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Did you insure with Aviva on 4 June 2025?
Aviva had a "glitch" so they say on 4th June 2025 so mine and my daughter's car insurance with Aviva Zero did not get entered into the Motor Insurance Database (www.askMID.com). We're both just had letters from the police saying our cars are uninsured, they're not, it's Aviva's !!!!!!-up. When I got the letter I had a…
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M.O.T and insurance.
Hi Any help would be great. My car is now un M.O.T-eed due many fail issues. The road tax runs out on 31st August and present insurance on 7th November , the most recent payment went out last week. I am abroad on holiday until Friday at the moment so have been unable to do any car shopping as I am sure that is the way I…
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Car not being used - parked on drive but MOT about to expire
Hello, Pardon my ignorance on this but I am currently not able to drive due to medical reasons. My car is taxed until April and is insured but the MOT runs out next month. The car is parked off road and wont be needed till November, can I just leave the car parked up with no MOT until it is needed again or do I have to…
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misled on insurance?
Hi all, Apologies for the lengthy post. I’m hoping someone here has experience or advice on the situation I’m dealing with. I’ve entered into an unregulated hire purchase agreement for a hire vehicle with a company , who clearly stated, both verbally and in writing that the vehicle came with comprehensive insurance. After…
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Luxury car tax on cars over £40,000
I'm seeking advice on the Luxury Car Tax for vehicles exceeding £40,000. If the list price is under £40k, but with added extras it pushes the price over £40k, does it then mean the added car tax is payable? I found this in WhatCar. 'It’s important to note that it applies to the total list price of the car, so it will…
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Owed money by a now closed car garage
Posting on behalf of partner. He bought a car through part exchange, with the new car on finance. He used part payment of the part exchange as a deposit on the new car. He was told he’d receive the remaining money (around 4k) after the two weeks cooling off period of the finance contract. The garage closed down a few days…
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Diesel Cars' Emissions Legal Claims
Does this legal action include claims against Volvo?
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Car insurance claim
I was involed in a minor accident while driving my sisters car as named driveri clipped a wing mirror of a stationary car while driving the damage was minor on both vehicles , dent on mirror housing on the the sationary vehicle and dent on the mirror on sisters car I have admited fault to the other driver and exchanged…
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Can I drive my car with a failed MOT?
Good evening. I was wondering if I can drive my car to and from work etc with a failed mot (but still not expired from last year) As I understand this is legal providing that there are no dangerous defects reported and the car is submitted to either a partial retest after the repairs have been rectified within 10 days. Can…
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Speed Awareness Course Costs 2025
Just in case this helps anyone else out, I checked the online/virtual course prices for AA Drivetech - £96.20, TTC - £100, Safer Essex - £98 and HCC - £98. It’s possible that you might get a cheaper quote if you book early but even so, I imagine Drivetech would most likely still be cheapest of these four providers. I spent…
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More recent version of a 2005 Toyota Yaris Verso mini MPV
This car has been perfect for our limited lifestyle - purely local trips and easy upright loading for my wife's folded rollator. We are now taking a semi invalid friend out several times a week and her folded rollator also fits in the boot. Having to now use one of the rear seats we have found a major problem. A feature of…
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Any experiences on car damage like this? Hire car through insurance has had paint peeled!
I picked up a hire car on Thursday evening, and this afternoon I noticed this damage to the rear passenger side. I can't be 100% certain it wasn't there before, but I suspect it wasn't as I did look around the car prior to accepting it admittedly the garage was very dark and the car was parked close to another van making…
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Can i go to DVLA to pick up replacement driving licence?
Hi, I have just moved to a new flat. My mail is not getting through. I have posted myself letters and they never arrived. The mailbox is a joint mailbox, well....it all just gets chucked on the floor by the postman and someone (whoever passes by), might sometimes put the mail into peoples mailbox's. Anyway, i am not…
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Peugeot Adblue Emissions system - massive £6k bill for repeat adblue error
My 2019 3008, purchased as an approved 2nd hand car with 12k miles from an official Peugeot dealer, had the same P20EE emissions / adblue error 3 times, including the mileage countdown which stated the car would be impossible to start after 750 miles. The car currently has 32,200 miles. The error points to an emissions…
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Car Insurance claim question
We had someone hit the back of our car a couple of days ago. We are insured with Admiral. Third Party with LV. All parties agreed we were not at fault. We completed the claim within the hour with Admiral. They contacted us the next day saying that they will get a garage to contact us to arrange repair and we would pay our…
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Drowned key fob help.
The short version is, I jumped in a river, it didn’t occur to me that the keys were in my shorts pocket at the time, I didn’t need to access the car till the following day and even then I didn’t think to take the battery out because I stupidly thought that the battery just died and didn’t associate the problem with the key…
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Are these Identical Tyres?
Just looking to buy a pair of new tyres. The Halfords website came up with 4 tyres intended to meet my requirements. One tyre was rated BCC, the second was BAA, the third BBC and the fourth was BAA. All tyres were the same size, same speed rating and same load rating, specifically, 205/55/R16 91V. The puzzle to me is that…
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Pay monthly issue?
My partners car was booked in for service and MOT today, about a week about alert came up on dash brake pads are low and need changing. I checked them and they appear to be over 4mm, from what I gather 3mm is the minimum so thought they would at least pass MOT then could get them changed at uncles garage. Anyway, I took…
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NCB Protection with Admiral
Following on from my other posts about my recent claim. I have a Multi Car Policy with Admiral. My claim is non fault and on exchanging messages the operator said the claim won't affect my No Claims. I reply no, it won't as it is protected. Turns out, that car is not protected. So went on this morning to protect my No…
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Non Fault Accident - Using Auxillis
Hi, So last week, somebody on the lane next to me swerved into my car as I was driving and ended up hitting the back side of my car. Damaging my alloys and denting the panel of the wheel arch. I phoned my insurance company Admiral, and they referred me to Auxillis. I was told that they don't want me driving my car because…
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