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Temporary car insurance for an 88 year old
My mum (88) and I are considering swapping cars. My car is smaller and would suit her better. Before doing this, my mum would like to try driving my car. This requires car insurance. Her car insurance doesn't have third party cover for driving another car. My car insurance won't allow addition of an 88-year-old. All the…
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Dealer servicing vehicle do you trust them VW
On the first service received the report with a amber notice stating rear brake pads 6mm(50%) This car had very low mileage I did query this at the time and was told it was correct Second service visit 1 year on no red or amber warning for brake pads viewed full report brake pad now reading 9mm not to impressed
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Best way to go about buying a 'newer' car?
I'm referring to things like finance, hire purchase & whatever else would get thrown in that band as I have no clue about any of it whatsoever. In the market for 2 cars, which cuts the budget drastically & I'm finding it difficult to get something. Our budget is generally about £2k or has been in the past. I've stretched…
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Is there something wrong with FTLA?
I logged in earlier today but it's been saying "Hmmmm... can't reach this page" for the last hour or so
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Breakdown Cover
Another great win - got my Green Flag renewal docs which quoted me a price of £63.45 (last year I paid £50.76). On checking online I saw that the same cover for a new customer this year was £46.38 so I contacted GF and they agreed to that amount. A saving of £17 and cheaper than last year's price! That is a win!
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Inclusion Of Car Tax In EV PCH
Just wondering if anybody has been mislead by main dealers on whether Car Tax is included within PCH agreements on EV’s? Took delivery of Kia EV3 in January and Kia dealer confirmed both in writing and verbally that car tax would be included within PCH agreement for the full 4 year term. Now find out it is not
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VW start button not working properly - is this covered by VW all in plan?
Hi, I have a 2019 Tiguan which I bought last year. I also took out the VW all in plan which also covers repairs that are not wear and tear. I’ve never had to claim on it but for months now the start engine button hasn’t worked properly. I have to press it multiple times to start/shut off the engine. I’ve got the car booked…
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Can I find previous owners details?
Hi, I purchased a used EV from local dealership just over 6 months ago. The car has had charging issues for the last few months, I attribuated this to my home charger. Never really got to the bottom of it as it was a random fault that normally fixed itself on the 2nd or 3rd charging attempt. After a lot of testing, a lot…
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I'm Confused - Is This Hire Purchase Or PCP?
I have an agreement with Renault Finance which says that it is a "Hire Purchase Agreement regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974". However, the 49 month payment period consists of 47 monthly payments of £230.63, one payment of £230.07, followed by 1 Final Repayment of £3786.72. It was my understanding that hire purchase…
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DVLA - Exempted vehicle tax refund
I'm a disbaled person, My PIP award was acknowledged back to 2020 and was renewed, I was paying vehicle tax since 2020 as I was not aware of tax exmption of disabled people, I sent all peper work to dvla and the vehcile now registered for disabled person, in the main time I applied for tax refund but they issued only one…
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[Reducing motoring costs] Anyone rent their car out to car sharing services like Hiya?
Hi everyone, Has anyone rented their car out using things like Hiya (sort of airbnb for cars i guess)? We're thinking about it but did have some questions. Does it affect your insurance? Is it as hassle free as they'd like you to believe? Would you recommend it (if they have referral codes, pop it up and I'll use it!)? Is…
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What do I need - Insurance
So, I have a small Hyundi classic, rural driving, circumstances mean that I stay local ie no more than an hours leisurely (I hope) drive. I've had a quote better than the renewal but it depends on how much I need.Included :-Windscreen cover Uninsured driver promise Courtesy car while your car is repaired by an approved…
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Enterprise Van Write off Charges after Roof Damage
In April, my Partner and I hired a Van from Enterprise for me to move my stuff. On collecting the van we were asked if we'd like to take out the additional Damage Waiver for £35 so we did for peace of mind. On arrival at mine, we drove through the arch fine but whilst looking in the mirrors, the front of the van hit a…
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Recommendations for reliable breakdown cover, inc. Europe for 2 weeks?
Can anyone recommend reliable and good value breakdown cover that includes up to a month of European cover, please? I've looked at the AA, with Topcashback, which seems good for the UK, but European cover is quite expensive, particularly as we're only going over there for a couple of weeks this year.
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Negative experience with UK car rental
Hi all I am looking for some advice after experiencing poor service with a uk car rental recently. My issues: 1. the desk agent was very rude and poor customer service generally throughout the transaction. 2. When I came to the insurance , where they usually pressure you to take the product, I declined as I have cover…
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"Free Motor Legal"
https://www.freemotorlegal.co.uk/ What is the deal with this? Sounds too good to be true, like it must be some kind of scam. My guess would be it's similar to the "courtesy" car hire scams where they get you to rent a car at some ridiculous rate, and then try to get the money from the at-fault insurer. Except here they…
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Cheap HPI Check for Cars
Hi Everyone Is there any HPI check websites that are either free or cheap. I am wanting to buy a used car and looking at a few cars, so checking them all would be quite expensive, even though some state that it is HPI clear you can never really be sure. I have found one site thats seems reasonable…
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30 day car rejection, is it real or just a get out for the motor trade
Ordered a new car with some strict criteria owing to my disability, one being that the seat must have the ability to be programmable with a memory for at least two persons, when delivered the vehicle doesn't have this. The showroom tried to make it work but had to admit it wasn't able to be programmed. After finding this…
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What is a crossing?
Getting cross about this. The Highway Code gives jolly good guidance, rules even, on road markings and road signage. It is always quite simple, plain, clear text or symbols in a narrow palette of colours. So, we know the following is a crossing: And so is this: Now, this week,. one of the crossings in the High Street has…
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Issues with new (Used vehicle) Garage playing up.
Hi all, I bought a used car in May this year (collected 17th May). The car then sat until the middle of June as I still had my company car at this point. When I started using the car in July it seemed ok to start with but I started noticing a bit of smoke coming from the rear of the vehicle after being stationary for a…
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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