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Honda discrimination.
Honda discrimination. So if I order a new HR-V I get a good choice of colours but if I order one on Motability I can only get black, grey or white! On Motability we pay a lot, £2449 or more in advance and over £4000 a year for 3 years before handing the car back. Surely we should be treated better?
EV - battery health
Looking on Auto trader, a few dealers would include battery health in their ads. Is this something that can be gotten from the cars settings or do you require manufacturer computers to glean this? Looking at a 72 plate car and it has 95% health. Should we need to worry about the life of a car's battery nowadays? Would a…
Pothole claim failure Wilts and Hants councils
Hello, need some help please. Have 2 claims refused despite evidence provided. Cracked wheel and subsequent tyre damage from pothole. Refused on grounds of council regular checks and hole not reported. Sent them a photo of the hole but refused. Sent them a photo of white lines they had sprayed and subsequent repair, still…
Tips on buying a second hand car
Hi. Apologies in advance for the basic nature of this enquiry but it's 16 years since I bought a car (and I could afford a new one back then!) so I have zero experience of buying second hand. I have attempted to search the forum but the threads I've found are almost as old as my car! I'm 60 years old and looking to buy a…
Scrap a car
my father in law has a old citroen car. Parker’s say it’s worth a couple of hundred pounds. Is currently SORN and he has given up driving. It would cost about £100 to get it insured, mot and tax. So we are looking at scraping it. Does anyone have any recommendations of who to go to. I see there are national companies that…
V5C Scam when trying to sell my car on Autotrader and HPi Check Flagged Stolen Car
Hi recently tried to sell my Audi on Autotrader, a chap posing as a genuine buyer came to view the car. I did think slightly odd that he came with a few friends, they asked a few questions and then said they wanted to go away and think about it and then will let me know. I then discovered a couple of days later that I had…
Car Leasing and PCP I am leasing but son is main driver away from home
Hello, just checking a few things here please. Hopefully the bullet points make things easier to read 1. We would like to help fund a car lease or PCP for our 23 year old son who lives away from home. We do not want to look at second hand cars. 2. It would be in my name but son would pay half the monthly fee to me. Looking…
Car Fuel Benefit. Should I be paying it?
I have a company car. My company pays for all fuel via a credit card. I pay per mile for all private mileage I use. There is currently car fuel benefit as well as my car deduction. Do I still need to pay this fuel benefit as I am paying for my private mileage?
Volvo V70 2009 knocking noise
I am.viewing a 2009 2.0D Volvo V70 tomorrow. The seller has told me it makes a knocking noise from the front when going over potholes and needs new bushes. Is this the most likely thing or could it be something else? Any idea how much new bushes would cost? I'm looking for a cheap family runaround. This car has low owners…
LV Britannia Rescue Auto Renewal
This evening was shocked to discover that when trying to buy breakdown cover LV's Britannia Rescue will not allow you to pay monthly by direct debit payment unless the customer signs up for auto renewal. Is this right and proper or another sneaky way insurers are trying to trick the consumer?
Money Claim against me for an accident where I wasn't present
I have been issued with a money claim for damages to another vehicle that occured when my daughter was driving my husband's car. She did not dispute the incident, all details were sent to the insurance company and we believed they were dealing with the claim accordingly. I have now been issued with a money claim despite…
Peugeot 5008 2019 rattling steering
Hi folks. Wonder if anyone could help. My 5008 has started to develop a rattling noise when from what appears to be the steering column. Does anyone have any ideas what it could be. I found a YouTube video (linked below) and it sounds exactly like this. youtu.be/teXQF2pTUe4?si=8xI-K1z4WQQi0ZWi Car due MOT next month and…
Balloon payment taken after finance ended and I no longer own the car!
My car finance was coming to the end of it's term in March 2025 so I part ex'd my old car for a brand new model(same garage I bought the original one from). I was assured on several occasions by the sales rep and finance team that the balloon payment(of the old car) was taken care of as I no longer owned the car(received…
How much of your car do you need to hand over in a write off claim?
The car is still driveable, sort of, but it certainly won't pass an MOT. It's not really worth much in money terms so we're not talking about big figures being paid out. Contacting the insurance will 100% result in a write off. If we can't get it repaired ourselves & it ends up going down that route then how much of the…
Is it time to scrap my car?
Hi, my car is a 2010 Mazda 3, done 150k miles. It was doing ok (usual wear and tear repairs) until the end of last year. To get it through the MOT in December it needed 3 new tyres, pair of break discs and pads and 'arms' (something to do with the tracking, no idea?). Anyway it cost me about £1k but I thought it was worth…
Car insurance
Hi there, this is my first thread, and I'm hoping that someone can advise me. I am an older driver (76), and foolishly set out on a long car journey at about 4am in January. Just a few miles from my destination, I briefly fell asleep at the wheel, and hit something (presumed to be an oncoming car) and lost my wing mirror.…
Hastings black box insurance
My son has just been informed that his car insurance will automatically be cancelled because his black box score has fallen below 30. This is true for the most recent two week period, but his overall score is in the mid 40s. I cannot find anywhere in the policy the mention of within the last two weeks as opposed to over…
Honda Recall - No Car For 2 Months
Can anyone advise please, My Honda Civic (67 plate) randomly died on November 2nd 2024 and we took it to Halford as we thought this might have been a minor issue, Halfords rang back and said they won't touch it without a reason and it needed to be a Honda specialist, long story short it has been booked in to Honda for a…
I brought car for daughter : Owner v's Keeper ?
HI all I would really appreciate some advice on this please, if possible I have just purchased a car for my daughter would has just passed her test. Been a bit of a nightmare with the garage but I am due to get the car tomorrow. I wanted by daughter details to on the V5C form so she is responsible for the vehicle. I.e. MOT…
Buying a motorbike and trying to get away from PCP.
Morning, ok so bear with me on this one. I have two motorbikes I purchased new last year (I let my heart rule my head I'm afraid). One of the bikes I bought on PCP, I owe around £12170 on the settlement figure and bike is worth roughly that on the2nd hand market, tbh I shouldn't have bought this bike as I barely use it.…

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