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Hello, My son has car insurance with a black box. All going well except he has now gone to university and left his car at home. He's (I've) paid for the insurance of 12 months. The insurance company now suggest that as he is not using the car, and they are therefore not getting any telemetry, that they are going to cancel…

A couple of years back, my son treated himself to a one-year-old Tesla Model 3 Performance straight from Tesla. Since then, he's had absolute rotten luck with other people crashing into him: Incident 1: Rear-ended at a red light by an uninsured driver on his mobile in his mum's BMW (£5k claim including hire car). Incident…

I have decided to scrap my 20 year old Volvo C70, as it has recently become unreliable. Any tips on which firm to use? I have SORNed the vehicle, so I need a firm to collect it, although it is still driveable. The headlamp units are easy to remove, and they go for around £200 each on ebay. (I paid £500 for a new one a…

My car is driving well, just an ordinary saloon nissan note , just curious on the scrappage value nowadays. costs insurance and roadtax adds up to half the value of the car. been told by the mechanic "there's still 4 years left in it" mileage 84k

My son recently passed his test and is being gifted Grandma's car, as she can't drive it anymore. His insurance is through the roof, and as there is 4 months' tax on it, and to save his tax and insurance from being due at the same time in the future, I was going to keep it registered in her name until the tax has almost…

Having a frustrating case at FOS- following months of electrical instability I had 5 recurrences of major safety-crtical fault of steering/braking systems in 4 months. Vehicle was declared VOR and Grounded by manufacturer. Using DSAR I discovered that dealership entered entries that had effect of reducing immobilisation…

So I've broken down today due to a leaking fuel tank. I'm with Autoaid who have always been trouble-free on the very rare occasions I've had to use them over the last 2 or 3 decades. However, today, I'm having a grumble because they are making me pay for my fuel tank to be drained before they'll arrange recovery. However,…

I'm looking for advice about an ongoing problem with my neighbour in Hampshire. I'd like to understand my legal position, who can help, and what steps I can take to resolve this without escalating the dispute. Our properties share a driveway/access, and both our deeds give us a right of way over the shared access. ("“A…

I have thought about making it easier for my dog to get in the front of my van. She always manages it, but she is 12, a Border Collie. I am getting older myself, and I have older and disabled friends, I could make a base, but not sure how to make it stable.

My Autoaid breakdown cover is due to 'auto renew' in October '26 and I do not want to renew with them as I am very unhappy with their service, as are many others on this forum. I have twice logged onto their customer portal to cancel the 'auto renew' feature, but both times they have mysteriously switched it back on again.…

I am buying a nearly new bike from a private seller. He has bought it for cash from the dealer, invoice seen, and no marks are in the bike, for a category write off. Mileage is 1500 and 6 months old. Any reason why an eBay hpi check should not work? Also the bike is being delivered to me next Friday so I am the registered…

Hello all, looking for a few opinions on what my best option for financing a new car is in terms of my situation. Have had opinions from family but unfortunately none are overly clued up on all the options so thought I’d ask here. May be a bit of a long post so will type a shorter version at the very bottom. I currently…

Hi all, I currently have a car on a 4 year PCP with VWFS, my 3 cars prior to this one have also been with them and I've never missed a payment. It's due to end in March so I went to order a new car but they have declined my finance application. I've checked my credit file and there's a CCJ from 2023 on it. This is a result…

Good morning all, Whilst this isn't a parking issue, I'm hoping that I may be able to get some help or guidance with a rental damage fine (Parking tickets, fines and parking)? It may be a stretch but here goes… To save you reading the detail, my question is, how do I defend this claim? - I've been contacted by a debt…

When charging my non-Tesla car at a Tesla chargers, it states that the cost drops from 46p to 27p at 11pm. However if I plug in at 10.59pm, the whole session is charged at 47p. The Tesla app has nothing in it to suggest that this should be the case. Do you consider this fraudulent? And what should I do about it?

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, i was caught speeding34 in a 30 zone,all good , should have watched what i was doing rather than chatting.problem is that the company car owners have sent me a notice saying that the police have asked for details and they have sent thm my address. I checked as I didnt get anything through and thay have sent it to the…

Fairly straightforward. A third party damaged my vehicle, we went through insurance and I was contacted by an AMC who said they will be handling it. The drive immediately admitted liability, and their insurer immediately admitted liability. The car went in for relatively minor repairs, the hire car was arranged as…

Hi I'm about to buy a car from motorpoint. I've asked them to email me the service history What they sent me was just dates only - seems to be all electronic Is there any paperwork they should be giving me if I buy the car showing what work had been carried out at each service?

Hi all. Anyone know how long it takes for that to happen? Someone reported it to the DVLA nearly 2 months ago and the car's still there. To add, it's got no MOT either and not been driven for about a year. Thanks.