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Dvla
Hi, can anyone tell me what constitutes a psychiatric illness where you would lose your driving licence?
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I want to buy a Ducato/Boxer/Relay Van. Help with getting beat price please.
Hi guys. In the true sense of what this forum stands for I am looking to buy a NEW van as cheap as I can. The van I want is a Citroen Relay/Peugeot Boxer/Fiat Ducato. L3H2. Does anybody know of any promotions or discounts going round at the moment? Any van dealers reading this? Best price I have had up to now is £25,000 +…
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Drive holiday into Europe - vaccination advice needed
Please can someone advise if I wanted to drive from uk (Dover) to France and Spain what vaccinations are needed. Just soo confused with all the different regulations. Thanks in advance Grover
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Old electric cars?
what happens when a battery has had it or almost had it? would it still be able to travel a short distance between charges? if I need only 4 miles or so could I buy a cheap old electric car?
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3 year or 4 year PCP?
Hi guys So I'm looking at buying a used 911 turbo s at £110K. I have a 50k deposit and for 6000 annual mileage the costs are below: 36 month PCP, £551.92pm, £53627.50 final value. 49 month PCP, £588.09pm, £48568.75 final value. I don't plan on keeping the car, but to swap it for another PCP deal. Thanks in advance, I…
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Driving licence refusal
Hi any help appreciated! Today I got a letter from dvla refusing my medical driving licence (diabetic) due to a psychiatric illness (I was a bit depressed over Christmas)I have a telephone appt with the dr (whom I don’t even know that filled in the form for the dvla) on Monday. Is there any way that I can drive whilst this…
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SORN my car overnight to get an extra month of tax?
Hi everyone - my car tax is due on the 31st, and as I understand it, if I buy a full year, the tax will run until the end of whatever month it's paid in. So this means if I pay on the 31st, I will get until the 31st July 2023. But, can I instead SORN my car overnight and pay on the morning of the 1st August, to get until…
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Ford PowerShift (automatic)
Hi, I currently have 2014 Ford Fiesta 1.0 Eco Boost Automatic, the car has done over 74k miles and I think it's time to get the gearbox serviced as sometimes the car gets a bit jerky especially when on little hill (quite hard to explain) Anyway Contacted my local garage who usually service my car however they wont do the…
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proposed possible increase in London ulez.
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/proposed-ulez-expansion-for-2023Looking at the map it shows the ulez could increase to the limits of the lez. Seeing how the M25 comes within the lez sometimes will TFL try to impose the charges there as well?
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Bus Lane
Just curious but a local Jet garage, which is halfway along a bus lane , is by far the cheapest at present. Driving by the other day I saw that cars were queueing to get in.Not unusual I know but are they allowed to queue in the bus lane(free) or should they stop in the road and hold up traffic??
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Hit a deer, claim on insurance or just pay?
I hit a deer last night. Damage looks pretty bad, but I think it’s really just the plastic bumper and grille that needs replacing. I guess there might be more damage beneath but it wasn’t a particularly hard bang so it’s unlikely. If I go through my insurance, I assume my premium will increase but having never claimed…
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Weeds in road
We live in an area that has many concrete slab roads and the council have decided to stop weeding them - to save moneyThey only weed A roads and totally ignore residential roads There are weeds growing everywhere - from the kerbs and even in the middle of the roads There are 3 feet thistles and dandelions everywhere…
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Adjusting steering for the camber of the road
On the couple of cars that I own/lease (a 13 year old Vauxhall Astra with 75,000 miles and a new Hyundai Tucson with 2,000 miles) I've noticed that when I'm driving along a straight road, I have to hold the steering wheel perhaps a couple of degrees to the right to keep the car straight. It's more pronounced on fast A…
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Half painted road markings
Our council decided to approve 1,000+ new flats without parking facilities a couple of years ago, last year they decided all these new homes without parking may cause parking issues for those living further out so decided to put double yellows down and resident parking areas requiring a £130 permit from 8am-6:30pm. Both…
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Can’t pay for parking?
Parked in an NCP car park in Manchester and upon leaving tried to pay at the machine which said registrations were captured by CCTV, but when I entered my registration it came up blank. I’ve tried the ‘Pay Later’ online service, but again it does not recognise the number plate. You have 24 hours to pay or you get a PCN.…
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Mcdonalds car park barrier fell on my car roof
Hi I used mcdonalds drive through today and the barrier was blown and fell onto the roof of my car. I have a dent, couple of scratches. My dog and two young children were very scared. Any advise please?
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Paying for car lease extension, excess mileage so far included.
My son is extending the lease on his car for 12 months when the current agreement ends next month. I will be paying the costs to enable him to do this which I am told will be the excess mileage charge relating to the original agreement and administration charges to set up the new agreement. I have asked him to forward the…
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Car Loan default marker
Hi all wonder if you can help. Ten years ago I bought a new car and took out a loan with Santander Consumer Finance then in 2016 further to marriage break down I could repay and account defaulted with just over £3000 left to pay. At the time the situation was so dire I was facing bankruptcy and sought legal advice ...they…
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Cheapest large/family diesel car to run
Any advice re the above? We're currently running a 1.6 Renault Grand Scenic. Looking for something of a similar size (doesn't have to be 7 seats) with cheap tax, good MPG, large boot and cheap(ish!) to fix when things go wrong! Thanks 😀
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Time to put car to rest?
Our Ford Focus is 16 years old. I took it for a service last week and it needs more than £1800 of work done to it to keep it going and also to make sure it passes its next MOT. This is a lot of money for us. It cost us £700 last year to get other work done on it because it's so old. We have looked into HP, PCP, taking out…
