pros and cons?
Does anyone have any experience of dealing with a vehicle that is 'damaged beyond repair' according to the insurance company, but could be repaired privately at your own cost? I'm looking for pros/cons to going down the write-off route and buying back vs. just not going through insurance? We have tried to put forward a…
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Cheaper to be a new customer than renew - Green Flag Recovery
Just had an interesting 'Chat' session with Green Flag. To cut a long story short, even with a 'no call out' discount applied, it is going to be cheaper for me to take out a new policy on-line (pretending to be a new customer), rather than renew my policy. They told me ".... there is always credit for being a current…
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Rejecting a car
Hi All,Just after some advice. Just bought a car on finance from a dealer for 5.5k (paid £500 deposit on credit card). The advert said it came with new mot, service and 2 keys. We picked up the car on Saturday after giving them a week to get it ready. The first thing I noticed was service light was on. Dealer said it was…
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Warranty issued knowing dealer was closing...
Purchased a vehicle mid Oct 2019 with dealer (NOT 3rd party insurer) warranty included. Limited cover, but as it turns out, we have a problem which IS covered and is within time/mileage. The dealer is no longer trading (at least not the same name/location) but I have discovered that the warranty was issued AFTER they had…
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Lease car final invoice
A few weeks back I returned a lease car early. Paid the termination fee and had it collected. The person who collected it said car was fine and would be charged excess mileage and his report is sent immediately electronically. I’ve chased the leasing company for the final invoice and I’ve been told they’ve still not had…
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Scrapped Car Mess Up
Looking for advice please. I arranged for a car to be picked up to be scrapped by a local scrap dealer between 3 and 4, they never showed up. About 4:20 a man I'm going to assume was from the travelling community turned up and offered me money for the car. Annoyed with the scrapyard for not turning up and having my mind…
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Is it worth suing the person who is at fault in the car accident
Now, this is at this point very hypothetical thread as the situation that I am in hasn't reached such stage and the third party insurance are still doing the things at their end.But assuming...Can I do the below:1. Third party's insurance gets back to me with the resolution that I am unhappy with such as not admittimng…
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Are all Audi Wheels the same size? Are they interchangeable?
Are all Audi/VW Wheels the same? I need to put one on Q7 temporary. Hi all After spending £285 on a brand new tyre (284/40 R21 Y) for my Q7 only 3 weeks ago the tyre has slowly deflated again. I’m pretty sure it’s a slow puncture. So, I goes to the boot of the car and there is no spare wheel or space saver wheel. There is…
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How can I tell what size this Audi Wheel is?
Hi all I need to buy a replacement wheel for my Audi Q7. So, I looked on EBay and there are lots of different sizes on there. I took a picture of the tyre and it says 285/40 R 21 Y XL. Please can somebody tell me which size Rim I need to buy to match the other 3 wheels on the car (which all have the same tyres on). Thanks…
