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Clocked Car reporting
Hi Everyone I have found a clocked car on auto trader that i would like to report to someone to take action on does anybody know who i should report this to? I know the car is clocked as i sold it to webuyanycar.com two months ago with 99k miles on the clock (the webuyanycar receipt confirms this) and the car is now…
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Driving lesson vouchers
I found a company that offer driving lesson gift vouchers that can be used with any driving instructor, I’ve purchased them for my niece and now we are in lockdown driving lessons are banned. What can I do to get a refund? Or should I focus on getting them extended? I’m really not good with dealing with companies
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Car allowance and fuel card
I'm just looking at a new job which has the option of an annual car allowance plus fuel card. I then have to pay back any private miles that I do. I've never had this before so I'm just curious how it works and what kind of rates I'm likely to get for private mileage and difficulty of logging private mileage
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Self Charging Hybrid benefits??
Hi all, just a general question really.I understand the potential benefits of a plug in hybrid, and I understand the potential benefits of full electric, but I can't get my head around "self charging" hybrids?Surely using an ic engine to charge a battery to power a car can't be as efficient as just using the ic engine…
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What are these lights telling me?
I'll probably be told to re-read my Highway code but never mind... I was reading a thread on Pepipoo about someone getting a ticket for going through what they thought were a "second" set of lights for a junction they'd just gone through on green. In fact it looks like the lights they went through were unconnected with the…
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Neighbours wheelie bin hitting the car
Hello, just looking for some advice, my neighbour put their bin out next to my car in a storm. On my property and not where they would usually place their bin. They got mixed up with the collection days so this happened to not be on collection day. (A Saturday night/ early hours Sunday)The bin also had the glass box placed…
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Car advice.
Hello, I’m wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. I’ve been left a car by a deceased relative, which is in relatively good condition (from a glance). It is SORN, and being kept on private land however had been there for approx 1 year. I do not need this car so I am looking to sell/do something with it!…
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Small budget - car recommendations please
I need to buy a car in the very near future, but have a maximum budget of £1000. Everyone's experiences will be different but I'm hoping to get some ideas for cars to look out for that are cheap to run, good for commuting and hopefully reliable? Fully appreciate I won't get anything hugely decent for my budget. My current…
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Not at fault car accident - AMC
After many years of driving its been along time me I've ever been involved in an accident and had to make a claim. So i was Stationary at give way and a guy hit me thinking he had enough room to
get through. He admitted fault at the beginning, but is now saying( lives a few roads away from me and i've bumped into him…
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refund of Motorhome Tax
Could someone please tell me if i can claim back the higher rate of Tax paid on Motorhome. Bought 31.01.20 and the law changed back to is being 265 from the £1k+ it had been wrongly hiked to from sept 19 to March 20? They've admitted they shouldn't have hiked it up so can we claim it back? or am i being optimistic?
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What will happen to ICE Car values now that EV's are getting closer.
With the launch of the new VW ID3 today from £269 a month and a range of 350 miles - it begs the question - perhaps EV's will be here sooner than we think. With that said, what will happen to the predicted and actual value of petrol and desiel cars and what are your theories? One theory is that they will retain a value and…
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Can’t tax car
I got my tax renewal reminder so I tried to do it online but it said it couldn’t find a valid MOT for my car. I rang the DVA and they said that there is still a TEC in force so there should be no problem taxing it. This TEC is showing as running out at the end of January but they said it would be automatically renewed…
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Replacement wheel for aged Yaris
I need a replacement front wheel for my Yaris (2003, 1.0 ) but am confused by the sizing. The tyre is 175/65 R14 82T and all the manuals say my model would have either 13 or 14 inch tyres. Yet, no matter how I measure it, my wheel has a 15 inch diameter! Am I doing something very obviously wrong?
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Failure to notify SORN
Hi, I am looking for advice on SORN declaration. My son bought a vehicle in January 2019 with 5 months MOT remaining and no TAX before passing his driving test. Partly due to covid-19 and partly due to being slow with the lessons etc, his car has not been on the road in the past 2 years. We waited for a new V5C log book as…
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Exporting a Family Car to the UK
Hi there, hope someone can help me with this as I am struggling to find clear info. Currently in the Netherlands with a NL register car. Moving back to the UK at the end of Jan and wish to drive home in the car, which is LHD. Eventually I want to sell the car but that's for another day. There is a process here whereby I am…
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problem with used car from a dealer
Hi I bought a car from a dealer, second day I noticed that the timing chain is noisy at start, had the car diagnosed by 2 garages and with the diagnostics I contacted the dealer and let them know about the problem. They said that will replace the chain for me. As the car was bought before Christmas dealer said that will…
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MOT and car insurance-stuck abroad
I am posting this on the off-chance that someone can guide me as to which authority might be able to help in my probably unusual, covid-related, situation. I am not sure I have picked the correct forum though and would also welcome guidance on that. I am nearly 80 and I have dual British/Czech nationality. In normal years…
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Ford Transit Courier Van ( Petrol Ecoboost ) - robust enough for courier work ?
Hi all,Bit of background - Worked as a S/E courier for around a decade, I am on my second Suzuki Carry van now, but although a good runner, it is a bit of a shed nowadays, so i am thinking of replacing it. In many ways the Carry is the ideal vehicle for me as some of the areas i deliver are rural with narrow country lanes…
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Electric car costs and additional costs
I have been looking at electric cars and all of these are significantly more expensive than their Petrol and Diesel counter parts. A lot of the electric cars are more than four times their equivalent model. It's worse in that with the huge prices unless you are fortunate to be very wealthy you have to hire the car on a…
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AA gold cover car dealer extension warranty refusing to pay for diagnostics.
The warranty is within its 2 year's life. I was awoken to my car horn blaring in the middle of the night. The battery was disconnected and I phoned the AA for which break-down cover was included. The serviceman reconnected battery finding the horn had ceased, then took out the fuse. I told AA warranty service who told me…
