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German cars & permanent indicators?
Wondering what this phenomenon is that I'm seeing around on our roads lately. May be just to our area or not, I've no idea. I live a sheltered life & don't venture out much to other areas. Every time I've seen this the car has always been a 'German' make. I say German, I'm sure someone will come in & say BMW, VW aren't…
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Car hire problems
I hired a car from County Car Rentals of Stockport. Asked if i wanted to use my insurance of theirs. Said theirs as had no car of my own. Warned that there was an excess of £900, which I reluctantly accepted. From this I naturally assumed I was properly insured. As they gave me details of "their" recovery firm, I also…
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Zopa PCP - Can you make overpayments?
Does it continually update the monthly payment if you do, hence reduce total interest and monthly payment and keep the balloon payment in tact?
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Usual AA renewal palaver.. :(
Been with the AA for as long as I care to remember. Every year (except one!), we get the usual overpriced renewal. There then follows the usual phone call, haggle and eventual price drop. However this year I simply can't seem to contact them. Their "chat bot" just drops me off with "one of our advisors we be with you…
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Paint protection for a new car
Thinking of getting ceramic coating paint protection for a new vehicle. I'm not looking for flawless, no swirls, all that kind of thing. Just protection for the car being outside in an area with poor air quality and lots of birds. Easier to wash would be nice too. Been quoted £350 but they didn't say exactly what product…
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Citroen/DS 3 stop drive recall
Hi All, So Stellantis has issued a stop drive recall for most of their Citroen C3 models and DS 3 models due to the defective airbags, which is suspected to have caused the death of a woman in france recently. I drive a 2015 DS 3 which is one of the models affected. As soon as I was made aware of the recall I booked my car…
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Haggling on Ex-demo
Having not bought a car for a while, I had seen a 6 month old Skoda Kodiaq, road tested it and thought if the price was right I would buy it. To my surprise the dealer not only offered me rock bottom price on my car, but would not lower price on Skoda, so I walked. Having done some research google tells me dealers are…
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Dangerous problem with 2025 Tiguan
Have took delivery of a new 2025 Tiguan. The car is not safe to drive. Its drive assist system is not working as it should be. The car keeps making an emergency stop sensing a front end collision when there are no vehicles in front. The braking is violent which triggers the horn and hazard lights to go on. A rear end…
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Seeking advice re longevity of a Citroen Berlingo
Hi, I am a "mature" lady whose knowledge of cars extends only to getting in and driving it. I have an 11 yr old Citroen Berlingo with very low mileage (currently 28,746). I have the car serviced once a year. I was recently unable to drive for several weeks and the battery became flat. I had to call the AA and the upshot of…
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Concerns Over GardX & Vehicle Prep
Hi all, Looking for some advice on whether this is worth escalating or if I should just let it go. I recently bought a used car from an approved Mercedes-Benz main dealer. I had been speaking with them via email prior to viewing the vehicle and negotiated the deal remotely. I originally planned to buy the car outright with…
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Advice on car accident
I live in a cul de sac with a turning space for large vehicles. I reversed slowly out of my drive and to the right. There was nothing ahead. As I moved forward a car reversed out of the turning space and hit my right wing. At the time I was already distressed about something and just couldn't deal with it. Their view was…
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What motorcycle is this ?
Any vintage motorcycle experts out there who can help ?This was taken in about 1928 !!
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Missing service?
Hoping someone can help? DH gave up co car as he has retired, we bought a Nissan Qasquai, relied on a video viewing (first mistake) Little bits not as expected but its nearly 2 years old and done 18k in miles , only has 1 service stamp that the dealership did at 18k. Thinking it should have had one at 9k? They've told us…
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Rejecting a used car - checking that I’ve done everything right so far
On the 9th of July I bought a new car on Halifax car finance. Later that the engine fault light came on. Reported it to the dealer immediately by email and phone. They seemed slow to deal with it, telling me I would need an appointment to bring it in to their garage but not actually giving me an appointment, telling me the…
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Hit and run and insurance
Hi my car was damaged mildly in an unwitnessed hit and run. Have protected ncd. I didn't realise this would be a fault claim and excess being deducted from any repair or total loss. I went through gocompare who provided £250 free excess, but AA say they know nothing about it. Any thoughts? Additionally, what % would this…
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Shell Recharge issues
A few years ago I bought an EV and a Shell Recharge New Motion home charger unit came as part of the deal. For a number of reasons I sold that EV, so didn't use the charger. I now have another EV, but cannot set up scheduled charging because Shell EV say they cannot recognise the serial number of the charger. I've tried to…
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Car Finance Help and Advice
Sorry for the screenshot however, I have arthritis and have sent this email to MSE who advised to post on the forum I hope you can help. In addition my friend contacted a few law firms who have declined to assist on the matter.Thank you in advance
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Valid Rejection on 5 week old car?
Hey all, I bought a car around 5 weeks ago, and whilst I love the car the quality has been very poor. The car was bought on PCP brand new. First off the car was missing some of the spec/trim however I didn’t mind the look so they were great and agreed to fit one of the extra packs as a compliment instead of the extra trim.…
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Car engine cap issue
Hoping someone can help as I’m rather clueless when it comes to cars! I bought a Hyundai Tuscon from motorpoint back in Feb along with purchasing 1 year extra warranty. I took it for a service & MOT last week and was told by the garage that he had to replace the engine cap as there was a Kia cap on the engine. When…
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Informing insurers of repairs, self-paid?
Do you tell your insurers of any bumps/scrapes/repairs which you have paid for yourself and not claimed for. I have recently had a claim/repairs and during the phone call, was asked and said I had also had a minor bump, paid by myself. They still required details, as it builds up a picture of my driving.
Bought a car, van or motorbike on Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) or Hire Purchase (HP) since 2007? Discuss the probes into hidden discretionary commission and undeclared commission - and how to complain.
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