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My car is beyond economical repair and I am shocked how prices skyrocketed since I bought current one 8 years ago. I am forced towards certain types of car due to my driving pattern. I drive car about 4 times a week but do only about 2k miles a year around town with constant stop/start and I cam drive only automatic cars.…

hi all Can you help. I had my car stolen back in 2019 on a private plate. Had insurance payout and bought a new car and put the private plate back on. (Went through all the channels - reported to police, insurance, DVLA etc etc) Fast forward to 2026, trying to get a valuation on my car and the private plate still has the…

Just a heads up, from October 14 2026 all UK road legal LED conversion bulbs have to be supplied with a hologram sticker proving that they are ECE approved that you must fix under the bonnet so The MOT Man can see it and pass the installation. No sticker = MOT fail I presume the Osram bulbs are supplied with one as Osram…

Hi My Honda HRV 2015 had a warning light yesterday to check tyre pressure. I drove it this morning for 15 mins, then went home and filled the tyres with air, went to the car to check all was OK, but when i turned the engine it would not start. It turns and clicks and all the lights on the dash come on including "Check…

Title: Initial hearing tomorrow – two speeding allegations / two S172 charges, no original notices received. Any advice? Hi all, I posted about this back in March, but for the life of me I can't find the original thread. My initial hearing is tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get any last bits of advice from people who have been…

Just bought my first EV and wow what a minefield the public chargers set up is - I will mostly be charging from home but I seem to have spent an inordinate amount of time planning my first journey of any distance. Zapmap for the route and where the chargers are then downloading the apps to get the best prices/rates for the…

Hi All, I am thinking about buying/renting a new car through a car lease - I wondered if anyone can provide any hands on experience and or advice of having a lease car? Are there any practical implications of not being the registered owner of the car? Some more context: I have done my research and I know I don't own the…

I am semi retired and still work a couple of half days a week, when I choose. I have a small Ford Connect van which I am giving to a relative for free. So was thinking of buying a estate car to use, which would most probably work out cheaper, road and insurance wise. May budget is upto £10k, but would push it to £15k. So…

Hi All, Ideally I'm after advice or suggestions. We own a second hand, 10yr old Renault Zoe with a leased battery. We're fed up of paying for repairs to the car, the suspension in particular breaks at least every 6 months and now the electrics are going. It needs scrapping, but before you do that you have to get out of the…

Hello all, Can anyone shed any light on the following? As far as I'm aware the policy I bought said nothing about this including in the terms and conditions :neutral: Note: my policy is not their telematics type named "Hasting Direct youdrive", it is actually their "top tier" policy called "Hastings Premier"

Hi, my wife bought a car in January trading in her old car and using money from a cancer insurance to buy a newer car outright. After a couple of months things started going wrong, we had to pay for road tax then MOT, shortly after the car had to go to a main dealer for some remedial work where a head gasket failure along…

I have a 72 plate Peugeot 2008 with 18.5k miles on it which I purchased from the local dealer 9 months ago, it came with 6 months warranty and I paid £899 for another 3 years. lately when the car gets hot the clutch becomes quite heavy and I asked the dealer to look at it 2 weeks ago whilst in for a service and MOT and…

In Southampton where I don't understand the roads and accidentally went into bus/taxi lane, how can I avoid doing this?

Good morning, My daughter is hoping to change her car in the next couple of weeks. She is currently insured with Direct Line (policy ends on 31 October) We are thinking she should swap the new car details over to the remained of the Direct Line policy so she does not lose out on a year of NCB`s (currently has 2 years and…

Hi, (Apologies if this in the wrong category as it's a bit of a hybrid!) I currently have a perfectly reliable Octavia and love it. However, with household energy prices and car fuel costs, my head keeps running around the idea of getting an electric car. My house is prime for solar panels (south facing roof, over half of…

I have had an accident in which the other driver has admitted blame. Their insurance company has contacted me and said that they would like to take over my claim and pay it out. They are being very pushy about things like supplying a hire car, but when I speak to the car replacement company, they are very awkward and won't…

Anyone else had experience with CINCH-buying a car of them that they had had NOT checked paperwork/MOT history correctly ? I purchased a car that i noted on the MOT history that the mileage had gone DOWN between two MOTs,i questioned this and was told it was before they had it and it was just a typo !! Well a year on and i…

Hi I received a speeding ticket and received a conditional offer of fine and 3 points. When I try to pay the fine, it kept saying that "there is a problem" When I checked the notice carefully I reaslised that there is a typo in my name on the notice. I have "mm" in my name and they spelt it with single "m". When I enter my…

To cut the incident short: Location is a middle roundabout of a 70mph dual carriage way with side roads entering and exiting it, the roundabout is 40MPH restricted)I entered the roundabout at point A for e.g. in the right lane of two lanes to turn far right and exit at junction D. I was going 12-15MPH max and drove past…

Bought a caravan last year and the tyres look good, no splits etc. But I cannot see a date code or the letters DOT anywhere. Does this mean I will have to jack up and look on the inner rim or is there another way of checking from the visible codes? Tyres are Firestone Vanhawk made in Turkey 185/14R. Codes on them are…