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Leasing Experience from HELL
Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice regarding my Jaguar I-Pace, which I lease through my business. The car was fine for the first six months, but then a battery cell died and needed replacing. Since that error appeared, I’ve been limited to a 70% charge—around 130 miles—which isn’t practical for work. I had to wait…
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Hyundai AC over £600 to fix, is this Correct?
My 2011 Hyundai i10 AC stopped working so I had it checked out at a local garage specialising in AC. I was quoted over £600 to fix it as 2 pipes are corroded and leaking and these pipes can only be supplied by Hyundai at a cost of £200 odd each and there are none in the country so have to be imported from Korea. I had a…
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Insurance and Birthday Alignment
So my 25th birthday is In September, but my insurance renews July 12th. I ran quotes for insurance for July using my real birthday and quotes using a birthday 3 months earlier and it came out much cheaper, around 700/year vs 1000 Should I try get by on temporary insurance for the next 2 months?
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Insurance details
There are various questions asked when you take out motor insurance. I have a Vivaro van, last year the insurance cost £290 and this year the cheapest quote is £350They ask if its sign written, no, they ask if you carry tools.Surely everyone carries tools, to change the tyre etc. Do they mean power tools, which is why some…
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Letter from MIB. Fine for un-insured vehicle sitting on my own drive!
Hi All. I recently purchased a damaged 2022 BMW 4 Series car, intending to repair it on my driveway. It’s a fairly large drive, and the car
easily sits on it without touching any part of the highway. It's almost finished
now, but to complete this, I’ll also have to drive it back and forth to the body shop, plus get the…
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Alphera finance
Hi, has anyone done a voluntary termination with this company before? I don’t have to pay anything, has I am way over half way of my agreement and they have agreed for me to start the process, just wanted peoples opinions on this company and voluntary terminations please.
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Drive shaft broke, should I buy a new car?
My drive shaft (driver side, honda jazz) broke and a friend is saying the other might go, so I should buy a different car.Would it be sensible to get a different car (or replace the other drive shaft)? Edit: thanks to a brill AA mechanic, a local garage replaced the drive shaft on the day to avoid me being stranded. So the…
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Rear Suspension - O/S/R and N/S/R trailing arm suspension bushes separated requires replacement
Hi, I have a Lexus NX which needs to have an annual service at the dealer to keep the warranty active for 10 years. I dropped it off for an MOT+service, they did an initial check and told me that the following will be an MOT fail and the parts HAVE to be replaced. Rear Suspension - O/S/R and N/S/R trailing arm suspension…
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VAT - private buyer
As a saver I tend to hold onto my car for quite some time to save on depreciation. I thought as a treat I will look into getting a new car, it has been 5 years since I have purchased a new vehicle but to my surprise the order has VAT. I have not signed for this as yet, I have looked into this and understand private sellers…
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Lease car write off/ claim question
Hello everyone. I recently wrote off my car in an accident. The vehicle was a 3 year PCH lease with no option to buy at the end and the accident was 11 months into my contract. I put down an initial 3.5k deposit and I was paying £433 per month. The insurance company valued the car at around £28k which I accepted as fair,…
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Used car warranty
Buying a second hand car this week, Jaguar XFS from 2017 and want to buy a warranty for the first year of ownership. A popular search engine threw up these results All seem competitive, but my question is does anyone have any experience, good or bad from any of these companies before I select one? I do appreciate that…
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Different Quotes for AXA Car Insurance
I have been using a Broker to arrange my car insurance for some time and AXA was always their advised insurer However this year the cost for car insurance through the broker was so high they put forward another insurer with a slightly lower quote At this point I went on some comparison sites and I am able to get AXA…
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Beeping when over the speed limit (misidentification of speed limit).
Our 11 year old car was finally going to cost more to get through the MOT than it is worth, so we've bitten the bullet and got a new one. As you can imagine, things have moved on rather a lot in 11 years, and we have quite a few new features that we're still getting used to. One of them is that the car will beep if you go…
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Government changes fuel, we foot the bill for this car problem
Hi all, I'm not sure if anyone has had a similar issue to this. Apparently Ford have had quite a few of their cars do it. I have a 68 plate Ford Focus that had an engine service light come on and it kept going into limp mode. Turns out that the car thinks that too much fuel is combusting in the engine because the sensor in…
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Buying a second hand car with a valid MOT with advisories
Hello, I'm looking at buying a cheap second hand car as I'm on a limited budget right now and although it has a current MOT until March 2026 it has the following advisories. Is anyone able to tell me if this is too risky to buy re. costing a lot to put right and if it'll be necessary to fix all the noted to ensure safety…
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Past Due DVLA
I have received a letter from past due credit solutions to pay a fine of £80 for the DVLA, is this a scam?
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No Fault Claim - Insurance Renewal
Hi all.In August I had a very minor accident where another vehicle hit me from behind, I got a quote for repair but the other guy had already gone through his insurance so my insurance company AXA took over and told me where to get it repaired etc.I had my renewal come through and it has tripled in price as it states I was…
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Still registered keeper of scrapped car
Bought new car february this year. Old car was beyond use. Dealer gave me discount for old one. Said he would take care of scrapping it. I forgot about it. ( My mistake)assuming he would get paperwork from scrap company. This morning letter from dvla fining me 100 quid for not insuring as I am still registered keeper. I…
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Euro Car Parts - Fit for me service unavailable
Hi Does anyone know what happened to eurocarparts - "fit for me" service. This is now unavailable on their website. This was a great option to find a cheaper garage to change brakes and stuffs. Now I'll have to go to the garage directly and this option is always expensive. Does anyone know if there is any other websites…
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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