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I have a hire card with europcar through motability, europcar received the ParkingEye fine and paid
Hi, We have a hire car currently from Europcar through Motability as our normal Motability car has been in the garage for the last 4 months. This morning we received a letter through from Europcar saying that they had been issued with a Parking Charge from ParkingEye for the KFC at Walkden Manchester were we had parked for…
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Car on lease - diesel car supplied instead of petrol. Options?
Hello We ordered a lease car many months ago on quite a good deal - it had repeatedly been delayed, but it was finally delivered last week. It is a 24 month lease. The car has arrived, & upon taking it to the petrol station, we have realised they have supplied us with the diesel version of the car instead of petrol. We…
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Settle a liability debate?
Scenario - driver rear ends a car who stops in flowing traffic to let someone out of a junction. I'm not involved directly but am having a social media discussion. :smile: My view is that you should be keeping enough distance to be able to stop in these circumstances so generally it's the rear car fault because they either…
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New Car - PCP or Lease
Hi Before Christmas my car was written off - so am in the market for a new car - decided to buy a new one, not 2nd hand. Anyway I have been looking at the Hyundai Tucson 1.6 TGDi Premium 5dr 2WD Petrol. Looking at either leasing or PCP - but am slightly confused as to which is better? I can lease this car for about 12k…
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Should I claim on Insurance?
I damaged my 06 campervan when pulling out of the drive. No one else's property involved, no injuries. I have 1yr unprotected no claims discount on my policy. I've had the policy for 15 months. I've had a couple of quotes to put it right from £1350+ VAT to over £2K. I have not approached my insurance company yet. I don't…
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Premium Road Tax and a changing RRP
Hello, I was just looking for some general advice re being sold a car on the understanding it would not suffer the additional £335 tax and then on delivery fiding it would. When I ordered the car in April 2021 the RRP was below £40K and thus no additional road tax. The salesman knew I wanted to be below £40K as I'd…
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Mum seems to have contacted a third party insurance company rather than Churchill
Hi, My mum was involved in a car accident in September and somehow ended up going through to a company called Stocalfe Response despite calling the Churchill Claims number from her insurance policy. I wasn't aware of this situation until she told me about it yesterday, but here's the situation... She thought she'd called…
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WeBuyAnyCar.com - Is Their Quote What They Will Pay?
Hi all My car recently died - 61 plate 1.0 Corsa Eco - requiring a head gasket change, plus a few other bits + MOT in a fortnight. I reckon I can get it all fixed for around £800, but I wasn't going to bother because I thought I wouldn't get that at trade-in, and I was thinking of getting a new car anyway. I don't…
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RAC Car Insurance & Guaranteed Replacement Car
Hi, I have my car insured with the RAC on a Comprehensive Plus policy, and paid extra for a Guaranteed Replacement Car. I have had an accident this week, for which I was at fault, and the RAC and my underwriters (Zenith at point of purchase, now Markerstudy) are both saying that as it is not a non fault claim I am not…
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Used car kaput after 5 months
My dad bought a used car 5 months ago. He took it to the garage today and they’ve said the suspension is shot along with various other things and it’ll cost £3k to repair, which is what he paid for it. He tried to contact the dealer but they have gone out of business. The car was sold with a 12 month warranty with Handler…
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RAC £230 for a new battery
Not happy. It’s basically double the normal cost and there was a £40 call out charge. But when you’re stranded and need to do school run later what choice do you have?
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Dodgy indicators
The indicators on my Citroen C1 have an attitude! Some days they work as normal, other days I can only get them to work if I flick the lever up/ down (as normal) then bring them slightly towards me. Any ideas why this might be happening? Do you think it can be fixed without a trip to the garage? I've done some car…
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Calculating Motoring Costs Per Mile
Are there any tools or guides for calculating motoring costs per mile? I do a lot of driving and I am trying to assess costs to run the car and then look at public transport to see if switching to other transport modes is more viable. Be grateful if people could point out if there are any other factors I need to consider…
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Gearbox, clutch or both?
Hi.Asking for my son please.Last night it seemed the gears wouldnt go into place easily and the clutch started slipping. There were no warning signs and everything worked fine journey before that. I know clutches tend to go over a period of time so I'm thinking gearbox. Can this effect the clutch too? Theres no dumping of…
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Issues with wife's nearly new car. What are our rights?
At the end of June 2021 we bought my wife a brand new 21 plate Seat Ibiza FR Sport as she needed a new car. It also gave us piece of mind having a full manufacturer warranty. We chose this model as it had Sat Nav and Bluetooth which she uses most days due to travelling around in her car for work. Around August time the Sat…
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Anyone use GAP123? or who else do people use for GAP insurance?
Anyone use GAP123? or who else do people use for GAP insurance? Would love to hear of peoples thoughts and ideally ones who have had to make a claim as thats the only way you know if they are any good.
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Hierarchy of Road Users - 29th January 2022
It seems to have received very little publicity from official channels and reports are that many people are completely unaware. I've just done a quick search on this forum and there's not too much on here either. Who's aware of the changes which are about to come into force on the 29th January 2022!
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So what will I be paying in tax then
Road tax Car tax Ved whatever you refer to it as. At the moment I'm a band G at 161g/km and pay £210 a year on a 56 plate with tax due in September. I read an Express article which said I'll then be paying £585 but a co-worker read an article from another site that said I'd only be paying £10 extra at £220. Bit of a…
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Insurance still ripping us off ?
Hi all. I am about to renew my motorcycle insurance. The renewal notice came through, and no surprise to find it has increased a little bit but the real bugbear is that they want to charge me an "admin fee" of £40 (£25 last year). So, I shop around and out of interest try the same company as new client and lo and behold,…
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Windscreen repair counted as an accident to declare despite doing it under my windscreen cover
Hi all, I’m aware that we have to disclose a windscreen repair claim on our car insurance when going for a new quote. I’m just wondering if this is still the case in this scenario. I had windscreen cover with my car insurance. I got a chip in the windscreen and reported it to them, and they repaired it free. All good. But…
