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Are new cars really as bad as they say?
I drive a 23 year old VW golf, wife drives a 17 year old corsa. MOTs are getting a bit pricey for us, each year spend about £250-£300 getting it through the MOT. Other than than fairly reliable motoring, just bushes and ball joints and things are always going on these, there's probably some 30+ of them in each car so it's…
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Citroën Berlingo diesel hell! Vans direct
Hi, I'm going to try and keep this as short as possible. July 24 my small business purchased on lease hire 2x Citroën Berlingo diesel vehicles. This was after advice from the sales team at vans direct, they are financed through RCI. We were told due to the mileage the vans would do, they wouldn't need servicing for 2…
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Missold warranty
Hi, After some advice lease. I purchased a car on PCP just over a month ago. As part of the deal I purchased a 3 year warranty for £600 which was added to my finance deal. It was later discovered that the car has a 7 year manufacturers warranty so the additional warranty wasn't required. The dealership advised they would…
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Car repairs
Hello, I recently sent my car to a local garage due to the car losing power and cutting out in low revs. When sent the car was starting and driving albeit with the issue mentioned above. The garage have had the car and said they have investigated, they cleaned some fuel filters and took it for a test drive, where they said…
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Aviva Zero can't take a payment from me, what do I do?
I have had my car insurance through Aviva Zero for two years. Renewal time is here and I've now gone with another company at significantly lower cost. I logged into my Aviva account and cancelled the renewal. Having been paying by monthly direct debit I went onto my bank account and cancelled the DD thinking all payments…
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Private Road, Abandoned Car, SORN and ownership query
I live on a small new estate, the roads are private and won't be adopted by the council. Five years ago a nuisance neighbour dumped a derelict car on the estate road to be a PitA. The car was SORN with DVLA and the neighbour acquired it in 2020. The registered keeper has not been updated since the original owner SORNed it.…
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Car Insurance charged £355 extra for claims that weren’t made?
My car insurance said I didn’t add on 2 claims 1 from 2022 which was just a notification to insurance saying van had gone into back of me but no claim made? other was this year 2025 my partner (additional driver) sold campervan, 2 hours later buyer had accident and made a claim but sale was still going through. so now on…
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Did my brakes need doing?
I had my car MOT'd on Friday just gone and it failed on the rear nearside brake pad being to thin, it had an advisory of the offside rear brake as well, but no mention of the front brakes what so ever on the MOT test certificate. I have taken it back to the same gaarage Today and now they are saying the front ones would…
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Is Brake Fluid change a service item?
Hello, Just a quick and simple one- maybe too simple for a forum post. But would like to understand general consensus. One of the BMW dealership is running a promotion with a headline "BMW Service and Free MOT". Even the small print only states that service and MOT must be done on the same day. i have brake fluid change…
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Repair Puncture myself?
I have a screw in a tyre just happened yesterday and the car info system was moaning that is why I knew. I am having to blow the tyre up before every trip, luckily just a couple of miles a trip. Should I buy one of those tyre repair kits to plug the hole tomorrow or take it to a tyre repairer?. Or even use the kit I got…
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Fishy smell coming from the car
Hey guys I have noticed this week a fishy smell coming from the car. I noticed it on Tuesday when I'd gone out and it was fine before that. It's running ok and I checked by lifting the bonnet and there was slight odour but nothing as bad. The smell is disappearing I noticed this morning and now I sat back in and it's…
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Car insurance advice please
Hi, my son has been a named driver on my car insurance for three years with no claims. He's taking out his own insurance on his own car now. He drives a van at work and has bumped the wing mirror (paid work to fix it) and paid work for scratches too. Don't think work made insurance claims but not sure. Does he legally have…
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Car Insurance Arrangement fees - price comparison sites should have option to exclude
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How to find car reg with partial reg
just had a car hit mine only got make nissan Model Quashci Partial reg VH60 then looked like ydy but isnt ! Any help gratefully received
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Vehicle History check scam?
I advertised a vehicle for sale on facebook and got a reply from a potential buyer. he arranged a time to visit then asked before he came to view to send him a vehicle condition report using a particular service (Autofinest) stating that if it was ok he definitely would buy the car and add the cost of the report to the…
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Main driver and owner
My son is presently on my insurance but will be changing jobs in the new year and will become the main driver and will take out insurance in his name. Does it make sense to transfer ownership to him to keep his insurance costs down or would that make no difference?
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Insurance Renewal 35% Cheaper Than Year Before from Same Insurer (RAC)
Hi everyone, Just to pick up on MSE's assertion about car insurance coming down this year, my renewal offer from the RAC 3 weeks ago for our car was 35% cheaper than the year before, and I could not beat it on cost and features using comparison websites. So we all should hopefully find cheaper insurance in the weeks and…
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Unknowingly 2 years without a V5C! Help!
Hi All! A really strange one and I need your help.. I bought a car from an online trader 2 years ago (it appears they have now gone out of business). I have come around to taxing my car for the second time and the only V5C I have is the one supplied by the trader, completely blank, with the previous keeper's details…
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VWFS Charges?
Just returned a vehicle to VWFS and the inspection has found a broken/snapped boot hook (the little plastic thing that the parcel shelf loops onto). They are trying to charge £280 for it (see pic). Does anyone have any experience with VWFS, it seems ridiculous! Many thanks in advance
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Pcp emissions claim vwfs
There are 2 companies that I accidentally signed up to because I thought one was pcp and one was emissions so now have 2 companies acting on the one claim. I have asked each company to close my case and asked for admin fee but neither are willing to close as want the other companies details. I feel so annoyed and…
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