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Insurance quote refused
Hello, I've been looking at purchasing a classic 1959 Land Rover Series ii and was curious as to what the insurance premium would be on one before purchasing. I entered all my details along with the car I am interested in buying on the Aviva website for a quote but at the end of the whole process was told that they could…
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PCP vs current used car market
Wondering if some friendly forumers could give some advice, I ideally have a budget of £15-16k, this will be made up of a personal loan through work for £10/11k, part ex and some savings. I currently have a Seat Ibiza - 14 years old now (owned for nearly 8 years), low mileage & runs great but it has a lot of things wrong…
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Road Tax Changes
It has been publicised that road tax is being changed this year I don't know when this happens, but myself and my missus both have a diesel car with zero road tax. I am wondering if there is a way to cancel our road tax, just before the new rates come into force and then reinstate it the day before the new charges take…
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Car incorrectly registered ?
We have more than our fair share of boy racers tearing around the streets (particularly in the wee small hours) - largely, I ignore them.Last night, however, one idiot in a suped up Peugeot 205 was sitting outside our house at 3 am revving his engine, dropping his clutch and spinning his wheels repeatedyI got his reg…
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Points on license- bizarre situation.
I was in a car crash in November 2020. Not at fault and other side paid up. I had a hire car from the 25th nov- 5th Dec from a well known hire car company with Star Trek links. When it came to renewing my insurance this month (I'm named driver, wife is main driver) they said they couldn't insure me. When she called up to…
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Camden VRM Penalty charge
Hi, my daughter has received a charge certificate in the post yesterday dated 18/03/22 from 7/10/21 for £195 for not paying a Penalty Charge Notice. That's because she hasn't received one. She has looked on the website at the images and she has drove into a street that has restrictions for cars between 3 and 4pm.She was…
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Dacia Sandero Stepway thoughts
Hi Looking for a new car , test drove a lot of cars but was most impressed with the latest model Dacia Sanero Stepway , really great value for money aswell Any one own one , would value owners thoughts and findings Many thanks
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Space Saver wheel / tyre size - help please!
Help please - I can’t work it out! Would a space saver (115/70R/16) from a Suzuki Ignis (fitted tyres 175/60R/16) fit a Suzuki Swift (fitted tyres 185/55R/16)? Advice gratefully received!
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No payment been taken for car lease deal for 5 months. HELP!
The leased car was delivered before the finance deal was settled. After a month or 2 no money had been taken from my account. Chased this up and filled the finance documents in another twice and sent back to the company. The second time this was knocked back. After the third one i did not hear back from the company. 3…
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What do we do about new car?
Hello I’m new here and hoping someone can advise. We bought the first new car we have ever owned (VW Tiguan) four years ago and are coming to the end of our PCP. We will have a balloon payment of about £9K at the end of the term, which we have the savings to cover. But that would be all our savings. We have been to…
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Judgment for Claimant (In Default)
I just received a letter saying that I haven't replied to the the claim form. i got a debt now of £323.48, I followed the list here and got to the point with the defense letter and that government site MCOL, I filled it all in and treated it as read only like it says here I did the MOLC and email my signed defense to the…
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Petrol prices vs Crude price
Someone has posted on FB the following"In 2008 petrol was £1.04/L in the UK and crude was $140/barrelYesterday UK petrol was £1.70/L and crude $110/barrel.This suggests someone is making over 66p/L profit. Can anyone explain this huge discrepancy?
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Car broken down - what next?
My car has literally just died. The injector had popped off, oil everywhere, bolts snapped etc. I've left it beside an entrance to a farmers field, on some grass for tonight. It's not obstructing any road or entrance in anyway. I put a note in the window saying ive broken down and will move asap. My question is, can the…
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Dropped curb parking
Hi All Wonder if someone can help me out here please, there is a dropped curb next to my house. it is a bit of land with parking. to stop people from parking inside this area, we put up Harris fencing. Some one has now parked there car infront of this fencing on dropped curb for 2 days. Council have opened a case after I…
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speeding prosecution
Just received a notice of intended prosecution for excess speed by a speedcurb device. The offence was allegedly back in November and I've only just received the letter. is it too late for them to prosecute?
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5p/litre off fuel should result in 6p/litre reduction at the pump
My mathematical brain sees that, as a result of the 5p/litre reduction in fuel duty (which would have had 20% VAT payable on it). Because the VAT on fuel is calculated on the cost of it including the fuel duty, It should actually cause a reduction of 6p/litre at the pumps. including the 1p VAT no longer deducted. However,…
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Green Flag query
Trying to arrange car breakdown cover from the end of this
month I would prefer Green Flag – but their options do not appear
to be suitable A single car with myself and my wife covered Personal cover – covers one driver in any vehicle Multicar – covers any vehicle again Family cover – is overkill – covers 3 family members…
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Refund of Excess - other party insurer settled "without prejudice"
Hi all A while back I was involved in a motor accident and my car was written off and I received payment from my insurer (minus Excess). My claim has recently been closed with the other insurer settling "without prejudice". My insurer says this means I claim the incident as "No Fault" for any future insurance policies.…
