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Tesco misleading customers over E10 since 14th August, or earlier, pushing some to pay more
Tesco relabeled their pumps way too early as the first deliveries aren't due until 1st September causing customers whose cars are not designed for E10 to follow AA advice and purchase the more expensive Super petrol. Tesco is refunding the difference, but only on request. The staff know these labels are misleading and feel…
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Cp plus parking fine
Hi I recieved a fine from cp plus. I felt I had good grounds for appeal so completed their online appeals procedure. They acknowledged the appeal and stated I would hear back between 10-35 days and my fine would be on hold. After 35 days of hearing nothing I was going to appeal but noted on their correspondence that they…
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Help with car insurance increase/non declared “accident”
Hello any advice helpful. Changed car insurer after my policy was up for the year. Used money supermarket, found RAC was the cheapest at £30 per month. All good pay deposit, then a day later get an email saying I didn’t declare an accident and now it’s going up to £55 per month which we will struggle to afford (and is more…
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DCB Legal
Hi all not sure what to do but I have received a County Court letter in relation to a parking ticket from October 2016. The claimant is vehicle control services in Sheffield. They have passed this to dcb legal who are now asking for a total of £283 including all costs. I did appeal this originally as I had a ticket which I…
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Is the London Congestion Charge lawful?
When driving into London last week, I noticed that all the signs still say that the congestion charge ends at 6pm Mon-Fri, however, it's now been extended to 10pm 7 days a week. If you are charged after 6pm or worse still fined, would the fine be enforceable? I'm curious because I can't think of any other occasion when if…
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Demanding money for repairs after buying
I sold my car on the 28th of June. The car was advertised on Autotrader as well as Wizzle. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the car and had a major service done on the 4th of January. The individual initially made contact via Wizzle and later asked if I would sell outside of Wizzle so he didn’t have to pay the fees…
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Recevied a county court money claim after accident.
Hi all as the title suggests I've received a money claim sent to the driver personally. I've sent it to the insurance company who are trying to deal with it, but I want to make sure it's dealt with properly, so coming here for some advice, the bit that I'm not happy about is that it says you have not replied to the claim…
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Ridiculous Wait Times At The DVLA
I had to declare my meds/mental health condition back in Nov 2020. ( I hadn't drove since 2013 ) They wrote to my psychiatrist and they sent the form back about 4 months ago. They also wrote to my GP, and the DVLA received that 2 weeks ago If I phone up they just say it's been transferred to another department and that…
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Driving licence
My driving licence expires in December 2024 at the age of 70, how soon before should I apply for a new one?
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Road Tax sorted by the dealer?
Picking my car up from dealer soon, do I sort out the road tax or does the dealer sort that out when I pick it up? Bit confused as before I bought with cash privately.
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Pot hole claim rejected
Hi all I’m looking at getting some advice on what to do next! My husband his a pot hole that caused £200 of damage to the car. He took photos, document and everything and filled in the necessary forms for the council. They have replied saying the claim has been rejected. They admit they knew about the pothole but they…
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Tax question
I've just bought a car from a work colleague. They've driven it over to our house and parked on drive. He's informed the DVLA and now I want to SORN it using new keepers slip. Hearing of horrible delays at the DVLA I suspect I won't get new V5C by the time I want to tax. Can I use the new keepers slip to tax after SORN or…
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Protected no claims and legal cover - worth it?
My insurance is coming up for renewal. I've always had protected no claims and legal cover but I'm starting to wonder whether these extras are worth it. Protected no claims will cost £21 and legal cover will cost £28. I've recently converted to shedding, so I'm not concerned about the car, but the extras apply to me as a…
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Getting into the PCP Game
We have a car, probably worth about £2500. Was thinking about getting into the PCP game of essentially renting a new car. We wouldn't be able to afford the balloon payment so would either trade it in for another new car or trade it in and that's that. I'm a bit worried it's not really worth it though. While it means we…
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Breakdown cover
I wonder if anyone has any recommendations for breakdown cover for two cars. I was looking at Rescuemycar, but I spotted a potential problem. It seems they will only tow you up to 10 miles if they cannot fix the problem.I don't need homestart.
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Claim dispute
Hi, last year I was hit by a car and injured. Turns out it was a disqualified driver driving. He had bought the car a month before. The car was still insured to the previous owner even thou they sold it. Not sure why it was insured, either previous owner didn't cancel insurance or there was an admin error with the company.…
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E10 petrol
I have just discovered that ALL petrol is being changed shortly from E5 standard to E10What is the difference and will suppliers use this as an excuse to ramp up prices ?
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[Reducing motoring costs] Anyone rent their car out to car sharing services like Hiya?
Hi everyone, Has anyone rented their car out using things like Hiya (sort of airbnb for cars i guess)? We're thinking about it but did have some questions. Does it affect your insurance? Is it as hassle free as they'd like you to believe? Would you recommend it (if they have referral codes, pop it up and I'll use it!)? Is…
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Black Horse early repayment
Hello, I took out a hire purchase agreement with Black Horse via Motorpoint last week. I'm trying to understand the terms of overpayment and interest and have not been able to get through to them to ask as yet. My question is if I paid the amount of the loan off tomorrow as an early repayment would I still have to pay the…
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Used car buying advice
Hi my name's Alan, Hoping for some advice, basically my current car which is an 03 fiat stilo 65k miles and is due for insurance renewal on sept 11th, I've had it 3yrs and spent £300 getting it through its last mot and paid £600 for it which is all I could afford at the time, I don't think it will make it through the next…
